Philosophy explained using shapes and colors, aka Philographics.
These will be a great addition to my classroom wall display
“Ten skills for the future (and present) workforce. Excellent list that begins with making meaning, ends with virtual collaboration and 8 gems in between.” via Marcia Conner http://j.mp/LqefKbHow often are schools teaching these Mindsets/skills?Should these be the new core commons?
400,000 Baby Chicks Killed by Bankrupt Poultry Farm While death at a factory farm is part of everyday life, the bankruptcy of Russia’s Krasnaya Polyana chicken farm in December left the owners with 3 million birds — and nowhere to place them. About 600,000 of the birds died from malnutrition, and 400,000 newborn chicks were killed, either by being drowned or dumped into outdoor trashcans where they froze to death, while “adult birds were thrown into a pit and buried alive with a tractor.” The female workers who were responsible for disposing the chicks compared it to a mother killing her children, and reportedly cried while dumping the chicks. — TreeHugger
Speaking for the world’s 3 billion children: “Are you here to save face? Or are you here to save us?”
On Wednesday 20 June, 2012 17-year-old Brittany Trilford of Wellington, New Zealand addressed 130 heads of state at the opening plenary of the Rio+20 UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is her speech.
