The Search for Beauty

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The Search for Beauty
Some things to try before you die Education
for Sustainability July 2009 Henry Liebling
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What are you thinking as you look at this
image? Write a comment if you wish for any of the
images.
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Energy descent plan Abundant Living
What time is it?
0406!? 0302??
Dare to be different
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NOW this moment the most exciting time to be
alive Blue sky thinking Think outside the
box Change something Dare to
be different Experiment Take
risks Be creative Forget the
goal Be playful Try not to confuse
cleverness with wisdom
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Toomuchclutterinourheads,thecurriculumtheshops Co
nsumerismrubbishpoisoningtheplanet
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Slow down each sense. Try
softer and slower thinking, eating It doesnt
matter where you
start. All things are connected, the air you
breathe, the water you drink, the
food you eat, the place you live, the clothes you
wear. Try to smile. Breathe in, breathe out and
smile. Go on, do it now! Try being rather than
doing Live a little slower, give away your
watch. Try Slow Food, Slow Travel BUT try
to be-come more aware, more awake.
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Start from where you are, the
place where you live. Go and explore your
favourite outdoor place. Discover parks,
playgrounds, urban orchards, shared spaces,
woods, beaches
Bio-regional wisdom Sense of place
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Uncover the stories history behind paths,
bridleways, chimneys, doorways, hedges. Ask or
interview older wiser folk about local culture,
its origins, myths, stories, folk tales, crafts,
music, dances, art poetry.
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Try to find out about ANCIENT WISDOMS. We are
all brothers and sisters sharing the same DNA.
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Life as a seaside holiday? Fancy a 14 hour
working week?
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Stones, Trees and Bones. Stone tools, Wooden
handles, Bone needle. 24000 years of
sustainability
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Try to find out about other indigenous
cultures Kenneth Little Hawk
Learn another language, find out about a culture
different from your own. Go and work in another
country on a teacher exchange or as a volunteer.
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Grow a tree, perhaps from seed, cutting or
sapling.
Watch it grow, care for it, use it.
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Share ideas, advice, seeds, seedlings, cuttings
and produce Use Landshare to find or offer
land Permaculture Forest garden Eat
seasonally Reduce food miles Grow your
food Eat the whole thing Eat less meat Find
food for free
Plant a tree every year of your life Fruit,
nuts, wood Notice the seasons When to plant and
harvest Companion planting Grow herbs Flowers
for bees Have a wild area Encourage
diversity A pond for frogs...
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Finding a niche
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Notice, observe, study draw patterns in plants
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Diversity in my garden
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Try to make baskets from local material which you
collect and dry. Learn a craft so you can make
things for yourself and others. Collect good
quality simple tools and learn how to use them.
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Simple tools
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Try watching waiting CREATE rather than
REACT Try something different Listen to a
friend Watch your feelings arise
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Be open hearted Try small kind actions Give
without a second thought Be happy, especially
for others
Be the change you wish to see in the world
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What Curriculum?
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Pedro the Magnificent or Pedro the
Terrible? Trying to re-unite Islam
Christianity.
Tiled wall in Alcazar palace, Seville. A lost art?
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What really matters in education?
One project a year. Butterfly garden, Elizabethan
Herb garden, Playground Games, Re-cycling Zone,
Footwear Planters, Mini-beast Area, Rock
Mineral trail, Pond, Building materials and brick
patterns. Keith Loze at Pilgrim Primary, Plymouth
1990s
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Try to reuse or recycle ALL your rubbish? Try to
live for a day without producing any rubbish.
There is no away.
RETHINK, REFUSE, REDUCE, REUSE, REPAIR,
RECYCLE
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Technological fixes Convergence of
technologies Try to make a box full of your
ideas as a present to the planet. Mashing
software Most technology creates more rubbish
and ends up as rubbish. Benefits of sharing,
negotiating, creating More for less ipod apps,
Diigo, Twine Open Software
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We are in a state of constant change. Everything
changes, nothing lasts for ever. Our world is
unpredictable. Nearly everything is space.
We cannot know the future,
but we can dream, envision and back-cast.
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Air, Earth, Fire, Water
How can we sense, feel, appreciate, respect,
come to know, CONNECT with, each of these
elements?
We are a part of all this. It is a part of us.
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We are a part of NOT apart from
all that surrounds us.
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