Ecologizing Our Children

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Byline: Anthony J. Sadar, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Many years ago, I participated in an outdoor environmental program aimed at providing young students with hands-on experience. At the event, one of the instructors was wearing a T-shirt with a large sketch of a majestic lion with the description, We are all one spirit. Being a rather humorous sort, I thought of teasing the teacher with, Why don't you have a picture of a cockroach on your shirt, instead?

What does such a bold T-shirt have to do with Ecoliterate: How Educators are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Lisa Bennett and Zenobia Barlow? Besides providing a wealth of educational perspective and techniques, Ecoliterate also promotes the current academically acceptable spiritual position - …