Awareness of eco-literature has recalled the central ideology of environmentalism – “to think globally and act locally.” As this volume shows, various tags of contemporary discourse have emerged, including transnational, cosmopolitan, hybridity, diaspora, and generally cultural. These concerns highlight such global environmental problems as biodiversity, climate change, and developing new forms of interconnectedness with local and regional communities. In this context, contemporary discourse becomes of immediate concern in understanding the environmental crisis. In a way, reading different cultures and experiences can contribute to a contemporary discourse that can facilitate an environmental sensibility and develop a unique ecological approach.
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Ken Saldanha is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Eastern Michigan University. His main field of scholarship is critical qualitative inquiry. He has studied the invisibility of migrant farmworkers, youth homelessness, resistance and denial of special education discourses in street youth, and the living, working, and gambling patterns of street children. He teaches research, diversity, culturally relevant practice, group work interventions, school social work, and childhood mental health disorders.
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