Social Work

Books/Handbooks

• Hillock, S. Greening Social Work Education. University of Toronto Press; 2024. (ISBN: 9781487555221).
• CSWE Curricular Guide on Environmental Justice (2015)

Lesson plan/modules

• University of Maryland and Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Environmentalism: Social Work Practice and Policy (2019).
• Rutgers University (SPH), Environmental Justice: historical perspectives and justice initiatives
• Rutgers University (SSW), Environmental Justice in Social

Climate Curriculum Papers

• Graham, G. (2024). ‘Off topic in some places (global warming)’: A critical and radical response to connecting social work teaching to a global climate emergency. Critical and Radical Social Work, 12(1), 89–102. https://doi.org/10.1332/204986021x16838922185087
• Yeboah, A. S., & Gyan, C. (2024). Nexus between Environmental Justice and Social Work Education: Perspectives from the School of Social Work, McGill University, Canada. Social Work Education, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2024.2374819
• Strayer, S., Joseph, R., & Stoeffler, S. W. (2022). Predictors of integration of environmental justice in Social Work Education: A cross-sectional study of faculty in the United States. Social Work Education, 42(1), 94–111. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2022.2050895
• Wu, H., & Greig, M. (2022). Adaptability, Interdisciplinarity, engageability: Critical reflections on green social work teaching and training. Healthcare, 10(7), 1245. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10071245
• Wu, H. (2021). Integration of the disaster component into Social Work Curriculum: Teaching Undergraduate Social Work Research Methods Course during COVID-19. The British Journal of Social Work, 51(5), 1799–1819. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab110
• Sim, T., He, M., & Dominelli, L. (2021). Social Work Core Competencies in Disaster Management Practice: An integrative review. Research on Social Work Practice, 32(3), 310–321. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315211055427
• Chonody, J. M., & Sultzman, V. R. (2020). An exploratory study of students’ perceptions of environmental issues as social work practice and their understanding of environmental justice. Social Work Education, 41(4), 514–536. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2020.1858045
• Holbrook, A. M., Akbar, G., & Eastwood, J. (2019). Meeting the challenge of human-induced climate change: Reshaping social work education. Social Work Education, 38(8), 955–967. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2019.1597040
• Teixeira, S., & Krings, A. (2015). Sustainable social work: An environmental justice framework for social work education. Social Work Education, 34(5), 513–527. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2015.1063601
• Drolet, J., Wu, H., Taylor, M., & Dennehy, A. (2015). Social Work and Sustainable Social Development: Teaching and learning strategies for ‘green social work’ curriculum. Social Work Education, 34(5), 528–543. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2015.1065808
• Crawford, F., Agustine, S. S., Earle, L., Kuyini-Abubakar, A. B., Luxford, Y., & Babacan, H. (2015). Environmental Sustainability and Social Work: A rural Australian evaluation of incorporating eco-social work in field education. Social Work Education, 34(5), 586–599. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2015.1074673

Books

• Howard, A., Rawsthorne, M., Joseph, P., Terare, M., Sampson, D., Harris, M. K. Social Work and Human Services Responsibilities in a Time of Climate Change: Country, Community and Complexity. Routledge; 2023. (ISBN: 9780367704391)
• Forbes, R., Smith, K. Ecosocial Work: Environmental Practice and Advocacy. NASW Press; 2023. (ISBN: 9780871015907)
• Dominelli, L. Green Social Work: From Environmental Crises to Environmental Justice. Polity; 2012. (ISBN: 9780745654003)
• Gray, M., Coates, J., Hetherington, T. Environmental Social Work. Routledge; 2012. (ISBN: 9781136212819)

Presentations

• Boddy, J. (2014). Climate change and vulnerable people: Working from an eco-social work practice framework. Griffith University.

Videos

• BBC News, How Climate Change is Making Inequality Worse, 2022.
• Hakan Karaosman, Climate Change and Social Inequality, 2021.
• Adriana Laurent, Climate Change is a Social Justice Issue, TEDx, 2018.
• ProPublica, A Brief History of Environmental Justice, 2017.
• World Bank, Vulnerability Exposed: Social Dimensions of Climate Change, 2009.

Webinar (45+ minutes video)

• UBuffalo Social Work, Green Social Work and Environmental Justice, 2024.
• Global Social Service Workforce Alliance, A Future-Ready Social Service Workforce: Navigating the Realities of Climate Change and Ageing Populations, 2024.
• University of Pittsburgh Social Work, International Social Work Day Lecture: How to Advocate for Climate Justice, 2024.
• National Association of Social Workers, Environmental Justice as Social Work Practice, 2023.
• Boston University School of Social Work, BUSSW Emerging Scholar Colloquium: Social Work, Climate & Environmental Justice, 2023.
• VCU Social Work Communications, Social Work and Climate Change: Lessons on Interdisciplinary Response, 2022.
• The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation, World Social Work Day Event: Unequal Impact – The Links Between Environment Racism & Climate Change, 2022.
• National Association of Social Workers, Social Workers Address Impact of Climate Change, 2021.
• USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, The Social Work of Disaster Response: From School Shootings to Oil Spills, 2021.
• ACSW Social Workers, Social Work Connections for Disaster Recovery, 2018.
• Grand Challenges for Social Work, Create Social Responses to a Changing Environment, 2018. Price: $45.

• Climate Change and Environmental Justice: What is the role of social workers to promote change? This webinar explores themes of climate change, environmental justice, climate grief, and the role social workers play in addressing all these issues.

• Wiedebusch, S. (2024). The contribution of School Social Work to climate change education and Mental Health Support. European Journal of Social Work, 27(4), 692–703. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2024.2344005
• Hawkins, R. L. (2023). Social work response to climate change: If we are not already too late. Social Work Research, 47(4), 231–235. https://doi.org/10.1093/swr/svad020
• Nyahunda, L., Chibvura, S., & Tirivangasi, H. M. (2021). Social Work Practice: Accounting for double injustices experienced by women under the confluence of covid-19 pandemic and climate change impacts in Nyanga, Zimbabwe. Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, 6(3), 213–224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41134-021-00170-4
• Palinkas, L. A., O’Donnell, M. L., Lau, W., & Wong, M. (2020). Strategies for delivering mental health services in response to global climate change: A narrative review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(22), 8562. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228562
• Naranjo, N. R. (2020). Environmental issues and Social Work Education. The British Journal of Social Work, 50(2), 447–463. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcz168
• Shokane, A. L. (2019). Social Work Assessment of Climate Change: Case of disasters in Greater Tzaneen Municipality. Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v11i3.710
• Shultz, J. M., Rechkemmer, A., Rai, A., & McManus, K. T. (2019). Public Health and Mental Health Implications of Environmentally Induced Forced Migration. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 13(2), 116–122. doi:10.1017/dmp.2018.27
• Dominelli, L. (2019). Green Social Work, political ecology and environmental justice. The Routledge Handbook of Critical Social Work, 233–243. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351264402-21
• Dominelli, L. (2013). Environmental justice at the heart of Social Work Practice: Greening the profession. International Journal of Social Welfare, 22(4), 431–439. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12024
• Schmitz, C. L., Matyók, T., Sloan, L. M., & James, C. (2011). The relationship between Social Work and environmental sustainability: Implications for interdisciplinary practice. International Journal of Social Welfare, 21(3), 278–286. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2397.2011.00855.x
• Dominelli, L. (2011). Climate change: Social workers’ roles and contributions to policy debates and interventions. International Journal of Social Welfare, 20(4), 430–438. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2397.2011.00795.x