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Center for Ecoliteracy Essays

Through its newsletter and website, the Center for Ecoliteracy offers concise essays presenting the perspectives of leading thinkers, educators, and policy makers. Contributors probe the connections including links between school food and combating childhood obesity, environmental issues and public policy, the interdependence of human and ecological communities, and education for sustainability.

Many of these essays have been written specifically for the Center. New essays are added regularly.

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Franics_Morre_Lappe_After Boston, Eyes-Wide-Open Hope?
Frances Moore Lappé

How do we know the difference between head-in-the-sand hope and eyes-wide-open hope? One is a killer; the other, a life-giver.

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An Abiding Ocean of Love: A Conversation with Artist Chris Jordan
Chris Jordan
Lisa Bennett

Reconnecting with our reverent love for the incomprehensibly beautiful miracle of our world.

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Not Your Ordinary First-grade Ocean Project
Lisa Bennett

First-grader students learn deep and lasting lessons about nature and themselves through this unusual ocean project.

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After Boston, Eyes-Wide-Open Hope?

How do we know the difference between head-in-the-sand hope and eyes-wide-open hope? One is a killer; the other, a life-giver.

Frances Moore Lappé
An Abiding Ocean of Love: A Conversation with Artist Chris Jordan

Reconnecting with our reverent love for the incomprehensibly beautiful miracle of our world.

Chris Jordan
Lisa Bennett
An Interview with Communications Consultant Andy Goodman

How can we promote school lunch improvements to attract support from students and parents?

Janet Brown
An Interview with J.P. Dozier and Marc Zammit

How do you approach the problem of managing costs in a healthy nutrition services program?

Michael K. Stone
Answers to Basic Facilities Questions

What is the ideal planning process for updating the facilities in a district wanting to improve school lunch?

Michael K. Stone
Becoming Ecoliterate

What it means, what it offers.

Daniel Goleman
Lisa Bennett
Zenobia Barlow
Becoming Healthy by Nature

Nature teaches schools how to choose practices that promote the health of people.

Michael K. Stone
Beyond a Garden in Every School

School gardens should be thought of as the center of the school, and not just another program or place.

Philip Nix
Biosphere Education

New curricula combine biosphere awareness with cultivation of empathy to help students make global emotional connections.

Jeremy Rifkin
Brain Food for Kids

Children's behavior, intelligence, and performance are significantly affected by the quantity and quality of what they eat.

Alan Greene
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