Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 29 Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest A lyrical storyteller, Vandana Shiva begins from the roots of the Chipko movement in India, under the canopy of the Himalayan forests while listening to the teachings of the forest. Her evolution of ideas, first based in the history of science and then in the…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 30 Epilogue: The Child and the Environment Molly wrote this article thirteen years ago. It is a fitting counterpart to the preface of this publicaton because it predicts the role of nature across the planes of education even before the Erdkinder was tested. The article combines contemporary…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 27 Creating Planet Earth Every generation of new ecologists addresses the need for playscapes to match the landscapes while engendering wonder and beauty into a child's everyday world. Keeler's playground style imitates nature with designs of innovative path finding, inventive…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 28 You Are Brilliant, and the Earth Is Hiring Paul Hawken's commencement address presents a picture of the deterioration that is being wrought by human activity and motivates college graduates to join the invisible, ordinary masses who are already saving the planet with everyday processes. In a call to…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 26 Fifth Lecture We include the ninth chapter of "Education and Peace" by Maria Montessori (1949) to draw attention to the relationship between peace and sustainability. Nature is an integral part of peace studies. [Reprinted from "Education and Peace," pages 66-70, copyright…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 25 The Great Work of the New Millennium Thomas Berry explores the meaning of work from the standpoint of human civilization responding to the call of the universe, replacing use and exploitation of nature with the wonder, rapport, and intimacy so important to the psychic balance of the developing…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 24 The Ecology of the Mind Dr. Mazzetti's almost lyrical description of the role of encounters, both human and natural, suggests the terrible difficulty that would occur if the diversity of the natural environment, which is so essential to Montessori's prepared environment was lost. In…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 23 Nature Experience and Education Kevin Rathunde turns his research lens to the task of finding out the relevance of the natural world, its impact on adolescent motivation, and its positive sustaining of concentration and focus. He cites "disembodiment and denaturing" as needing to be…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 22 Greening Montessori School Grounds by Design Robin Moore and Nilda Cosco view the Montessori approach to the prepared environment as overlapping their understanding of the naturalization of school grounds. As they present the possibilities for a naturalized setting to overcome sedentary lifestyles and…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 21 Deep Ecology: Educational Possibilities for the Twenty-First Century Fritjof Capra's two-part lecture presents the fundamentals of systems thinking and sustainability along with the power of an ecologically comprehensive theory to shape education to fit the needs of human development in relation to the environment. Dr. Capra…
