Possibility of integrating environmental and artistic education based on Ecoliteracy

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The present study examines the possibility for integrating environmental and artistic education based on Gregory Bateson's Communication theory and the concept of Ecoliteracy. Bateson regarded our living system which includes the nature, the society, living things and human beings as a mind process as well as being aesthetic and sacred, and then raised the ecological thinking which overcomes dualistic thinking such as science and non-science or mind and body. The concept of Ecoliteracy by F. Capra influenced by Bateson recognizes our living system as modeling principles and the wisdom of ecosystem, and encourages us to acquire both sensitivity and rationality through experiences. This study indicates the significance and possibility of integrating environmental and artistic education.