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Center for Ecoliteracy Essays

Through its newsletter and website, the Center for Ecoliteracy offers concise essays presenting the perspectives of leading thinkers, educators, and policy makers. Contributors probe the connections including links between school food and combating childhood obesity, environmental issues and public policy, the interdependence of human and ecological communities, and education for sustainability.

Many of these essays have been written specifically for the Center. New essays are added regularly.

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Duane Elgin - Sophisticated Simplicty
Duane Elgin

Simplicity is not an alternative for a marginal few. It is a creative choice for the mainstream majority.

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Susan Griffin - There
Susan Griffin

A new poem dedicated to Zenobia Barlow and the Center for Ecoliteracy.

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Not Whether, But How, to Change the World, by Frances Moore Lappe
Frances Moore Lappé

What we let into our minds determines who we become. Why not choose an empowering new diet?

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A Delicious Revolution

Learning to make right choices about food is the most important key to environmental awareness.

Alice Waters
A New Agenda for School Food

Children's health has never been the central goal of school food programs. We need a new paradigm.

Janet Poppendieck
A New Era for Nutrition Education

It is time for a new philosophy of nutrition education that informs our children about their personal health and the future of our planet.

Marilyn Briggs
A Precautionary Tale

The "precautionary principle" means acting to avoid potential harm even before harmfulness has been proven.

Carolyn Raffensperger
A School Community for Children

The most important factor in turning one good school into a great school was a strong school community.

Jerry Kay
A Slice of Life

Experiential learning is an effective strategy for the worldwide crisis of nutrition-related health problems.

Elizabeth Ransom
Beyond a Garden in Every School

School gardens should be thought of as the center of the school, and not just another program or place.

Philip Nix
Biosphere Education

New curricula combine biosphere awareness with cultivation of empathy to help students make global emotional connections.

Jeremy Rifkin
Brain Food for Kids

Children's behavior, intelligence, and performance are significantly affected by the quantity and quality of what they eat.

Alan Greene
Bringing People Back into the Economy

The renewable energy of ecology, sharing, solidarity, and compassion must counter the destructive energy of greed creating scarcity at every level.

Vandana Shiva
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