Essays

Designing Sustainable Societies by Incorporating Indigenous Realism
Michael Phillips, Illinois Valley Community College
Michael Phillips, Illinois Valley Community College Sustainability is not optional; it is a requirement if we wish to ensure the viability of future generations. Unfortunately, the concept of sustainability is too ...

Teaching is Insufficient; Learning is also Insufficient.
Kim Kastens, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Kim Kastens, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University Pre-workshop Essay for the Workshop on Earth Education for Sustainable Societies In episode 122 of Star Trek: Voyager, the character Seven of ...

Educating ALL: The Importance of Everyone Taking Care of This EARTH We Share
Paula Faulkner, North Carolina A & T State University
Paula E. Faulkner, North Carolina A & T State University Scientists believe Earth and its moon formed around the same time as the rest of the solar system. They also think that was about 4.5 billion years ago. ...

It's too late. Let's get to work anyway.
Don Haas, Paleontological Research Institution
Don Haas, Paleontological Research Institution It is too late to prevent horrible consequences of climate change, but when it's too late is when we generally get to work. We ended slavery too late. We stopped ...

Inspiring Action Across Diverse Audiences More A Set of Musings than an Action
Margie Turrin, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Margie Turrin, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Inspiring Action Across Diverse Audiences More A Set of Musings than an Action Last week I attended a workshop focused on developing an action plan for our region to ...

Earth Education for Sustainable Societies: A Middle School Interdisciplinary Perspective
Loris Chen
Loris J. Chen, Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School Greta Thornberg, a 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, made headlines by sailing from Europe to New York City to speak at the United National Climate Action ...

From the hyper-local to global: UNAVCO's vision for sustainability in earth education
Beth Bartel, UNAVCO; Donna Charlevoix, EarthScope Consortium; Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope Consortium; Shelley Olds, EarthScope Consortium
Beth Bartel, Beth Pratt-Situala, Donna Charlevoix, and Shelley Olds, UNAVCO UNAVCO, a non-profit university consortium, operates the NSF's Geodetic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (GAGE). Beth ...

Focus on Energy Resources
Elizabeth Nagy, Pasadena City College
Elizabeth Nagy-Shadman, Pasadena City College It might be useful to bring the concept of energy to the forefront, maybe by establishing a standard introductory course, or create an entire major: B.S. in Earth ...

Connecting Learning to Action through Local Communities
Cathy Manduca, Carleton College
Cathy Manduca, Carleton College Over the last 8 years, the InTeGrate project has worked to bring together learning about the Earth with an understanding of the societal problems this knowledge can help address. ...

Wrestling with Choices - A Challenge for Schools
Chuck Buxbaum, Sandia Preparatory School
Chuck Buxbaum, PhD, Sandia Preparatory School I recently attended a Design Science Symposium at Rhode Island School of Design that made me consider the traditional departmental divisions in our education system ...