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This offer is for a limited time only because I have just 10 copies of David Sobel’s book Place-based Education: Connecting Classrooms and Communities available. But here’s the deal: buy a print copy of The Best of CLEARING, and I will add a copy of Sobel’s book ($12 on Amazon) as a free bonus to the first 10 people who respond!
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Changing the world…
Curriculum: “Connecting Students to the World”, Lessons for Literacy, Science, and Social Studies
The Failure of Environmental Education: And What We Can Do to Fix It
by Charles Saylan and Daniel Blumstein
(excerpt from the book)
nvironmental education has failed to bring about the changes in attitude and behavior necessary to stave off the detrimental effects of climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation that our planet is experiencing at an alarmingly accelerating rate.
For decades, scientists have warned of the potentially devastating consequences of climate change, and although it has become a highly politicized issue, serious problems still loom in earth’s near future. A conservative approach would dictate that our societies act expediently to mitigate these potential threats. But that is not happening. Instead, we are all paralyzed by indecision, argument, misplaced politicization of the issues, and a widespread lack of commitment to change. The pace of environmental degradation, however, is not slowing. (more…)