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I
have written (and overseen the creation of) a lot of curriculum over
the years. I am the primary author of Global Village’s Whole
Child Healthy Planet K-8 Curriculum. I also wrote Planetary
Stewardship, Global Spirituality and Activism, Literature
of Diversity, Cultural Geography, and several other high
school courses.
I like to write
about what touches my heart. I am a regular contributor to the Ojai
Post and the Global
Village Voice. My writing has also been published on various websites
including CommonDreams.org, HopeDance, and Paths
of Learning:
Education
as Activism: Global Village School Educates for a Better World One
Person at a Time
Global Village Voice, August 2009
Imagine
how the world would be different if children received the type of education
that nurtured their individual gifts and empowered them to be capable,
confident, and wise stewards of the planet. Imagine the kind of adults
these youth would become if they were provided with learning experiences
that value peace, compassion, justice, sustainability, appreciation
of diversity, and the living of an authentic and meaningful life.
Indigo
Children and Homeschooling
A to Z Cool Homeschooling, May 2009
Who are the Indigo children? How do you know if your child
is one? And if they are--or if you're not sure, but you know that their
current schooling situation is not working for them--what do you do
about it?
Power of the Heart - Grassroots Philanthropy
HopeDance Sept/Oct 2007
This is an amazing time to be alive. It can be immensely painful to
have an open heart, as it is now possible to learn – in graphic
detail – about terrible suffering around the globe, often as it
is happening. The flip side is also true: we are able to know about
so much more magnificence than was ever possible before. There are so
many people and groups doing wonderful, courageous, beautiful things
every day, and the Internet helps us connect with each other.
Power of the Heart is an international community focused on the ideas
of “grassroots philanthropy” and activism. It’s about
compassion, action, and change, and the power of an open heart. The
basic idea is that you don’t have to be rich to be a philanthropist,
and that when your heart is touched by something in the world, you can
do something that will make a difference.
Seabiscuit
Goes to Washington: On Hope, Vision, and Politics
Ojai Post, August 2007
Most of the time it is so incredibly disheartening to listen to these
candidates dance around the issues, strutting around like roosters trying
to show who’s the toughest – trying to prove that they are
the ones who can save us from “those evildoers.”..
Who is your Seabiscuit? What is your vision for this country? How would
you act, how would you vote, if you started to believe that what you
long for might actually be possible?
The
Heart Connection
March 2007
As director of Global Village School, I recently had the opportunity
to host Nepali teacher and visionary, Chintamani Yogi. Yogi Ji visited
us as part of his six-week tour around the U.S. He shared chanting,
stories, and reflections; told of his work in Nepal; and left everyone
with much food for thought. His presentation truly did take place in
‘sacred space.’ There was such a special loving feeling
in the room. It was a magical evening.
Network
of Spiritual Progressives Launched at Berkeley Conference
HopeDance Sep/Oct 05
Many religious and political leaders would have us believe
that “God” is American, votes Republican, believes in bombing
countries into peace and freedom, and thinks that only people of the
opposite sex should fall in love with each other.
Could it be, though, that God is actually not a card-carrying member
of the Republican Party with an American flag flying outside her door?
That it is not just conservatives who define their lives and their voting
in terms of what is sacred to them? That people can have a connection
with divinity — whatever that might mean to them — without
using it as a weapon or as a means of division?
Depleted
Uranium: America's Silent Weapon of Mass Destruction
Common Dreams, July 13, 2004
"American troops are coming home poisoned -- not by Saddam -- but
by their own government's weapons of mass and indiscriminate destruction.
The first reports from soldiers returning from Iraq have come in, and
they are testing positive for depleted uranium (DU) in their systems.
And these are not just random soldiers many are police officers and
fire fighters from New York who serve in the NY Army National Guard.
These are the very symbols of what this war was supposedly about."
Is
This What "Supporting Our Troops" Really Looks Like?
HopeDance, May/June 2004
"What does supporting the troops really mean? When the US government
attacked Iraq, many assumed that supporting the troops meant supporting
the war -- that to speak against the drive to war was to speak against
the troops risking their lives overseas. The notion that the American
government takes care of its soldiers’ health and needs is a myth.
They are exposed to severe health hazards without being informed, they
are poorly paid and equipped, they have been misled about the reasons
for going to war, and they often receive substandard care when they
return from their service."
Wisdom
and Action
HopeDance, Jan/Feb 2004
"How can we maintain our equilibrium in a world seemingly gone
mad? How do we resist giving in to despair, helplessness, and rage in
the face of disturbing statistics about nuclear waste or the latest
detailing of the imperial ambitions of our government? How do we keep
'sustaining the gaze,' when it all seems too much for one person to
bear? How can we spare the time necessary for inner growth when there
is so much other work to be done? And how can we afford not to?"
Global
Village School: An Education in Peace and Justice
Paths of Learning, Winter 2003
The theme of this issue of Paths of Learning was “Does America
Really Love Its Children?” “How would the world be different
if a generation of our youth grew up confident in their ability to make
a difference, and skilled at discerning the truth in their hearts?”
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