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 [...]
The power went out right after lunch as often happens during the tropical October months, silencing the much-needed air conditioners. It was a pleasant 85 degrees outside. But in my classroom, without the A/C’s expensive fight, it quickly reached the upper nineties. You see, the building I was in, only six years old, was designed [...]
I just watched Manufactured Landscapes, a visually haunting documentary which looks at man’s planet-altering capabilities. Between scenes of soul-squashing, assembly line tedium, we are treated to eerily beautiful scenes, bathed in surreal walls of droning music. The pace is slow, allowing for reflection and your fair share of shock and awe. (available at Netflix)
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Here is a very nice set of guidelines for environmental education provided by the North American Association for Environmental Education.
From their site:
Excellence in Environmental Education Guidelines for Learning (Pre K-12) (revised 2004) provides students, parents, educators, home [...]
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