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My Musings For October 27, 2017

  Here are my recent musings on Nature’s Web of Life. They are a combination of new material and some of my favorite resources. If you find any of the articles interesting, I hope that you will offer your comments at the end of the list.   *********** Visual explorations of the relationship of patterns […]

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Environmental Educators Are Very Important People

  Environmental educators are some of the most important people on our planet. I can take it a step further by confidently stating that environmental educators may be that one group of humans who can save humanity from total destruction in the next 50 years. [ http://www.earth-policy.org/images/up...   ] Those of you who are environmental educators  […]

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My Musings On 13 October 2017

Here are my recent musings on Nature’s Web of Life. They are a combination of new material and some of my favorite resources. If you find any of the articles interesting, I hope that you will offer your comments at the end of the list.   ************* What kind of person trophy hunts??? An interesting […]

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An Open Letter To Environmental Educators

As environmental educators, we have one of the most important jobs in current history. The purpose of our profession is to build a legacy of future generations that will result in a new consciousness for Nature that has been lost by recent generations. Through our efforts, the current destructive trend of apathy toward Nature, human […]

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Resource Material – The Legacy Worldview (Teach The Children)

Here are the Internet Resources for the Environmental Education Blog Essay    ************* Emma Marris on Wolves, New Conservation & Kids In Nature http://blog.nature.org/science/2014/0... ************* In my view, our hope for saving Nature on our planet lies with our youth. This wonderful clip is about a conservation professor and the youth he serves. Much of […]

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Resource Material – Effective Conservation Practices

Here are the Internet resources for the Effective Conservation Practices blog essay . A ray of hope. Fewer than 100 vaquitas—an elusive porpoise found only in the Sea of Cortez—are left on Earth. But there are new recent sightings of this rare marine mammal. http://bit.ly/1Mz8IdC *********** While many people are calling for relisting of gray wolves […]

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Resource Material – Environmental Ethics

Here is the Environmental Ethics Internet resource list in support of the Environmental Ethics blog essay .   Principles of an Ecological Morality: Integrating Values and Ethics for Natural and Human Systems http://www.davidbothered.com/?p=1123 ********** Understanding Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic https://www.aldoleopold.org/post/unde... *********** Why Edward Abbey Still Matters http://www.earthisland.org/journal/in... *********** https://www.powerlineblog.com/archive... Donald Trump and the decline of America’s […]

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Resource Material – Nature’s Energy Flow

Here is the energy flow Internet resource list in support of Nature’s Energy Flow blog essay .   Energy Flow and Matter Cycle in Living Systems – An excellent high school instruction video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5zyW... *********** Energy Flow In Living Systems – An excellent summary video designed for a high school class. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzMjQ... *********** Is everything in […]

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Resource Material – Living Systems and Systems Thinking

Here is a resource list for further study of the living systems worldview blog essay .    Wikipedia Living Systems Throry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_... *********** A Basic Written Description Of Living Systems Theory http://www.isss.org/primer/asem14ep.html *********** Waking Up In An Ecological Age – Molly Young Brown. An EXCELLENT summary of the history of modern systems/holistic thinking in ecology http://mollyyoungbrown.com/essays-boo... […]

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Resource Material – Infinite Growth On A Finite Planet

Here is a resource list of further reading to supplement my blog essay entitled “The Fantasy of Infinite Growth on a Finite Planet”    David Attenborough narrates How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth (BBC). An excellent documentary on the problem of human overpopulation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7zTb... ********** I’m a big fan of Dr. David Suzuki whose […]

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