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The HighWaterLine ACTION GUIDE was
developed to accommodate a wide range of participants
including nonprofit organizations, school groups, and individuals. It can
easily be a weekend
workshop, an entire semester, or annual project of research, production
and presentation.
The project is considered a reproducible tool for anyone interested to
take action addressing
climate change.
Although the range of impacts due to climate change are vast and include
extreme weather,
drought, food shortages and more, the guide specifically focuses on
educating and activating
communities to reduce C02 emissions, and to advocate for adaptation,
mitigation and
resiliency. Participants will begin to understand conceptually through
active visualization how
accelerated global warming will impact the people and the environment in
their community.
Activities found in the guide have been broken into STAGES, which can be
executed individually
or all together, and at the depth that makes sense with the learning goals
of an organization
or institution. Included in each stage are ACTION STEPS to create your own
placed based
HighWaterLine. At the end of the guide are RESOURCES and SUPPLEMENTAL
ACTIVITIES
sections that can be aligned with Common Core Standards.
Download the guide here
http://ecoartspaceactionguides.blogspot.co.uk/
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Nature
Interpretation for Children and Young People in the Nordic Countries
The primary goal of this project has been to collect, develop and mediate
a series of good examples from the Nordic countires in Europe of how
nature interpretation, aimed at children and young people, can encourage
children's understanding of nature, and inspire them to involve themselves
with questions on humans nature and thus help contribute to sustainable
development. Several issues should be considered when planning nature
interpretation activities if nature interpretation aims to lead to
sustainable development. These points of view are concerned especially
with how nature interpreters can encourage children and young people to
take ownership, to be involved with their body and mind, and to reflect
and put the experience and the activities in nature into a wider context.
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Into Nature: A Guide
to Teaching in Nearby Nature
The Back to Nature Network teacher’s guide, Into Nature, is a
unique teachers’ guide that enables the teaching of school curriculum
subjects outdoors in nature on a regular basis. Content of the guide
includes logistics, resources and learning experiences for teaching in
nature. All learning experiences are linking the indoor classroom to the
outdoor learning space.
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A Handful of Seeds
A Handful of Seeds, developed by the
Occidental Art and Ecology Center, is programme targeted at
schools to develop the understanding of seeds using school gardens.
Developed and tested in California, it takes account of the seasonality of
the natural world and the cycle of schools (ie it is geared to schools
being closed in the summer months).
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GreenMuseum Wiki on eco-art education
The
GreenMuseum
has a Wiki with examples and discussions of environmental and eco-art
projects which involve educators and students. From the introductory
page: "Environmental art is a powerful learning tool. Many artists
have collaborated with educators (many of them are teachers already)
and students to create art that calls attention to important
environmental issues.
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The interdisciplinary nature of
this work can enable one project to teach participants about a range
of topics such as biology, local history, art, business practices and
politics." Visitors are welcome to add to and edit any page.
http://wiki.greenmuseum.org/index.php/Educators
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