So, why NOT emphasize ALL-WinWin 
(Emergency Preparedness & Environmental Protection)
"Learn & Share Tales"  to reinforce MULTI-disciplinary/generational community-building? 
    
A: Such programs integrate content about Sustainable Wellbeing that share proven ways 
    to preserve decaying "Social Capital" using prairie passage pathfinder "Smoke Trails" 
    blended with hands-on MentorshipART as activity-based learning  
    for our recycling PRIOR "Lessons Learned" 
    while SEEKing Global Peace ...

(~O Earth-and-Autumn of the Setting Sun,
    She is not by, to
know my task is done!~)
The corn-shocks westward on the stubble plain
    Show like an Indian village of dead days;
The long smoke trails behind the crawling train,
    And floats atop the distant woods ablaze
With orange, crimson, purple. The low haze
    Dims the scarped bluffs above the inland sea,
Whose wide and salty waters in cold glaze
    Await yon full-moon of the night-to-be,
(. . . far . . . and far . . . and far . . .)
    These are the solemn horizons of man's ways,
These are the horizons of solemn
thought to me.

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B: This "Eco-Challenge" means creatively adapting 
MnDNR Firewise
    Knowledge Management Organizational Learning ( KMOL )
    that exercises highly effective leadership for
EarthSea-Keeping That Matters ...      

For example:
    Where on our Kan-ed Network can we learn more about 
    
MyHero.com Earth Science Teacher "Water Quality"

Give Water a Hand
http://www.uwex.edu/erc/gwah/
Teachers can download curriculum guides that will help classes perform
service-learning projects with a focus on improving local water quality.

·  Make a Difference Day
http://www.usaweekend.com/diffday/index.html
Make A Difference Day is a unique program that inspires and rewards volunteers.
A national day of helping others --
a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors.

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C: Character Education
    A teacher's guide with activities and resources to help you teach about peace.
        ... To celebrate Earth Day students decorate paper grocery bags with ...
        @
www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/  view_activity.cgi?activity_id=5399 
        -
Cached - Similar pages ...
                  Launch: Self-Directed "Click-To-Pause" Eco-Challenges ...

Kansas State Department of Education·  Hero Quest
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=7077
    This short activity encourages students to explore what qualities 
    make a hero, using the
six values of Character Education.

·  My Hero
http://myhero.com/
My Hero illuminates the "unsung" heroes in the cities, towns, and countries 
                where we live. Submit a description of your hero or browse other submissions. 
                (Read about artists, explorers, scientists,
teachers, and other inspirational people 
                    at this extensive Web site. If your hero is missing, create a Web page and submit it for inclusion.)

            Character Education   

For more information and resources, be sure to visit the Utah 
        State Office of Education's
Character Education web site


Class Extensions | Online Activities | Improving Your Character | Lesson Plans | Character Ed. Info
| National Organizations | Social Action Projects | Community Service | ITV Series


D: Distributed / Blended Visual Learning about EarthSea-Keeping ...

Living on Earth Transcript: April 16, 1999
Archives of Living on Earth, NPR's environmental news and information show. ...
        in science our teacher showed us pictures of diagrams of the Earth, ...
        @ www.livingonearth.org/archives/990416.htm 

[PDF] Scient. Past & Pres P2
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
http://www.myhero.com/science/science_content.asp (accessed December
... people’s understanding of the history of the Earth and thinking about evolution. ...
www.qsa.qld.edu.au/yrs1to10/ kla/science/docs/modules/qsm044.pdf

[PDF]
What is iEARN? Where can I find more information about iEARN?
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
 ... 71 Join with other teachers in an
... Science, Environment, Math, Technology.....73 YouthCaN ...
@ http://iearnlb.org/main%20/doc/iearnprojectbook_2003-2004.pdf

[PDF] On the Web: http://www.iearn.org
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... interesting, exciting and mysterious theories of science.
... to test and compare water quality 
...
 karine@childlib.com Australia * Teacher Management Team ...
@ http://iearn.org.au/pdb0405.pdf   

Living Landscapes Illustrates natural disasters including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic explosions, mudslides and forest fires. Visitors discover that living anywhere involves some risks.

 

 

- Standard #15: How Physical Systems Affect Human Systems


Activities

- The Power of Fire


Lesson Plans

- K-2: The Three Little Pigs in Earthquake Land
- 3-5: Oh, Give Me a Home
- 6-8: The Impact of Natural Hazards 
          Around the World

- 9-12: The Great Plains
            A Harsh Welcome to Settlers

 

 Be Aware or BEWARE!
... Prepared minds favor chance ...
 Think Globally / Interact Regionally / Learn (LNT) Locally
Experience
http://BioGeography.futurethought.org

  Embrace http://EarthKeeping.futurethought.org
                 with http://www.learnsd.org + + +

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Where RO = River Orienteering
& CS = Community Stewardship:
Celebrate-2008 "RO/CS"
Institute for Future Thought Leadership (cc)
   
http://www.acctts.com/ao22cim/#Eco-Trek 

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Bob-RJ Burkhart / 913-422-8370                             
 LCDR, USNR-Ret. <-- mapXchange "geoWIZard"
        (Operational Continuity Assurance - MCHE)
   

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