Tag Archive | "sustainability"
TED Talk: How Food Shapes Our Cities
Carolyn Steel provides some relevant historical context for how we eat and the way food has shaped our cities and societies. Her plea for more mindfulness and sustainability is not only rational, it will one day become imperative. Great for providing background information for teachers or to bolster student understanding of anthropological impact of agriculture [...]
Continue reading...Janine Benyus on Biomimicry
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Janine Benyus showcases some innovative breakthroughs in science and engineering thanks to biomimicry, which seeks to emulate “Nature’s best biological ideas to solve human problems”. It is a fascinating and enlightening peak at an emerging trend built around the simple essential question, “How has nature overcome this obstacle?” The ensuing discoveries invariably lead to more sustainable [...]
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Oil Spill Estimate
Pick your level of gush: NOAA’s super-conservative-we-just-publish-what-BP-tells-us or the Dr. Doom expert analysis. Either way, it’s not looking good. It’s looking goo.
- Open Letter to the Teacher Who Said "I Hate Technology."
- The Folly of Rubrics and Grades
- A Teacher's Field Guide to Parents
- Reviewing Cathy Vatterott's "Rethinking Homework"
- Shift Happens. (Even in Schools?)
- Marion Brady: Thank YOU. I hope I didn't leave the impression th...
- Marion Brady: I've done consulting work twice for the Gates Foun...
- Sharon Elin: One important parent type that could be added, in ...
- Jessica Horton: Marion, I love this piece, but I don't know if I a...
- Adam Burk: Thanks for this post, making the necessary highlig...
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Friday, October 23, 2009
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