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Teaching Kids About Living Systems

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July 5, 2014

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Teaching Kids About Living Systems

People who don’t have a concept of the whole, can do very unfortunate things.

– Joseph Campbell –

Teaching Kids About Living Systems

“If you cut a cow in half, do you get two cows?” That is the simple question Linda Booth Sweeney likes to ask young people in her efforts to try and teach them the concept of living systems. It is a notion that she says even four-year-olds will shout out, “No way!” as they recognize that the cow has parts that belong together to make a whole. Join Lisa Bennett, communications director for the Center for Ecoliteracy, as she speaks with Sweeney about trying to educate people of all ages to experience and understand how nature sustains life and how to live accordingly. { read more }

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Take a moment to check out the Center for Ecoliteracy website and discover some ways you can be a part of the solution. { more }

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