Wednesday 16 February 2011

What a mixture - wabi sabi, Tesco, non-linear pedagogy and Globalisation.

Convergence today of a number of very diverse findings. Or are they?

I am "Exploring non-linear pedagogical approaches to ESDGC".

"Oh no Tesco!" New Internationalist Blog about a Tesco supermarket opening in Keynsham near Bristol. Read the comments.

An article on Pelican web about "The biology of Globalisation".

LESSONS OF NATURE

• All living systems self-organize and maintain themselves by the same biological principles, which we can identify and abstract.
• Among the principles essential to the health of living systems are empowered participation of all parts and continual negotiation of self-interest at all levels of organization.
• Humanity constitutes a living system within the larger living system of our Earth.
• Essential to the health of humanity is empowered participation of all humans and negotiated self-interest among individual, local and global economies as well as the Earth itself.


An e-mail about wabi sabi with a quote from "The Soul of Rumi".

How much longer will my poor old shed last?
The decay, weathering and changes after a hard winter.
The soil crumbly from the frost. Weeds enjoying freedom.
Clearing dead leaves from the pond. Sorry sleeping frog!
Cutting some willow.
Make something with the grandchildren over half term?
Raking up windblown rubbish and have a bonfire.
The snowdrops and croci emerging.
Catkins on the hazel bushes. Birdsong.