Lisa Bennett
Center for Ecoliteracy
"Who is really responsible for the oil spill in the Gulf," a group of New Orleans students ask during a mock trial they recently staged, "BP or everyone who uses oil?"
Perhaps, a student named Jordan suggests by way of an answer, oil companies are a lot like gun manufacturers. If someone is shot and...
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Stacy Sinclair, EdDEdExcellence Consulting, Inc.Think of education funding as a series of stepping stones laid into the soil to keep your feet from getting muddy or wet. The natural setting abounds and while walking along the path you hear the gentle sounds of nature. Ok, so maybe the stepping stones are suspended in the air like that scene from... -
Senn BrownGreen Charter Schools NetworkNow, forty years after Gaylord Nelson launched the first Earth Day, how would you describe his legacy? In foreboding words the founder of Earth Day warned that we were pursuing a self-destructive course of fueling our economies by degrading and depleting our natural resources. Nelson cha... -
Hillary H KirchmanMontgomery County Public SchoolsHave you ever heard of the trash vortex in the Pacific Ocean? It is a floating garbage mass in the ocean forming a trash island between Hawaii and California. As our population increases, our use of natural resources and goods does too. A significant amount of trash ends up in the...