CEL | News







		May 2008

		Essays on the Food Crisis Taking Back Our Food, by Miguel A. Altieri 2008 Goldman Prize Speech, by Jesús León Santos News Educators Changing the World Barlow Submits Testimony to Congressional Subcommittee CEL Joins No Child Left Inside Coalition Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming Essays Taking Back Our Food, by Miguel A. Altieri Local agriculture and a return to small-scale farming are essential to solving the global food crisis, author and University of California, Berkeley, professor Miguel A. Altieri argues in this essay written for the Center for Ecoliteracy. Through farm-to-school programs, a growing number of schools are supporting regional small-scale farms. Read Taking Back Our Food > Browse more CEL Essays > 2008 Goldman Prize Speech, by Jesús León Santos Indigenous people have farmed for centuries without exhausting limited resources, offering examples of sustainable living from which we can still learn today. In this speech, 2008 Goldman Environmental Prizewinner Jesús León Santos describes how indigenous practices have transformed barren countryside into rich, arable land in Oaxaca, Mexico. Read the 2008 Goldman Award speech by Jesús León Santos > Read about indigenous wisdom that has shaped the work of CEL (400k pdf download) > Read an essay by the late indigenous studies scholar John C. Mohawk > News Educators Changing the World Educators and activists from across the United States and the world have attended Center for Ecoliteracy seminars since 2006. Find out where these pioneers are helping young people develop the knowledge, skills, and values needed for sustainable living. See our map > Learn more about CEL seminars > Barlow Submits Testimony to Congressional Subcommittee In April, Center for Ecoliteracy executive director Zenobia Barlow submitted written testimony in support of environmental education to the Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Read the testimony (80k pdf download) > CEL Joins No Child Left Inside Coalition The Center for Ecoliteracy has joined the No Child Left Inside Coalition of environmental, educational, business, and other groups in support of legislation to authorize new funding for states to provide high-quality environmental instruction. Learn more about the coalition > Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming When some Vermont middle school students noticed school buses idling in front of their campus every morning, they petitioned their school board to require buses and cars to turn off their engines when parked in front of the school. Then they testified before the state legislature on the same topic. Thanks to their efforts and those of others, both the school and the state banned idling. These and other stories appear in a new book for children and teachers, How We Know What We Know about Our Changing Climate, by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch (Dawn Publications, 2008). Learn more about the book > Read more about education for sustainability >
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