What Does Biodiversity Mean? Biodiversity is an interesting word so commonly used that it is beginning to sound like “motherhood” and “hot apple pie”. Said another way, many people, especially students, learn the word and are told that it is good. They are told that we must preserve biodiversity. So they agree with it. But, without further help from an environmental educator, they are not sure how or why. They are told that:...

Human population growth is not sustainable on a planet with finite resources. Scientist Joe Hutto, in his book “The Light In High Places”, offers his perspective: “It is not the greed of multinational corporations with their vicious bulldozers, chain saws, and oil rigs that consume resources, but rather individuals like you and me creating these insatiable demands. The real problem is our many nonnegotiable needs for...

Interdependence is a defining feature of all life If I were asked to select one word that describes life on Earth, I would definitely choose the word “interdependence”. Everything in Nature is interconnected. Nothing lives in isolation!! There is no such thing as living separately. Everything, including we humans, depends on everything else in Nature. But, more than mere interconnectedness, interdependence refers to the...

“It makes far better sense to reshape ourselves to fit a finite planet than to attempt to reshape the planet to fit our infinite wants. — David W. Orr.”   A conflict rages between two groups of conservation scientists.  That conflict centers on how we humans must conserve our Earth. As far as I know, no one within these two groups disagrees that humanity is facing a terrible crisis that could affect our very...

  Video Resources Can A Collapse of Civilization Be Avoided? *********** Biologist Predicts how Civilization Collapses Soon. *********** For more wonder, rewild the world – George Monbiot *********** David Orr at Schumaker College : Ecoliteracy and Ecological Education *********** Fritjof Capra, The Systems View of Life *********** Karen Brown – Revolutionizing K-12 Education with Sustainability in Mind | Bioneers...

The challenge of environmental educators and their students, our youth,  is to build a new social order in which citizens seek to achieve the well-being of all life on Earth that is in harmony with Nature. We modern adults are robbing from the future. We our leaving our children, our grandchildren, and all future human generations with an ethical and an ecological mess that could spell disaster for the human race by the year 2100.  The...