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- Thefootprintnetwork.com
- https://www.footprintnetwork.org/resources/
- Western economic systems promote an understanding of natural resources as ‘abundant,’ and decisions are often made without considering the explicit contribution of nature to economic activity. As these resources are becoming increasingly scarce worldwide, we need new tools to manage them more sustainably.
- This tool helps us better understand our individual contributions to climate change and learn about solutions so we can all tread more lightly on the Earth.
- AskNature.org
- https://biomimicry.org/inspiration/asknature/
- An open-source database of deep biological knowledge, presented in accessible language to inspire and guide anyone working to develop regenerative solutions for today’s most pressing issues.
- Connected to Biomimicry Institute
- Podcast: “How to Solve Wicked Problems, with Dr. Paul Hanstedt”
- To solve a wicked problem (like the climate crisis) requires creativity, innovation, new ways of thinking, and, often, teamwork over a long period of time. To facilitate this mindset in students across disciplines, we can: (1) ask open-ended questions without simple answers, (2) play with riddles, (3) face discomfort willingly.
- Book – Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Audio resource: Podcast interview with author https://onbeing.org/programs/robin-wall-kimmerer-the-intelligence-of-plants-2022/
- Bridges the divide between Western science and Indigenous teachings the author learned, as a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, about the connections between people, the land, plants, and animals.
- Curricular applications: English, Science, Social Studies, Outdoor Education, Indigenous Studies.
- Guide to local environmental events, talks, spaces