TURN IT
AROUND!
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TURN IT AROUND! is a toolkit to help us radically reimagine education in response to the climate and ecological emergency. There is no one right way to use them, but here are some ideas that may get you started in turning this emergency around.
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SOMETIMES ANIMALS ARE MORE GENEROUS THAN PEOPLE
Humans can be arrogant and selfish. Sometimes, they refuse to do even what’s in their own best interest. Of course, human intelligence may surpass that of any other living being – but it’s essential for every creature – human, animal, or plan...
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THINK LESS ABOUT BUILDING AND DEVELOPING LAND
We need you to think less about building and developing land, and more about growing and protecting environment. We want to continue seeing the animals that you got to see when you were a child. We want to stroll around the garden, hand pick few...
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EDUCATE WITH LOVE
Educate us with love, teach us to love. Love influences everything that surrounds us. Eliminate the capitalist protocol that has us tired and stressed, that has other species endangered and extinct....
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WHAT WILL I SHOW MY CHILD?
You might be surprised that a 14-year-old cares about environmental issues but it scares me to see how few of my peers still do. We are the future, yet we don’t take care of the Earth we’ll be living on. I asked my friends what they think about g...
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THE WORTH OF INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence is not worth anything when you do not use it....
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I AM AN AGENT OF CHANGE
Nature has taught me that everything that I have right now is based on the decisions I make and decisions made in history. I will make myself an agent for positive change and my commitment starts now...
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NATURE HEALS!
Nature heals! Ancestral knowledge about medicinal plants that are passed on in traditional communities can save lives. Including traditional knowledge and young indigenous scientists is a major step forward in the advancement of science and technolog...
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WISE USE OF RESOURCES
Nature shows us how animals adapt to their habitats and how organisms evolve to survive in changing conditions. It teaches us about sustainable development and the importance of using resources wisely....
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THE SILENCE OF NATURE
How often do you hear the silence of nature? And why is it growing quieter?...
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DANCING IN YELLOW
Dancing in yellow tastes sweeter than passionfruit, a place where the mountains, the beetles, the trees can hold me. They give me so much — I want to give back, to make them feel held. To support them in their growth, to watch the sun continue...
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A good book has the power to change the global conversation, reshape social ecosystems, and heal our Earth. Print publishing is a sacred practice in building accessible blueprints for seeding equitable, liberatory, and just futures. How can we nurtur...
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WILLINGNESS TO QUESTION
There must be a willingness to question what it means to have a “good life.” It’s frustrating that so many people still very much define a good life in terms of how much they can buy, how lavishly they can live, how many things they can own. Bu...
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I DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN A DESERT
and harmful emissions in cities threaten people’s health. While some efforts are being made to protect the environment, they are not enough. Each of us can contribute by saving resources, sorting waste, and taking part in greening efforts. desert....
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CANCEL CATASTROPHES!
Care, courage, cooperation Can certainly curtail catastrophes. Concerned, caring citizens Consider cleverness, curiosity; Convince communities, committees Crack country’s concurrent crises: Crime, climate change, corruption. Consider conditions: Co...
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WE TOO DISAPPEAR
We need to learn that no matter how intelligent humans are, if planet Earth and its resources disappear, we too disappear....
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LET EARTH CATCH HER BREATH
Empowered with knowledge and equipped with empathy, education has the potential to shift minds and attitudes to let Earth catch her breath....
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NATURE COMMUNICATES WITH US
The real threat to human existence is humans. Humans have a tendency to take more from nature than they offer and to take nature for granted. It is mankind’s deficiency in empathy and the inability to listen to and feel the world around us that sha...
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STOP THE CULTURE OF DENIAL
To deny the current state of our planet and society is to deny making proactive solutions and taking necessary steps towards our survival....
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RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF ALL LIVING AND NON-LIVING BEINGS
My ancestors have taught me that we are supposed to be custodians of all life on Earth. This means that we should not just plant trees and keep the environment clean where we can, but we should take the extra step to ensure that the rights of every s...
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