Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life is at once a popular-science exploration, a piece of natural history, and a sustained act of imaginative reorientation. The book’s central achievement is pedagogical and ethical: it trains the reader to look at fungi not as a shadowy footnote in the story of living things, but as a set of processes … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Entangled Life: How fungi make our worlds, change our minds & shape our futures by Merlin Sheldrake
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell by Sy Montgomery
Sy Montgomery has long worked at the attentive edge where natural history becomes moral philosophy, and Of Time and Turtles picks up — with a patient, heartbreakingly reverent hand — the threads that connect bodily fragility to planetary repair. The book stages the turtle’s shell as both literal armor and fragile archive: a record of past injuries, … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell by Sy Montgomery
The Adaptable Educator’s book Review – Tree: A Life Story by David Suzuki & Wayne Grady
David Suzuki & Wayne Grady’s Tree, A Life Story stages a quiet but insistent argument: to know a tree is to know a world. At once elegy, primer, and manifesto, the book reframes arboreal biography as a mode of ethical attention. Suzuki’s scientific gravitas and Grady’s narrative tact combine to make a book that is neither pure … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s book Review – Tree: A Life Story by David Suzuki & Wayne Grady
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard
In Finding the Mother Tree, ecologist Suzanne Simard invites readers into the hidden, exquisite communication network of forests, weaving together rigorous science, personal memoir, and a call to 're-conceive' humanity’s relationship with the natural world. The result is neither dry technical treatise nor sentimental nature writing, but a compelling hybrid that marries empirical inquiry with a … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review: Our Green Heart – The Soul and Science of Forests by Diana Beresford-Kroeger
In Our Green Heart - The Soul and Science of Forests, Diana Beresford-Kroeger masterfully intertwines the poetic reverence of a naturalist with the analytical rigour of a scientist. The result is a work that not only illuminates the ecological intricacies of forests but also ignites a profound moral and spiritual call to action. This book is … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review: Our Green Heart – The Soul and Science of Forests by Diana Beresford-Kroeger
Empires of Earth: The Cosmic Unsustainability of Colonialism, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Capitalism
Stephen Hawking, a renowned theoretical physicist, has provided insightful perspectives on various global issues, though his work primarily focused on cosmology and theoretical physics. Nevertheless, his ideas on human nature, the future of humanity, and our place in the universe can be extrapolated to offer a framework for analyzing the interconnectivity and unsustainability of colonialism, … Continue reading Empires of Earth: The Cosmic Unsustainability of Colonialism, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Capitalism
Rethinking Systems: Descartian Critique and Sustainable Alternatives to Colonialism, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Capitalism
René Descartes, a prominent figure in modern philosophy, advocated for methodical doubt and rational inquiry to discern truth. Applying his philosophical approach to the interconnectivity and sustainability of colonialism, nationalism, imperialism, and capitalism provides a critical lens through which we can analyze these systems. Interconnectivity and Unsustainability Colonialism and imperialism are historically intertwined, driven by … Continue reading Rethinking Systems: Descartian Critique and Sustainable Alternatives to Colonialism, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Capitalism
Master Educators Helping Teachers: ASM Materials Education Foundation
In their own words: Empowering Educators, Igniting Passion: ASM Materials Education Foundation Shapes Tomorrow’s Innovators in Materials Science! Watch This! Making Material Difference The ASM Materials Education Foundation provides for the advancement of scientific and engineering knowledge through its support of education and research. The Foundation introduces hands-on curriculum to provide educators with the tools to increase … Continue reading Master Educators Helping Teachers: ASM Materials Education Foundation
Intégrer la Menuiserie dans le Programme Scolaire Moderne du Lycée : Renforcer les Compétences en Sciences Appliquées
Dans le paysage éducatif en constante évolution, il est essentiel d'explorer des moyens innovants pour favoriser le développement holistique des étudiants. Une avenue qui offre un potentiel immense est l'intégration de la menuiserie dans le programme scolaire du lycée. Au-delà de son rôle traditionnel dans l'éducation professionnelle, la menuiserie constitue une plateforme unique pour renforcer … Continue reading Intégrer la Menuiserie dans le Programme Scolaire Moderne du Lycée : Renforcer les Compétences en Sciences Appliquées
