From j_teter@hotmail.com Tue Jan 18 16:49:07 2000 Return-Path: Received: from scummy.research.bell-labs.com by bighorn.dr.lucent.com (SMI-8.6/EMS-1.5 sol2) id QAA29874; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 16:49:06 -0700 Received: from dusty.research.bell-labs.com ([135.104.2.7]) by scummy; Tue Jan 18 18:47:37 EST 2000 Received: from hotmail.com ([216.33.237.164]) by dusty; Tue Jan 18 18:45:38 EST 2000 Received: (qmail 47798 invoked by uid 0); 18 Jan 2000 23:47:34 -0000 Message-ID: <20000118234734.47797.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 204.144.235.32 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 15:47:34 PST X-Originating-IP: [204.144.235.32] From: "Joni Teter" To: nealmcb@bell-labs.com Subject: Re: Any good material for kids in "responsible consumption" services? Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 16:47:34 MST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Content-Length: 4040 Status: ORf Neal - In my continuing quest to accumulate materials that would be helpful in addresssing our need to accumulate materials...and to change our relationship with the earth, I've got several kids' books that you should add to your resource list. (One of my accumulation habits is centered around haunting bookstores in National Park visitor centers and natural history museums - I've found some wonderful resources that way!) One book that could be great for use in "For All Ages" is called "Earth Tales from Around the World" by Michael J. Caduto. It's a collection of traditional tales about the earth drawn from a broad range of cultures. The book is organized in chapters around "earth, sky, fire, water, seasons & weather, plants, animals, circle of life, stewardship, wisdom," and "first tail, last tale" (a Mayan tale about creation and why dogs wag their tails...is that an appetite whetter?) The book includes "lessons" notes at the end of each chapter, and some extensive notes around earth activities at the end. A second - which I just picked up - is a collection of prayers called "One Earth, One Spirit," compiled by Tessa Strickland (published by Sierra Club, of all people). It's a lovely collection of prayers from a whole variety of cultures matched to pictures aimed at little people. "Sharing Nature with Children," by Joseph Cornell, is a classic collection of activities to build awareness in children - I think the UUA reference guide lists this as a resource. Locally, the Denver Museum of Natural History published "The Wildwatch Book" a few years back. It's authored by several local (Denver/Boulder) folks - Ann Cooper, Ann Armstrong and Carol Kampert - and aimed at building awareness about Front Range ecosystems. Lots of different kinds of activities that could appeal to a broad range of ages - this is one I've always wanted to get a group of kids together to play with. (It's also one of the books on my short list for the NWEI "bioregional" section.) There's also an Usborne Guide called "The Young Naturalist" that contains a whole range of activities/experiments to do around building nature awareness for a range of ages. This one is similar in scope to "Wildwatch" but is not focused on a specific geographic area. (Usborne is a British publisher, so I'm not sure where I picked this one up.) Finally, Peterson (the field guide people) now has an extensive collection of coloring books on things like wildflowers, birds, mammals, reptiles as well as ecosystems (I've got one on deserts) and endangered species. >From: Neal McBurnett >Reply-To: Neal McBurnett >To: UUA Commission on Social Witness List, chair >David Cockrell , Cecile Andrews >, Gisela Bahr , > Katherine Jesch , Fred Mayer >, Jim Scott , Carl Taylor >, winniford@enterprisemanagement.com, Joni Teter >, Gayle Lalich , Sarah >Watts , Nina Peterson >Subject: Any good material for kids in "responsible consumption" services? >Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 16:10:05 -0700 (MST) > >Besides looking for songs, we're also looking for good material >for kids that relate to the theme. It would be great to hear >of techniques that work and aren't too "preachy" about >issues with ads on TV or something like that. > >How do you help kids to think twice about consumption or >other environmental issues? Any good books? > >I bet teachers and librarians would be good resources.... > >Cheers, > >Neal McBurnett 303-538-4852 Denver >http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/ (with PGP key) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com