I’m hoping that this will be more than just another blog post. If you think it makes sense, please share it with others. If you can get this idea in front of the right eyes, you deserve all the credit. Thanks.
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Would you be willing to walk 30 yards to [...]
The Gulf oil spill, is at the heart of the matter, a design flaw. I’m not alluding to BP’s oil extraction technology either. Certainly, it had an important role to play but it’s not the whole story, or even a central part of it. The story is bigger. And like most [...]
Believing that an economy’s health has little to do with the creation of value or the avoidance of waste, we continue spending tax money to promote the kind of bad design that has been the hallmark of Detroit for way too long. Throwing money at moribund corporations will not change the laws of physics; it [...]
As I listen to the pundits, read the reports, and try to understand the zeitgeist, it seems like the order of the day is to prepare students so that they can become integrated into the knowledge economy. There’s very little, if any, talk about preparing students for the industrial economy. But why would we want [...]
I bumped into GOOD Magazine’s project 010 the other day where it asks for readers to submit their ideas for a project. I submitted an idea that’s been bouncing around in my head for a couple months now. It involves micro-financing (ie: Kiva.org) and energy savings. Seems to me like this would make an interesting [...]
I guess one of the few good things about the world having many problems is that it gives teachers many options to choose from when looking for engaging projects. It is hoped, through this project, that students will learn valuable information literacy skills, mathematics, science, political science, writing….and very importantly: that they can be agents [...]
While many schools are proud to announce that they recycle and that recycling has become part of the curriculum, how many are exploring the issue at a deeper level? How many are asking: “Why do we have garbage? Is garbage inevitable? What are its costs?” Most schools, through their lack of curriculum, do not address [...]
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