Comments on: Sustainability in Education http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2008/03/18/sustainability-in-education/ Theory is nice, but we are working in practice... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:49:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jose http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2008/03/18/sustainability-in-education/#comment-317 Jose Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:12:49 +0000 http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2008/03/18/sustainability-in-education/#comment-317 I agree that WE (the educational system) are irresponsible for not teaching about the environment in a comprehensive approach. It shouldn't fall on the shoulders of the classroom teacher alone. Systemic change is slow to happen as we've found out with NCLB and previous education bills before that. I once heard in a talk, "It's like turning around Titanic right before it strikes the iceberg" The only difference is that we have known about the ICEBERG for quite some time! I agree that WE (the educational system) are irresponsible for not teaching about the environment in a comprehensive approach. It shouldn’t fall on the shoulders of the classroom teacher alone. Systemic change is slow to happen as we’ve found out with NCLB and previous education bills before that. I once heard in a talk, “It’s like turning around Titanic right before it strikes the iceberg” The only difference is that we have known about the ICEBERG for quite some time!

]]> By: Mathew http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2008/03/18/sustainability-in-education/#comment-316 Mathew Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:18:32 +0000 http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2008/03/18/sustainability-in-education/#comment-316 I'm excited about the movie 11th Hour coming out on DVD even though it got bad reviews. It sounds like it's going to be a comprehensive look at what we're doing to the environment from global warming to disappearing bees. It comes out next week, I think. It's irresponsible for teachers NOT to be teaching about environmental sustainability and conservation. Thanks for writing about this. I’m excited about the movie 11th Hour coming out on DVD even though it got bad reviews. It sounds like it’s going to be a comprehensive look at what we’re doing to the environment from global warming to disappearing bees. It comes out next week, I think.

It’s irresponsible for teachers NOT to be teaching about environmental sustainability and conservation.

Thanks for writing about this.

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