Learn more about the framework and inspiration of Education for The Great Turning
(a work in progress...check back to see new additions!)
USING PERMACULTURE PRINCIPLES TO RE-ENVISION K-12 CURRICULA, LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, AND PEDAGOGY:
- Dustin Bajer is a teacher and permaculturalist in Edmonton, Alberta. Check out this video (bottom left) and his website!
- Nathan Ayers on Why Permaculture Should Be Taught in Every School in America
- Permie Kids: Podcast and Resources
- Michael Becker trains his middle school students to be Permaculture Designers (see video).
- Permaculture Education and Research in USA: Expanding Connectivity Between Islands of Fertility
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WHAT IS A TRANSITION TOWN EDUCATION?
- The folks at the Transition Town network describe their idea of a Transition School
HOLISTIC MENTORSHIP, RITES OF PASSAGE, AND NATURE CONNECTION
- Jon Young and The Art of Mentoring (see video). Check out his work on Coyote Mentoring, too!
PEDAGOGY FOR THE GREAT TURNING:
- EcoJustice Education is a study of the overlap of diversity, democracy, and ecological sustainability. It is an activist-oriented pedagogy for the classroom and grassroots organizing.
- Critical Pedagogy considers how education empower individuals to take part in and strengthen our democracy, create a more just society, and be agents of change in make a better world.
- Ecopedagogy "What does an education look like that can encourage people to face what is happening, take responsibility for ourselves and work to create healthy, vibrant resilient communities that serve everyone, no one excluded. What kind of education is really relevant today, given our current social and ecological crisis? How is traditional environmental education not relevant? These are some of the questions that are asked by ecopedagogy, which it attempts respond to." -Practicing Freedom