Ecopedagogy in the Foreign Language Classroom: Promoting Justice, Care, and Relationality Conference
April 16-17, 2026
Organized by EcoStories Team Venice, “Ecopedagogy in the Foreign Language Classroom: Promoting Justice, Care, and Relationality” Conference brought together the EcoStories Team and other renowed scholars from various disciplines to explore the role of ecology within the English Language Teaching (ELT).
Moving beyond the tranditonal conference structures, the EcoStories Team organized four specialized workshops.
WORKSHOP 1: “Holding the Climate Wound: Storytelling as a Healing Practice in Times of Ecological Crisis”
WORKSHOP 2: “The Carrier Bag of Ecostories: from the Whale to the World”
WORKSHOP 3: “Decolonising the Eco-Classroom through Plurilingualism” WORKSHOP 4: “Fluid Worlds: An Ecocritical Workshop”
Thank you for all the participants and speakers for this vibrant conference where we discussed the future of the English classroom.

















