Green Teacher 82, Fall 2007

Good Design Matters …pp. 5-7
by Edward T. McMahon
Growth is inevitable, but the destruction of community character and natural resources that too often accompanies it is not.

Community-Character Education …pp. 8-10
by Sandra Ryack-Bell
Exploring, defining and enhancing the visual environment of our communities.

Do You See What I See? …pp. 11-12
by Sandra Ryack-Bell
An activity to help students understand visual pollution and begin to recognize it in their environment.

Student "Experts" in Community Character …pp. 13-17
by Linda L. Rulison
An interdisciplinary unit for middle school grades.

Using the Arts to Reclaim Community Pride …pp. 18-21
by Angie Cook

Organizing Youth Environmental Summits …pp. 22-23
by Jane Eller

Building with Nature …pp. 24-27
by Rosemary Martin-Moore
Frank Lloyd Wright's idea of organic architecture inspires students to consider how the beauty of nature could be reflected in their environment.

Students as Town Planners …pp. 29-31
by Ted Mitchell
A civic-based community-planning curriculum.

Community Appearance: Opportunities in the Inner City …pp. 32-35
by Rebekah Greenwald
Students in an inner-city-school program learned that visual environments are a matter of choice: they can reflect and perpetuate cycles of poverty, or become opportunities to restore hope and self-esteem.

Resolution to Advance Service-Learning …pp. 36-41
by Jerry T. Pharr, Jr.
A proposal to advocates of environmental and community-character education.

Tearing off the Labels: Service Learning Principles in Action…pp. 40-41
by Vince Case
A school-campus enhancement project that exemplifies the principles of service-learning

Educational resources reviewed:
The ABC's of Ecology (Ferry Beach Ecology School)
Peer Mediation (Hetty Van Gurp)
Veggie Revolution (Sally Kneidel and Sara Kate Kneidel)
Transforming School Grounds (Ann Coffey)
Chew On This (Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson)
A Child's Place in the Environment (Six-unit ecology curriculum, California Department of Education)
The Science of Life (Frank G. Bottone)
Your Land, Your Future (CD-ROM)
Remember Peace (Carolyn Pogue)
Animals and Their Mates (Pamela Hickman and Pat Stephens)
And Now... The Weather (Keith Heidorn, the "Weather Doctor")

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