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Eco Literacy

Eco-literacy is a mandate for everyone in the 21st century. It is a movement to become aware of Nature’s gifts and to become a steward of supporting our planet. It starts with humans connecting with life on Earth. Nature has delivered an integrated, regenerative series of ecosystems that support animals, insects, plants, and freshwater. Many human inventions have polluted our air, created toxic landfills, and caused destruction instead of conservation of wetlands, grasslands, and forests. Humans are now becoming aware that their way of life is not contributing to a regenerative Earth. People are understanding that they must work to protect forests from fires; they must take care of their rivers and lakes; and they must consume less energy, grow local food, and protect food chains from being broken.

Activity 1 – Looking

Look down, look out, and look up. What do you find? What do you discover? Eco literacy begins in early life, when children spend time outdoors. It is a critical time for association with the world around them through their eyes, ears, hands, feet, nose, and skin. It involves an opening up of the senses- touching, feeling, hearing, smelling, and tasting. Young children connect and become explorers right where they are. They can look below their feet, in front, beside, behind, and above them. They can compare their footprint to the footprints of birds, deer, foxes, squirrels, chipmunks, and so many more creatures! They can stop, listen, record, and describe what they hear. Children can make charcoal material rubbings of human-made and nature-made materials. They can touch the bark of a tree, hold sand in their hand, pick up a rock. They can breath in the air, smell a flower, a plant, or an animal. Connecting with non-human life forms is essential for creating relationships with the gifts of nature that give humans life. It starts with going outside and exploring right from where you are.

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