[Odonata-l] [se-odonata] Re: [SoWestOdes] annual odonate surveys

[Bob Glotzhober]

Along the same line - have you all seen the book

"Last Child in the Woods" by Richard Louv?  It talks about the entire
problem of "Nature Deficit Disorder."

You can see it at
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Child-Woods-Children-Nature-Deficit/dp/156512
5223/sr=8-1/qid=1162924566/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-8829708-1766407?ie=UTF8&s
=books

 

This book is a must for anyone involved in nature/outdoor/environmental
education as well as anyone with natural history leanings who believes
it is important to connect our nation's (substitute "world's") children
with their natural environment.  I highly recommend it.

 

Bob

 

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Ohio Historical Society         Fax: 614/ 297-2546

1982 Velma Avenue

Columbus, Ohio  43211-2497

 

Visit the website of the Ohio Historical Society at:

  www.ohiohistory.org and check out our online collections catalog.

See or purchase Dragonflies and Damselflies of Ohio or the Cedar Bog
Symposium II at OHS's new E-Store:
http://www.ohiohistorystore.com/browse.cfm/2.50.html 

Visit the Ohio Odonata website at:
http://www.marietta.edu/~odonata/index.html

 

 

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[mailto:odonata-l-bounces at listhost.ups.edu] On Behalf Of Dennis Paulson
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To: Steve & Marcia M. Hummel
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Subject: Re: [Odonata-l] [se-odonata] Re: [SoWestOdes] annual odonate
surveys

 

I'll continue the non-odonate thread just a bit, as it's so important.
Maybe after a change in administration we can get the program changed to


 

NO CHILD LEFT INDOORS

 

Of course I say mostly this in jest, because the emphasis on molecular
biology is not going to go away, as long as it is linked to human
health. Why the powers that be don't understand that the environment is
also linked to human health has always been beyond me. And, as E. O.
Wilson has pointed out, we have to understand that our psychic health is
also linked to the environment.

 

We just have to keep trying. I assume everyone on these lists who is a
US citizen is voting today.

 

Dennis

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Dennis Paulson

1724 NE 98 St.

Seattle, WA 98115

206-528-1382

dennispaulson at comcast.net

 

 

On Nov 7, 2006, at 9:16 AM, Steve & Marcia M. Hummel wrote:

	

	Hi all,
	This is a bit off subject, but I felt I needed to reply to the 
	education comments of Chris's. It isn't just AZ, but probably
most 
	states where abadonment of field biology has happened. The rise
of 
	molecular biology and its stressing in state (or in IA) and
local 
	standards, as well as no child left behind, is very much to
blame. 
	Additionally, many administrators don't understand the value of 
	nature study. I spent 25 years teaching high school science and
found 
	it difficult to get permission to take the students out of the 
	classroom. I did finally get to establish an environmental
science 
	class and made the first quarter of the school year based on an
insect 
	collection connected to later study of biodiversity. 4 years ago
my 
	position with the school was cut due to declining enrollment and
the 
	environmental science class was dropped.
	
	I've worked as a county naturalist for the last 3.5 years doing 
	environmental education. I try to get kids (I'm working with 
	pre-school through high school) outside as much as possible. The

	kids, of course, love it, but we have to be rather creative to
connect 
	what we are doing to "standards". My personal feelings is that
the 
	narrow standards and NCLB is nearly criminal in what they have
done to 
	the study of the natural world and the consequent lack of 
	understanding and appreciation in the younger population of this

	country.
	
	Everyone that is interested in nature should be contacting
school 
	administrators and science teachers expressing their concern
about 
	nature study not being an important part of the curriculum.
	
	We need many more young people to have an interest in the
natural 
	world (and drogonflies, butterflies, etc) and this needs to be
started 
	in school if they aren't getting it elsewhere.
	
	Thanks,
	Steve Hummel
	Lake View, IA
	DSA board member

	 

 

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