Comments on: Seven Ways to Improve Environmental Education http://rs.resalliance.org/2007/04/25/seven-ways-to-improve-environmental-education/ coping with ecological suprise in a human dominated world Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:28:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Lee A. Arnold http://rs.resalliance.org/2007/04/25/seven-ways-to-improve-environmental-education/#comment-29576 Lee A. Arnold Sat, 12 May 2007 01:00:47 +0000 http://rs.resalliance.org/2007/04/25/seven-ways-to-improve-environmental-education/#comment-29576 Please have a look at these YouTube videos as a possible way to proceed: http://youtube.com/leearnold Please have a look at these YouTube videos as a possible way to proceed:

http://youtube.com/leearnold

]]> By: Biopolitical http://rs.resalliance.org/2007/04/25/seven-ways-to-improve-environmental-education/#comment-25747 Biopolitical Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:19:47 +0000 http://rs.resalliance.org/2007/04/25/seven-ways-to-improve-environmental-education/#comment-25747 So, these guys want to educate children to be less selfish. Sounds familiar. So, these guys want to educate children to be less selfish. Sounds familiar.

]]> By: David Low http://rs.resalliance.org/2007/04/25/seven-ways-to-improve-environmental-education/#comment-25290 David Low Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:01:26 +0000 http://rs.resalliance.org/2007/04/25/seven-ways-to-improve-environmental-education/#comment-25290 Thanks for drawing our attention to the article, Gary. In recommendation one, Blumstein and Saylan argue that, "...the environmental community at large must stop rejecting criticism as negative". Despite this recommendation, they continue in this theme in recommendation six, saying, "We must teach that conservation-minded legislation may deprive us of some of the goods and services that we previously enjoyed. Self-sacrifice will be necessary to some degree if we are to avoid or minimize adverse effects of imminent environmental threats with truly global consequences." Could we perhaps add another recommendation, such as, "The environmental community should embrace positive messages that approach conservation issues, pointing out the positive benefits that will arise out of embracing change". Applying this, we could re-write recommendation one to read: "The environmental community at large will find that embracing criticism is a positive thing to do". The passage from recommendation six might then read: "We must teach that conservation-minded legislation will provide as with a host of wonderful, life-giving benefits. Finding new ways to enjoy conservation experiences will lead us out of harms way." For a more detailed account of the positive functions of dissent, see: http://trumpeter.athabascau.ca/index.php/trumpet/article/view/105/109) David Low Thanks for drawing our attention to the article, Gary. In recommendation one, Blumstein and Saylan argue that, “…the environmental community at large must stop rejecting criticism as negative”. Despite this recommendation, they continue in this theme in recommendation six, saying, “We must teach that conservation-minded legislation may deprive us of some of the goods and services that we previously enjoyed. Self-sacrifice will be necessary to some degree if we are to avoid or minimize adverse effects of imminent environmental threats with truly global consequences.”

Could we perhaps add another recommendation, such as, “The environmental community should embrace positive messages that approach conservation issues, pointing out the positive benefits that will arise out of embracing change”.

Applying this, we could re-write recommendation one to read:

“The environmental community at large will find that embracing criticism is a positive thing to do”.

The passage from recommendation six might then read:

“We must teach that conservation-minded legislation will provide as with a host of wonderful, life-giving benefits. Finding new ways to enjoy conservation experiences will lead us out of harms way.”

For a more detailed account of the positive functions of dissent, see: http://trumpeter.athabascau.ca/index.php/trumpet/article/view/105/109)

David Low

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