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The intimate bond: humans and dirt

Posted by Betsey Crawford | Mar 23, 2017 | Big History, Biology and Earth Systems Science, Cosmic Evolution, Ecology/Sustainability, Lifelong, Other, Posts & Resources, Website |

Astrophysicist Carl Sagan once said, “If you want to bake an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” He could have said the same of mud pies, though it wouldn’t have sounded as delicious. But, before apples, the universe needed to invent dirt. Without it, we would not be here. Although dirt […]

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Playful Murray Magpie, Creative Universe

Posted by Di Shearer | Mar 1, 2017 | Adult Education, Biology and Earth Systems Science, Document, Ecology/Sustainability, Education, Higher Education, Journey of the Universe, Middle 6 - 8, Posts & Resources, Religion/Spirituality, Secondary 9 - 12, Social Justice, The New Story |

These are poems I wrote to enable greater access to the DTJN for those not currently reading or following Deep Time stories and practices.

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The Thin End Podcasts with Denis Noble

Posted by James MacAllister | Feb 12, 2017 | Adult Education, Audio, Biology and Earth Systems Science, Gaia Theory/Science-Based Systems Thinking, Higher Education, Lifelong, Other, Posts & Resources, Secondary 9 - 12 |

“A Dialogue with Denis Noble” – Ray Noble (Denis’s brother) interviews...

New trends in evolutionary biology: biological, philosophical and social science perspectives

Posted by James MacAllister | Feb 1, 2017 | Adult Education, Agriculture, Audio, Big History, Biology and Earth Systems Science, Ecology/Sustainability, Education, Gaia Theory/Science-Based Systems Thinking, Higher Education, Lifelong, Other, Posts & Resources, Secondary 9 - 12 |

“New trends in evolutionary biology: biological, philosophical and social science perspectives ” is a joint meeting of the Royal Society and the British Academy of Science to discuss the new paradigm of evolution. At this site, you can listen to audio files of the entire meeting. Described as a bloodless revolution, the Modern synthesis (neo-Darwinism, […]

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Scientists March on Washington

Posted by James MacAllister | Jan 25, 2017 | Adult Education, Biology and Earth Systems Science, Ecology/Sustainability, Elementary 3 - 5, Higher Education, Law, Lifelong, Middle 6 - 8, Other, Posts & Resources, Secondary 9 - 12, Social Justice, Website |

The Scientists’ March on Washington is working to schedule a March for Science on DC and...

January 2017 Environmental Evolution newsletter

Posted by James MacAllister | Jan 4, 2017 | Adult Education, Agriculture, Art, Biology and Earth Systems Science, Cosmic Evolution, Document, Ecology/Sustainability, Education, Gaia Theory/Science-Based Systems Thinking, Government, Higher Education, Law, Lifelong, Other, Posts & Resources, Religion/Spirituality, Secondary 9 - 12, Social Justice |

This newsletter discusses the need for a new theory of evolution in evolutionary biology that incorporates biological relativity and the research featured at the Royal Society meeting, New Trends in Evolution: biological, philosophical and social science perspectives. Biological relativity is a concept that Oxford Professor of Systems Biology and President of the International Union of […]

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