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1. Welcome
Introductions
Rationale: David Orr, Dewey & Sobel
2. http://www.bigpicture.tv/videos/watch/cfa0860e8 Nature as Teacher David Orr 3:58
3. For the most part, we are still educating the young as if there were no planetary emergency. It is an educational challenge. More of the same kind of education can only make things worse. We need an education that prepares people for livelihoods suited to a planet that operates by the laws of ecology
David Orr (1994)
Stoney Creek 2006
Stoney Creek 2006 Sustainable Environments
4. The Future? Experiential & Place-based Learning
5. Today therefore will be a time for the cross pollinating of ideas, an opportunity to dialogue about possibilities and think about action toward solutions
6. We will have 3 questions for you today, each will be answered in a timed discussion within your group
7. Question 1Given that the word foodshed means the production and distribution of food, Is it possible to bring food production back to a community level and if so what could that look like?
8. " Law is not a static system of rules, developed on high by a few and passed down to citizens without input or redress. Law in a democracy is meant to reflect the values, mores, and hopes of the society at large....As ideals and beliefs change and develop, so does (or should) the law. Often there is a tension between existing law and where society wants to go, but this tension and debate...is fundamental to an open and responsive society." (Cassidy, p 129)Cassidy, W. (2004). Law and social studies: Preparing students for citizenship. In A. Sears & I. Wright (Eds.), Challenges and Prospects for Canadian Social Studies (pp. 126-137). Vancouver, Pacific Education Press.
9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS6Ut17vMjc David Sobel Educating for Sustainability
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Question 2.
What current laws or rules enhance or inhibit us from attaining our vision created from our last question?
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Question 3.
Given what we have discussed today, what ideas can we take away that will allow us to begin
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How will you begin to produce food at a community level?
12. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmRnJoSQuLw Michael Ableman Teaser #7 1:39
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_nXCOtJ7Jw&NR=1
Michael Ableman: Real Patriots :47
13. A Closing ReflexionAs ethical human beings we are called to improve the lives of others, our children and our communities, a vocation that requires not simply accepting things as they are, but imagining something better and working toward it. Author unknown
14. Some examples:Bees and Lavender projectFood production at a community level, the Urban Farm