Earthkeepers: Four Keys for Helping Young People Live in Harmony With the Earth
Editorial Reviews
Publisher Comments
"When my 4th graders returned from the Earthkeepers program they were definitely charged up! Our school is very old and energy inefficient. When asbestos was removed from the pipes they were no longer insulated, thus the hot water pipe heated the cold water. The students were really upset by this waste of energy. They went from room to room checking air and water temperature in all of the toilets and sinks. They even examined the school's monthly gas, electric, and water bills. After compiling their results they made recommendations to the superintendent, the business manager, and chief of maintenance."
--Nancy Bires, teacher, Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania
Book Description
This book will give you a good picture of what a complete earth education program involves. Even if you can't set up the program yourself, you will likely be inspired by it and find it helpful in building an earth education program for your own setting and situation.
Earthkeepers programs are underway at both resident and non-resident sites in several countries. A mysterious, unseen character known only as "E.M." permeates the Earthkeepers program. As the "keeper of the keys" E.M. is everyone's dream of the wizard of the woods, a secretive recluse who lives alone but loves to share the marvels and mysteries of the natural world with others in special ways.
Becoming an Earthkeeper like E.M. is an important task, and each learner is rewarded after each step with a special key. These keys open real locks on boxes that contain secret meanings about the true nature of E.M. As the learners earn four keys for their keyrigs, they not only discover how life functions ecologically on the earth, they find out how they are both a part of our environmental problems and their solutions.
Earthkeepers is a program for 10-11 year olds who would spend 2 1/2 to 3 days in a natural setting and then complete the other half of the program back at home and school.
Earthkeepers: Four Keys for Helping Young People Live in Harmony With the Earth
Earthkeepers: Four Keys for Helping Young People Live in Harmony With the Earth,Steve Van Matre,Inst for Earth Education,0917011015,Environmental education,Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection,Earthkeepers,Environmental Conservation & Protection,Environmental Studies,Environmentalism,Nature study,Study and teaching,Textbooks
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