“Dancing Rabbit is an ecovillage set amid the hills and prairies of rural northeastern Missouri. Our goal is to live ecologically sustainable and socially rewarding lives, and to share the skills and ideas behind that lifestyle.”
I spent three weeks at Dancing Rabbit, and had an amazing time. Folks were very welcoming, and I learned […]
Entries Tagged as 'cultural issues'
Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage
June 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: food and hunger · natural building · cultural issues · climate change · global issues resources · consumerism · blog
A Collection of Global Issues ESL Activities
April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
I was just going through some files, and I found a bunch of links to ESL / EFL activities and materials that deal with global issues. Some are electronic textbooks, while others are in article form. I also added all of these to the global issues activities page in my collection of links for […]
Tags: climate change · poverty & wealth · cultural issues · consumerism · global issues activities · ESL activity · the environment · textbooks · blog
What the World Eats
March 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Time Magazine has a slideshow showing photos of 15 families alongside a week’s supply of food. Each pictures is accompanied by information about the country in which it was taken, the amount of money that the family typically spends on food per week, and a favorite recipe of two. The images are taken […]
Tags: slideshow · pictures · food and hunger · cultural issues · health · global issues activities · consumerism · poverty & wealth · blog
Facing the Future
February 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Facing the Future is an organization that makes activity-based, global issues curricula for students of all ages. In addition to the great stuff they offer for sale, they have a ton of materials available as free downloads. I especially like the lesson plans from Engaging Students Through Global Issues, and the Climate Change […]
Tags: war · consumerism · vocabulary · politics · climate change · cultural issues · health · poverty & wealth · global issues activities · textbooks · speaking · ESL activity · global issues resources · listening · reading · writing · the environment · blog
Spiritual Dimension of Sustainable Development
February 18th, 2008 · No Comments
The latest issue of the Solidarity, Sustainability, and Non-Violence newsletter is out, and it addresses the Spiritual Dimension of Sustainable Development. This is a point of view that does not often come up in my classes, and might strike a chord with some students.
I particularly liked the article Spirituality of Spiritual Development. It […]
Tags: consumerism · cultural issues · theory · journals · global issues resources · the environment · blog
Intercultural Resource Pack
February 18th, 2008 · No Comments
The Intercultural Resource Pack is a free electronic ELT textbook with a variety of cultural and global issues based activities. Even though it is subtitled “Latin American Perspectives,” most of the activities could be used with students anywhere. Each activity is labelled according to the target students’ ages and levels. The five […]
Tags: global issues activities · consumerism · cultural issues · textbooks · the environment · speaking · reading · blog