Back in 2005, I pitched an idea for a series of regional and international sustainability tours to Mark Roseland at the SFU Centre For Sustainable […] Read More
Category: Education
This post continues in the same vein as the one a few days ago on new capitalism with its love for short-term contracts, intensified workloads […] Read More
I was reading about work and learning for a course recently and came across some very interesting articles in a book (cited below). This excerpt […] Read More
I have prized dictionaries from a very early age. I was gifted with this beautiful 1958 Oxford Dictionary when my aunt passed away this past […] Read More
I’m reading and writing about Kolb’s four stage experiential learning theory: concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, active experimentation. I’ll use a semi-hypothetical trip to […] Read More
When I worked at City Farmer, I had an idea for a garden gate. I wanted the gate to lift straight up above the garden. […] Read More
I want to thank all my elementary school teachers who posted poems on the classroom walls. I fell in love with Robert Frost and e […] Read More
I was reading a little book by Ellen Petrick and Michael Day while I was on Mayne Island. It was about planning outdoor residential education […] Read More
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. – Albert Einstein The teachings of […] Read More
In the early 1990s, a friend introduced me to a magazine called In Context. The subtitle was A Quarterly of Humane Sustainable Culture. I have […] Read More