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The Global Communityand the
Commons
Kathy Smith Woodward North
Sustainability Team Member
IntroductionsWho are you?What brought you here?What do you hope to gain from today?
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Albert Einstein
What is Sustainability?There are no experts in Sustainability as it is
constantly changing.“meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” –World Commission on Environment and Development (1987)
Woodward Academy’s BRTF Definition of SustainabilitySustainability is the thoughtful process of
optimizing the use of human, natural, and financial resources available to Woodward to honor our history, fulfill our present needs, provide for the future, and execute our mission, education.
Why is this so important?We bear a profound moral and social
responsibility /opportunity to increase the awareness, knowledge, skills and values needed to create and implement viable solutions to the interconnected environmental, economic, and social problems that now threaten our physical survival as a species and threaten to increase human suffering.
What is the Commons?What is away?Passage from Connected WisdomDefine CommonsTerraCycle Curriculum link on wiki pageUsing the Library as a CommonsThe Fish Game
The Fish GameGo to Sustainability page on Woodward
website.Paper instructions available on request.
The Global CommunityMake the connection from Commons to the
Global Community.Why is the Global Community important to
us?How can I affect the Global Community?See books on Wiki as “jumping-off” points.
Ideas for the ClassroomTree DiaryBird FeederBird HousesButterfly Garden-LantanasGrowing Pumpkins, Harvest, Replant seeds.
Done across grade levels.Nature Walks, ObservationsZoo Panda Cam, Aquarium Cam, Eagle Cam –
on wiki