Facing the Future

I love these Curriculum Guides, because they help real, human, loving teachers of all age groups teach Global Sustainability, Biodiversity, the Interconnectedness of All Things, Life-Size Math, Social Responsibility, and SELF-EMPOWERMENT, all the while
- building a curriculum students love,
- getting all types of learners to engage actively,
- accounting for fulfilling requirements for testing and meeting standards, by equipping teachers to evaluate student progress with precision in a non-invasive way.

It leverages free resources and copy-write free materials to provide a rich multimedia, multiple senses ‘workshop’ feeling. It puts the student first, gives them context, and helps them know themselves better as creative, powerful people. I simply can't say enough about good things about it!

I gave a copy to a neighbor who is a teacher aligned with her purpose. Her response? Ecstatic wonderment and enthused gratitude.

Transition Handbook, Transition Movement 1

Thank you Margo Adair!! I'm about to start (speed)reading The Transition Handbook, and attending the Training May 1st and 2nd. I'm so excited to apply myself to this project:
Big enough for my intentions,
Realistic enough to be broken down bite-size,
Author-modeled, and so: inviting...
And! explicitly guaranteeless - and thus, a worthy challenge!

The book offers a full-on case study of the first Transition Town - a town that, in 2006, decided it would be fun to challenge themselves with a living social experiment, sprouting from the question: "How would we choose to live in an age without oil?" Taking one action at a time, doing the inner and the outer work, they now live in resilient local communities that hold a shared vision.

This post is from an additional blog I used to have... interested in sharing in where I was at? I posted:

"For everything, turn, turn, turn, there is a season..."

Now that I've gone through a time of intense inner focus (on how I think and feel about every kind of action I undertake (while implementing the GTD system)) I am finding myself attracted to large, highly social undertakings:
- I'm facilitating 3 workshops at a state conference for educators of young children October 15-17 in Bellevue
- I'm inviting everyone who is able, to attend CANFEST October 17/18th, a festival celebrating Compassion in Action, harvesting your story regarding Seeds of Compassion!
- I'm most excited about gardening, tapping into my neighborhood's know-how of sustainable practices, and facilitating the inner work that accompanies outer transition.

In synch with all the blossoms around me popping open for all to engage with,
~Briana