Acknowledgements

Introduction

Approaches to Learning

Teaching for the Future: Systems Thinking and Sustainability by John Goekler
From Learners to Leaders: Using Creative Problem Solving in Environmental Projects by David Bauer, David Hetherly
and Susan Keller-Mathers
Teaching Controversial Issues by Pat Clarke
Integrated Studies in Systems by Pam Russell
Tamarack: Responsibility, Community and Authenticity by Bill Patterson
The Small School: Human-scale Education by Satish Kumar
Environmental Industries Co-op Education by John Perry
Education for Sustainability: An Ecological Approach by Marc Companion

Learning about Ecosystems

Discovering Lake Management by Matthew R. Opdyke
The Tantramar Wetlands Centre Project by Chris Porter
Using Epiphytic Lichens as Bio-indicators of Air Pollution by Andrew Kett, Sonia Dong, Heather Andrachuk and Brian Craig
Carbon Cycle: Measuring CO2 Flux from Soil by Robert Lessard, L. Dennis Gignac and Philippe Rochette
Tank Tips: A Freshwater Aquarium in the Classroom by Rebecca Holcombe
Nitrogen Pollution: Too Much of a Good Thing by David A. Bainbridge
Living Systems in the Classroom by Mark Keffer
RiverWatch: Science on the River by Cal Kullman

Living Sustainably

Eco-economics in the Classroom by Susan Santone
Measuring Your School’s Ecological Footprint by Julie Sawchuk and Tim Cameron
Choosing Our Future by Jan Cincera
Linking Trade, Human Rights and the Environment by Tricia Jane Edgar
Planet Transit Game: Profit or Survival? by Georgi Marshall
Global Morning: A Consumer Awareness Activity by Mary Gale Smith
The Debate about Hemp: A Role Play by Sara Francis
Teaching About Biodiesel by Richard Lawrence
Making Biodiesel from Waste Vegetable Oil by Alison K. Varty and Shane C. Lishawa
Small-scale Science by Alan Slate
Green Driving Lessons: Oxymoron or Opportunity? by Tim Altieri

Making Interdisciplinary Connections

Green Mapmaking by Robert Zuber and Wendy E. Brawer
Connecting Students with Special Needs to the Environment by Lynn Dominguez and Mary Lou Schilling
Exploring the Earth Charter by Linda Hill
Walking into Wonder: Observation Walks by Cynthia Macleod
Building Green by Jennifer Wolf
Ancestral Arts by Elizabeth Lorentzen
GIS in the Classroom by Marsha Alibrandi
Voices of the Land: A Course in Environmental Literature by Emma Wood Rous
Social Justice and Language Arts by Christopher Greenslate (L)
Designing a Green City by Iori Miller and Susan Sheard

Exemplary Models and Programs

Global Field Trip by Rosemary Ganley
Tips for Successful Overseas Projects by Alana Robb
The Earth Community School by Frans C. Verhagen
Soy-powered Learning by Gail Littlejohn
The Steveston Fish Hatchery by Bob Carkner and Barry Barnes
The Living Machine at Darrow School by Lisa Riker

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