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Find out about the permaculture principle 'Design from Pattern to Details' through examining a tree and it's leaf. Discuss how nature uses patterns and why. |
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Explore patterns in daily, solar, seasonal and lunar cycles, and make a connection with how we all live within cycles large and small and their impact on us. |
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Seeing the whole picture |
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See the woods and the trees (literally, climb a hill to see the woods, compare with being inside the woods). |
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Seeing the whole picture |
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See an example of how one small thing can affect the whole system (such as the reintroduction of beavers). |
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Seeing the whole picture |
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Make a mask of a local animal or plant and become that being for a while - how does it feel? How is it affected by humans? What could people learn from you? |
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Seeing the whole picture |
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Take a local issue of environmental degradation (e.g. illegal dumping of waste, trees which are going to be cut down), find out all the causes and effects of that one issue, decide on an action to help stop the degradation (e.g. write letters, make a display at school, make a petition). Act on behalf of nature. |
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Seeing the whole picture |
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Find ways to express how you are connected to nature - through poetry, singing, dancing, painting, or another form of creative expression. |
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Seeing the whole picture |
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Learn that humans are a part of nature, embedded in nature and dependent upon nature. |
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Seeing the whole picture |
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Explore the many benefits which people gain from nature: such as the air being cleaned by trees, crops pollinated by insects etc. (Educators can read about 'ecosystem services' for more information) |
