Lessons, articles, and principles to further ecological teaching and learning

Thinking Like an Ecosystem

Thinking Like an Ecosystem

Frances Moore Lappé on how cutting one tree is never about just cutting one tree. Every act has multiple effects.

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Downloadable Resource: Jobs in a Biotic Community

Downloadable Resource: Jobs in a Biotic Community

Students learn about interdependence by taking a census of an outdoor site and identifying the different “jobs” of members of the biotic community.

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Why Mother Nature should be teaching your child's health class

Why Mother Nature Should Be Teaching Your Child's Health Class

Nature can teach us how to improve the health of our school children if we're willing to learn.

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