Education for SustainabilitySummer Institute 2012University of Manitoba
Topic: The Social Pillar of Sustainability
Invocation - Michael
First Grade by Ron Koertge
Until then, every forest
had wolves in it, we thought
it would be fun to wear snowshoes
all the time, and we could talk to water.
So who is this woman with the gray
breath calling out names and pointing
to the little desks we will occupy
for the rest of our lives?
Contemplative Practice
Meditation – Gary or volunteer
Response to Course Feedback
Gary
Reading
Max-Neef, M. Elizalde, A. & Hopenhayn, M. (1991). Development and Human Needs. In M. Max-Neef (Ed.), Human scale development: Conception, application and further reflections, pp. 13-54. New York, NY: The Apex Press.
Reading
Share your informal responseShare your questionsWhole group discussion
My needs to live well vs. “needs according to existential categories and needs according to axiological categories
Satisifiers (of needs) Violators or destroyers (of needs)
The Empathic Civilization
RSA animate on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AWnfFRc7g&feature=relmfu (10min 40sec)
Break
Group 5’s Menu
An Empathic and Sustainable CommunityDiscussion of “The Empathic Civilization”Create a list (on the whiteboard) of the
necessary qualities of an empathic community if it were on course to a sustainable future, for example, good schools that are educating for sustainable futures).
NOTE: A quality must first be shared publicly, discussed, and agreed upon before being added to the list.)
Lunch
See you at 1 pm
Winnipeg – Our Community
Winnipeg – Our Community
Winnipeg – Our Community
Winnipeg – Our Community
Winnipeg – Our Community
Winnipeg’s North End
Map of Food Banks and Soup Kitchens in the North End
Winnipeg’s North End
Winnipeg’s North End
Winnipeg’s North End
Winnipeg’s North End
Winnipeg’s North End
Winnipeg’s North End
Winnipeg’s North End
Winnipeg’s North End
Winnipeg’s North End
Winnipeg’s North End
Winnipeg’s North End
Identify Your Major Concerns
Review the list of qualities associated with sustainable empathic communities.
Create a list of the issues or problems you are concerned about in the community of Winnipeg
You will collectively create a class list of issues/problems on the white board. After the first entries are made, only entries that are not on the list will be added and tally marks will be drawn beside those issues/problems that were also on your list.
Discussion of results (What skills would one need to begin to address/solve these issues/problems?
Contemplative Practice
Yoga
Activity–What’s In a Name?
Gary
Homework
Readings (Topics and Readings sent to you by Mike and on the Wiki)
Informal response (IR)Come with a group discussion question Daily Reflective Journal (DRJ)
Group work