Category: Ecology/Sustainability
Stardust and Cosmic Water
Posted by Terri MacKenzie | Apr 8, 2014 | Cosmic Evolution, Ecology/Sustainability, Lifelong, New Cosmology, Other, Posts & Resources, Religion/Spirituality, Ritual, The New Story |
This short blog describes how scientists discovered water in the cosmos, most of it ice. I hope readers will gain both a deeper appreciation of water/ice and of our interconnectedness throughout the cosmos.
The Cosmic Walk
Posted by Lawrence Edwards | Apr 7, 2014 | Adult Education, Document, Ecology/Sustainability, Journey of the Universe, Lifelong, Posts & Resources, Religion/Spirituality, Story of the Universe, The New Story |
The Cosmic Walk is a ritual created by Sr. Miriam MacGillis of Genesis Farm. It has subsequently been modified and presented by many people around the world. The Cosmic Walk is a way of bringing our knowledge of the 13.81 billion year Universe/Earth process from our heads to our hearts. It is a simple ritual […]
Changing Human Activities from a Technozoic to an Ecozoic Age
Posted by Jean L. Edwards | Mar 19, 2014 | Adult Education, Agriculture, Article, Ecology/Sustainability, Education, Government, Law, Middle 6 - 8, Posts & Resources, Religion/Spirituality, Secondary 9 - 12, Social Justice, Story of the Universe, The New Story |
A handout describing current human activities in our current industrial Age, changed in the Ecological Age, and transformed in the Ecozoic Age. The activities chosen are economics, technology, political systems, education, theology/religion, social relations, scientific paradigms, agriculture, human relationships to land, and the role of the human. The paper was meant to encourage discussion and […]
Walk Through Time Exhibit
Posted by Geoff Ainscow | Mar 18, 2014 | Adult Education, Big History, Ecology/Sustainability, Education, Higher Education, Lifelong, Middle 6 - 8, Other, Posts & Resources, Religion/Spirituality, Secondary 9 - 12, Story of the Universe, The New Story |
The exhibit includes 95 collapsing A-frame easels with the panels mounted. They are stored and transported in an 18 foot trailer and pulled by a truck or SUV. The trailer also contains tools, spare parts and an instruction manual for set-up and take-down. Fifteen Billion Years in the Life . . A breathtaking, vibrantly illustrated […]
Walk Through Time – From Stardust to Us
Posted by Geoff Ainscow | Mar 18, 2014 | Adult Education, Book, Ecology/Sustainability, Education, Epic of Evolution, Higher Education, Lifelong, Middle 6 - 8, Posts & Resources, Secondary 9 - 12 |
Book: subtitle, “The Evolution of Life on Earth”
Read MoreHow Wolves Change Rivers
Posted by Lawrence Edwards | Mar 15, 2014 | Adult Education, Ecology/Sustainability, Higher Education, Journey of the Universe, Posts & Resources, Secondary 9 - 12, Story of the Universe, Video |
A very beautiful short documentary on how the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone Park...
Read MoreAwakening the Cartesian Dreamer:Universal Values in Solidarity in an Evolutionary Universe
Posted by Orla Hazra | Mar 3, 2014 | Agriculture, Art, Article, Big History, Ecology/Sustainability, Education, Government, Law, Lifelong, New Cosmology, Other, Religion/Spirituality, Social Justice |
Describes the process of awakening happening globally through the four step dynamic of the Pachamama Alliance’s Awakening the Dreamer. To heal our cartesian alienationThomas Berry advised us to engage a fourfold wisdom conversation : the wisdoms of science, religion, indigenous peoples and women. As a result of this conversation and recognizing ourselves within the deep […]
Awakening the Cartesian Dreamer: Universal Values in Solidarity with an Evolutionary Universe
Posted by Orla Hazra | Mar 3, 2014 | Adult Education, Agriculture, Art, Big History, Document, Early Childhood PK, Ecology/Sustainability, Education, Elementary 3 - 5, Elementary K - 2, Higher Education, Infant/Toddler, Law, Lifelong, Middle 6 - 8, New Cosmology, Religion/Spirituality, Secondary 9 - 12, Social Justice |
Article reviews the steps of the social transformation happening globally using tAwakening the Dreamer symposium’s four questions. Identifies six universal values common to all indigenous and world religions and how they are evoked as a result of a fourfold wisdom conversation of science, religion, indigenous peoples and women.
I Thirst: A Lenten Journey from Desert to Garden
Posted by Terri MacKenzie | Feb 19, 2014 | Adult Education, Ecology/Sustainability, Higher Education, Middle 6 - 8, Posts & Resources, Religion/Spirituality, Secondary 9 - 12, Website |
I Thirst: A Lenten Journey from Desert to Garden is a resource for Lent groups that is grounded in...
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- Materials for learning about the history and diversity of life
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- Nesting and Branching Diagrams for the Bony Vertebrates introduces “tree-thinking” and how to read phylogenies (evolutionary tree diagrams)
- From Chordates to Mammals: Exploring the Tree of Life
- The Story of Mammals: From the Dawn of Life to the Present Day
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