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	<title>Ecoliteracy in EcoSchools</title>
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		<title>Ecological literacy and biophilia: loving the world</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eleanordudar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog is exploring perspectives on ecological literacy. I purposely have not focussed on a definition, though that may be useful at another time. And the blog has not yet offered many applications of ecoliteracy in action, except for the &#8230; <a href="http://esecolit.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/ecological-literacy-and-biophilia-loving-the-world-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esecolit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29885154&amp;post=506&amp;subd=esecolit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ecological literacy, ecology, and the mysteries of life</title>
		<link>http://esecolit.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/ecological-literacy-ecology-and-the-mysteries-of-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eleanordudar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The science of ecology is at the heart of ecological literacy as a new way of thinking about life. The study of life in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries focussed on the substance of Nature’s parts: what is matter made &#8230; <a href="http://esecolit.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/ecological-literacy-ecology-and-the-mysteries-of-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esecolit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29885154&amp;post=430&amp;subd=esecolit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ingredients for ecological literacy: is a &#8220;good news diet&#8221; of hope and resilience essential?</title>
		<link>http://esecolit.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/ingredients-for-ecological-literacy-is-a-good-news-diet-of-hope-and-resilience-essential/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Suzuki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writers Paul Hawken and Frances Moore Lappe share a belief in the resilience of the human spirit and the power of human creativity to build a new world. They gather evidence pointing to the changes already underway. These are mostly &#8230; <a href="http://esecolit.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/ingredients-for-ecological-literacy-is-a-good-news-diet-of-hope-and-resilience-essential/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esecolit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29885154&amp;post=421&amp;subd=esecolit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ecological Literacy and A Sense of Wonder</title>
		<link>http://esecolit.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/ecological-literacy-and-a-sense-of-wonder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eleanordudar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“It’s a Wonderful World” Two versions of Louis Armstrong’s famous song “It’s a Wonderful World” have been set to pictures in these very short videos. One soundtrack is Armstrong singing, the other the voice of Sir Richard Attenborough speaking the &#8230; <a href="http://esecolit.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/ecological-literacy-and-a-sense-of-wonder/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esecolit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29885154&amp;post=384&amp;subd=esecolit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“Life’s Operating Manual”: Why does ecological literacy matter? Where do we go to ignite the spark?</title>
		<link>http://esecolit.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/lifes-operating-manual-why-does-ecological-literacy-matter-where-do-we-go-to-ignite-the-spark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Suzuki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big picture thinking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dayna Baumeister is co-founder, with Janine Benyus, of the Biomimicry Institute and Biomimicry 3.8. Her half-hour presentation at the 2011 Bioneers conference, “Life’s Operating Manual,” is spell-binding and one of the most artful presentations I’ve seen in a long time. &#8230; <a href="http://esecolit.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/lifes-operating-manual-why-does-ecological-literacy-matter-where-do-we-go-to-ignite-the-spark/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esecolit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29885154&amp;post=362&amp;subd=esecolit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paying attention: how important is it for learning? How can education in the environment help?</title>
		<link>http://esecolit.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/304/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Suzuki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Attention is the holy grail&#8230;everything that you’re conscious of, everything you let in, everything you remember and you forget, depends on it.” says Professor David Strayer, a psychology prof at the University of Utah.  Strayer took four neuroscientist colleagues on &#8230; <a href="http://esecolit.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/304/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esecolit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29885154&amp;post=304&amp;subd=esecolit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Astonish Me!</title>
		<link>http://esecolit.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/astonish-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Suzuki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This 7 minute video was created to celebrate WWF’s 50th anniversary.  It follows a young boy who gets the last ticket to an exhibit of new species, ending with a reminder of how important it is to also protect species &#8230; <a href="http://esecolit.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/astonish-me/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esecolit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29885154&amp;post=103&amp;subd=esecolit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DeSmogBlog</title>
		<link>http://esecolit.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/desmogblog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Suzuki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a source of solid research and opinion on green issues that some of you may already know. This very active blog is content-rich. Started in 2006 by Canadian public relations guru Jim Hoggan, it dissects the half-truths and outright &#8230; <a href="http://esecolit.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/desmogblog/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esecolit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29885154&amp;post=166&amp;subd=esecolit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fritjof Capra on “Ecology and Community”</title>
		<link>http://esecolit.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/unpacking-ecology-and-community-for-readers-who-might-find-a-precis-of-this-article-useful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Suzuki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fritjof Capra is one of my very favourite thinkers on systems thinking and ecological literacy. He works hard to distill big ideas into digestible chunks, and his very way of organizing his thoughts mirrors the interconnected that he sees in &#8230; <a href="http://esecolit.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/unpacking-ecology-and-community-for-readers-who-might-find-a-precis-of-this-article-useful/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esecolit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29885154&amp;post=153&amp;subd=esecolit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Improving Student Achievement through Ecological Literacy</title>
		<link>http://esecolit.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/improving-student-achievement-through-ecological-literacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Suzuki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s the top of the ninth, the bases are loaded, and we’re down to the last out. Ecological literacy has a final pitch. Baseball is often used as a metaphor to express the closing hour—the last chance&#8230;and that’s how one &#8230; <a href="http://esecolit.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/improving-student-achievement-through-ecological-literacy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esecolit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29885154&amp;post=147&amp;subd=esecolit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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