Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability
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By Lisa Bennett
Today we are faced with unprecedented environmental challenges, from climate change to the end of cheap energy, the depletion of resources, and loss of species. Addressing these issues will require leaders and citizens who can think ecologically, which means: Schools need to prepare students who understand the principles by which nature sustains life and have the values, ability, and courage to act on that understanding. Lisa Bennett, communications director for the Center for Ecoliteracy, addresses the hopeful new movement that is rising in response to these challenges in schools across North America. She also discusses ways in which Waldorf parents and educators can participate in (and already are advancing) this important new movement in education.
Today we are faced with unprecedented environmental challenges, from climate change to the end of cheap energy, the depletion of resources, and loss of species. Addressing these issues will require leaders and citizens who can think ecologically, which means: Schools need to prepare students who understand the principles by which nature sustains life and have the values, ability, and courage to act on that understanding. Lisa Bennett, communications director for the Center for Ecoliteracy, addresses the hopeful new movement that is rising in response to these challenges in schools across North America. She also discusses ways in which Waldorf parents and educators can participate in (and already are advancing) this important new movement in education.
