Teaching Kids About Living Systems

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July 5, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace People who don't have a concept of the whole, can do very unfortunate things. - Joseph Campbell - Teaching Kids About Living Systems "If you cut a cow in half, do you get two cows?" That is the simple question Linda Booth Sweeney likes to ask young people in her efforts to try and teach them the concept of living systems. It is a notion that she says even four-year-olds will shout out, "No way!" as they recognize that the cow has parts that belong together to make a whole. Join Lisa Bennett, communications director for the Center for Ecoliteracy, as she speaks with Sweeney about trying to educate people of all ages to experience and understand how nature sustains life and how to live accordingly. { read more } Be The Change Take a moment to check out the Center for Ecoliteracy website and discover some ways you can be a part of the solution. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 24 Acts of Kindness To Restore Faith In Humanity 15 Serious Games Aiming to Change the World Barbara Kingsolver On How to Be Hopeful The College Course That's Changing Lives Relationships Are More Important than Ambition Gandhi's Ten Rules for Changing the World Resilience: The Opposite of Depression What School Doesn't Teach You: How To Learn DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 147,586 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More