3 R’s and a B: Bioregional School: This issue focuses on alternative education practices, specifically bioregional school programs, urban eco-education, and folk learning.
3 R’s and a B: Bioregional School
This issue of RTS is dedicated to Binti Jua, Gorilla Mother
Articles
- Schools Can Construct the Path Back to Where We Are, Byrd Schas
- A School’s Community: The Place to Learn About Ecology, Simon Hurd
- How To Shift to Community Based Ecology and Arts Le arning, Ernest Reed plus Literature Cited [in his article]
- 13 Ways of Looking at a Grade, Howard Horowitz
- A Cypress Curriculum t hat Won’t Rot, Kathleen Duplantier
- Mr. Tom Colvin Builds A Pirogue, Matthew Marlborough-2nd Grade, Anie Sipos-1st Grade; Curtis Allen-3rd Grade, Ashley Revere-1st Grade, Jason Mineo-4th Grade
- Earthscore for Educators, Paul Ryan
- Schooling In A Wild Preserve, An Interview with Doug Tompkins, Byrd Schas
- You Are Where You Eat
- I The Need, Kelley Walters
- II The Practice, Pam Kasey
- III College Agenda (U.C. Davis Food Services), Gail Feenstra & Dave Campbell
- Interspecies Lessons
- Migratory Routes: Pathways for Interconnectedness, Chris Desser
- For a Great Leap Forward, Rev. Dan Meyer (Froggy)
- The Bioregional Association of the Northern Americas (BANA), Byrd Schas (report from the founding meeting.)
Announcements
- Jill Torres & Sharon Farrell, Creating Community: Curriculum for the Future, Students, Stewardship and Sustainability
- The Association Réseau Terre, France, property purchase
- Regeneration Resources, Proceedings Shasta Bioregional Gathering IV
- Beatrice Briggs, First Bioregional Gathering of the Americas, November 17-24, 1996
- A Sacred Space, Native Hawaiian’s land and sovereignty
- The Institute for Bioregional Studies, developing courses on bioregional education
- Planet Drum, Discovering Your Life-Place: A First Bioregional Workbook
- Ottawa Youth Bioregional Initiative (O.Y.B.I.)
- Petrolia High School: Living in the Natural World (insert)
Reviews: Riffs, Reads & Reels
Reads
Reviewed by David Graves
- Balancing the Scales: Guidelines for Increasing Biodiversity’s Chances Through Bioregional Management
Reviewed by Kenton R. Miller
- Head/Waters, edited by Linny Stovall
Reviewed by Paul Ryan
- Shell Game: A True Account of Beads and Money in North America, by Jerry Martien
Reviewed by James Koller
- In Cold Margins: Sustainable Development in Northern Bioregions, by J.M. Jamil Brownson
Reviewed by S.S. Kush
- Poems For the Wild Earth, edited by Gary Lawless
Reviewed by Patrick Mazza
- Shared Living Communities: Housing for Ecological Living, Personal Empowerment and the New Extended Family by Ken Norwood & Kathleen Smith, forward by Ernest Callenbach
Green City Report by Planet Drum Staff
Green City/urban sustainability activities in the SF Bay Area.
The Green City Hands-On Activist Award granted to Ron Thelin by Peter Berg
Planet Drum Pulse by Jonathan Burstein
Stake Raisers and Planet Drum adventures in and out of the office.
Graphics
- Judy Goldhaft (4 young school children) (front cover photo)
- Simon Hurd (A School’s Community)
- Debbie Hubsmith (A School’s Community)
- Aimeé del Longchamp (How To Shift To Community Based Ecology)
- Kathleen Duplantier (A Cypress Curriculum That Won’t Rot)
- Steve Duplantier (Mr. Tom Colvin Builds A Pirogue)
- Elise Morris (Schooling in a Wild Preserve)
- Kelley Walters & Pat Kasey (3 photos) (You Are Where You Eat)
- Brian M. Aalbers (U.C. David Food Services)
- Byrd Schas (For a Great Leap Forward)
- Migratory Species Project, Migratory Route of the Leatherback Turtle (Migratory Routes: Pathways for Interconnectedness)
- Byrd Schas (For a Great Leap Forward)
- Judi Quick, 1996 Green City Award (The Green City Hands-On Activist Award)
- Peter Panaher, Planet Drum Staff (photo)
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