Tag Archive | "ecology"

Critical Pedagogy, Ecoliteracy & Planetary Crisis

Thursday, February 25, 2010

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Critical Pedagogy, Ecoliteracy & Planetary Crisis

As globalization penetrates the hearts and souls of many lives and as transnational capitalist interests work beyond the sovereignty of many states to weaken both socioeconomic and environmental regulations, accelerating people's impoverishment along with ecological catastrophe as a result, the world needs revised thinking and action.

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Bottlemania: Big Business, Local Springs, and the Battle Over America’s Drinking Water

Sunday, February 7, 2010

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Bottlemania: Big Business, Local Springs, and the Battle Over America’s Drinking Water

In mid-January, I received a mass email asking me to donate $10 for bottled water and other supplies for participants in an important immigrant rights march in Phoenix.

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For Kids Who Love Animals: A Guide to Sharing the Planet

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

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For Kids Who Love Animals: A Guide to Sharing the Planet

If your children love creative projects, fun facts, and animals of all kinds For Kids Who Love Animals: A Guide to Sharing the Planet will be a great addition to their bookshelf.

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Silence of the Songbirds & Where the Wild Things Were

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

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Silence of the Songbirds & Where the Wild Things Were

Part of me cringed the thought of reading yet more tales of humanity’s inclination to extinguish and diminish other life forms. It’s a reaction, I discovered after a quick survey of colleagues, I am not alone in experiencing when confronted with titles such as Silence of the Songbirds and Where the Wild Things Were.

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Guerilla Gardening & Interwoven Wild

Thursday, July 16, 2009

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Guerilla Gardening & Interwoven Wild

Of all the possible definitions of a garden, I like Don Gayton's best: "A garden is a gift, a celebration and a revelation." Gayton's idea applies equally well to his own efforts, as an ecologist landscaping his suburban yard, as to the more political and activist agenda of guerrilla gardener David Tracey.

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