Books
Developing Ecological Consciousness: Path to a Sustainable World
I was born in 1949, turned 16 in 1965, 21 in 1970. In other words, I came of age when Americans were slowly coming to see themselves not as
separate from, but as part of a living planet. The shift was barely perceptible at first. Some peg its beginning to 1962, the year Rachel Carson's
book, Silent Spring, was published. Carson told the story of familiar creatures, such as backyard songbirds, dying in grotesque ways writhing in the
grass, their bodies contaminated with pesticides. She described how an American symbol, the Bald Eagle, was failing to reproduce, their eggshells
rendered thin and brittle because of pesticides ...
- Continue reading The Preface
- Read a sample: Chapter 8: "Story: Creating Meaning In A Time of Crisis"
- Read a review by Carolyn Webb from EarthLight
Teaching As If Life Matters
Given my interest in teaching, it was perhaps inevitable that one day I would ask myself: What would it mean to teach as if life matters?
This question, as soon as it arose in me, had a stilling effect. I sensed, immediately, that this was a question that had the power to transform
my work as teacher. And, as it turns out, it is doing just that. Indeed, it is this question-What would it mean to teach as if life matters?-that
has guided me in the writing of this book.
- Continue reading The Introduction
- Read a sample: Chapter 3: "Loving the Questions"