{"id":33927,"date":"2012-12-12T15:03:20","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T20:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=33927"},"modified":"2012-12-12T15:03:20","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T20:03:20","slug":"ecoliterate-a-great-book-to-gift-someone-this-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/ecoliterate-a-great-book-to-gift-someone-this-holiday-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecoliterate: A Great Book To Gift Someone This Holiday Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\n\"\"<\/a>Ecoliterate:\u00a0<\/em>How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence<\/em> is a practically focused book written by Daniel Goleman, Lisa Bennett, and Zenobia Barlow. The book is not only for educators and students, but also for parents and grandparents. It is a great source of information and real examples that anyone can use to help others visualize and understand the interrelations between human actions and natural systems.<\/p>\n

Through vivid stories, about community activists, educators, artists, students, and scholars, you will read about critical needs of the 21st century, including water<\/a>, food<\/a>, and about two common forms of energy: coal and oil. The main purpose of this book is \u201csimply to illustrate, through these four issues, how socially and emotionally engaged ecoliteracy leads to deeply meaningful, inspiring, and effective education.\u201d<\/p>\n

You will read about an Alaskan involved in protecting native communities in the Arctic wilderness from the impacts of oil drilling; a geography teacher helping nations solve water issues; and a coal miner\u2019s daughter giving attention to the effects of mountaintop mining<\/a> in Appalachia. You will also learn about people from southern New Mexico being inspired by a few young leaders to grow their own food.<\/p>\n

There are 5 vital practices of emotionally and socially engaged ecoliteracy presented in this book:<\/p>\n