May 2015 Environmental Evolution newsletter
Science news with a Margulisian/Lovelockian Biospheric perspective and some non–human interest stories.
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Category: Learning Stages
Perspective, Gratitude, and Wonder: Revelations in Big History
This is an article that will soon be published in our school’s newsletter, the Community Times. It was inspired by my student’s final essay reflections in the Big History of Earth and Space Science seminar that we recently concluded this semester. The insights in these essays were so moving, and so illustrated the ideal outcomes […]
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The What and Why of Big History, a talk by David Christian
This lecture given by David Christian defines Big History and details its most essential component parts. Additionally, he offers his philosophical justification for why Big History should serve as a model for secondary education.
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Big History as Connective Tissue
This table is meant to be a quick reference guide for Montessori high school teachers in a public school setting trying to teach otherwise isolated courses through the unified and deep time perspective of Cosmic Education and Big History.
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Living Cosmology Conference (11/14): Videos of Presentations at Yale Divinity School
Organized by the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale in honor of Thomas Berry’s 100th birthday, “Living Cosmology” offered participants an opportunity to hear from dozens of scholars and religious practitioners on the Christian response to the Emmy Award winning film, Journey of the Universe. This free conference opened Friday evening with a reception […]
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Our Cosmic Selves (NYTimes Op Ed)
Ray Jayawardhana, professor of physics and astronomy at York University, Toronto, explains in this...
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Psi Experiences and the Ecology of Consciousness
A description of three years of first-hand experiences with both the receptive and expressive...
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April 2015 Environmental Evolution newsletter
A biospheric perspective of the effect of the origin and evolution of life on Earth. April issue discusses the need to update selected Wikipedia entries and it only took medicine 150 years to convince medicine and science of the importance of microbiomes but they still don’t recognize that not all bacterial symbionts are friendly.
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Lead, Don’t Follow on Climate Justice
A powerful and unflinching articulation of what is REALLY required of all cultural domains,...
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Earth Day Prayer
On Earth Day, many individuals and groups wish to give thanks for Earth’s gifts viewed in...
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