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The Environmental Education Collection
The write-ups of the materials included in this document were designed to point out the variety of factors an educator may wish to consider when deciding which materials are most appropriate for a particular group of students and how those materials might be used most effectively. Over 1,000 practitioners and scholars in the field (e.g.,
The Green Changemakers - Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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Introduction to Permaculture by Steve Diver
Books on permaculture 7. Introduction to permaculture The word "permaculture" was coined in 1978 by Bill Mollison, an Australian ecologist, and his student, David Holmgren. Ecological methods of production for any specific crop or farming system are central to permaculture as well as sustainable agriculture in general.
The Green Changemakers - Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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How to Add Zest to Your Sustainability Education Program
will describe here how I have used some of the principles developed by David Holmgren, cofounder of permaculture, to improve my teaching of permaculture design courses at the Camassia Institute in Oregon, where students live and work together for five weeks. Interactions with students become influenced by my observations of them.
The Green Changemakers - Saturday, July 3, 2010
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  • Education for Life Methods
    The fundamentals of the philosophy are described in the book Education for Life , by J. Students are introduced to different spiritual traditions; however, the emphasis is not on dogma or religious practices, but on applying spiritual principles to one’s own life. Students move toward reaching their highest potential in each area.
    The Green Changemakers - Wednesday, May 20, 2009
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  • Teaching Green: 100 Tips, Tools, & Resources for Every Kind of Classroom
    Incorporating ways to help the environment into your lessons is not only good for the planet, but offers plenty of hands-on activities, lessons, and projects for students. Find five projects here that can help your students learn about going green. Project WILD provides wildlife conservation programs for K-12 teachers and students.
    Green Life Smart Life - Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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  • ANALYSIS OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY Theory and Case Studies
    This book presents a new method for measuring multidimensional poverty. The first part of the book is theoretical. The second part of the book presents two case studies: one from Vietnam and the other from Senegal. Book(s) 13 of 251 Document(s) Preface 2009 Part I. Gauss in Lévis, Québec, Canada. Theory 1.
    The Green Changemakers - Saturday, March 27, 2010
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  • Environmental Education
    In what ways do students, teachers and communities benefit from classrooms engaged in environmental educational projects? Learn effective strategies for guiding students in conducting comprehensive and sophisticated research about environmental issues, solving specific local environmental problems, and acting on their solutions.
    The Green Changemakers - Thursday, May 28, 2009
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  • How to Add Zest to Your Sustainability Education Program
    will describe here how I have used some of the principles developed by David Holmgren, cofounder of permaculture, to improve my teaching of permaculture design courses at the Camassia Institute in Oregon, where students live and work together for five weeks. Interactions with students become influenced by my observations of them.
    The Green Changemakers - Saturday, July 3, 2010
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  • Teaching as a Spiritual Practice
    "To educate is to guide students on an inner journey toward more truthful ways of seeing and being in the world," writes Parker J. BOOK & QUOTATIONS The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life by Parker J. Palmer in The Courage to Teach. Hospitality: they welcome alien and different thoughts and ideas.
    The Green Changemakers - Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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  • Essential Education
    Any method which leads to the person becoming a good human being, to developing a good heart, even though it's not called Dharma, actually that method is Buddha-Dharma. Once there are these books, then teacher training, then start in a few countries. It's the methods that matter, not the words. So uneasy. Who am I?
    The Green Changemakers - Thursday, June 18, 2009
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  • FOR HUNGER-PROOF CITIES Sustainable Urban Food Systems
    For Hunger-proof Cities is the first book to fully examine food security from an urban perspective. It looks at methods to improve community-supported agriculture and cooperation between urban and rural populations. FOR HUNGER-PROOF CITIES Sustainable Urban Food Systems Edited by Mustafa Koc, Rod MacRae, Luc J.A. Luc J.A.
    The Green Changemakers - Saturday, March 27, 2010
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  • Communities Magazine: Education for Sustainability
    HOW TO ADD ZEST TO YOUR SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION PROGRAM Melanie Rios A permaculture teachers hits upon a gold mine of effective methods for enlivening her teaching—by drawing from the principles of permaculture itself. Web Features · LIVE AND LEARN : O.U.R. Building bridges between the two is essential for the survival and relevance of both.
    The Green Changemakers - Saturday, June 5, 2010
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  • Meditation, Social Change, and Education
    What the critics are asking for, among other things, is a type of education that teaches the student how “to live as a person.in It used to be fashionable to think of ancient Greek philosophy chiefly as a preface to modern logic and scientific method. However, Chapel House does not make a major effort to involve students.
    The Green Changemakers - Friday, April 2, 2010
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