Shifting metaphors can shift thought and behavior toward sustainability.

Evidence

Language shapes thought, but it is always possible to shift how we think and thus how we behave or relate to one another by using different ways of describing or representing the world. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 502

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the core eco-justice pedagogical stance that language is alterable—metaphor analysis becomes the lever for cultural transformation.
• XREF: Links directly to the polyad’s shared thread on storytelling/interpretation and to Bowers’ claim that taken-for-granted language reproduces centric thinking — this passage is the teachable pay-off. — connects to: Teaching explicit analytic concepts dissolves the illusion that current social norms are natural. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 839; Interrupting the logic of domination must pervade every classroom choice, not just content — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1308; The ecological crisis is fundamentally a crisis in learned patterns of thought — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 227 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• A single metaphorical frame can shift which policies people support #expands (0.85) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 385