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Sustainable World September/October 2009 Welcome back to school!
Now more than ever the world needs people who not only are
culturally and ecologically literate, but also who know how to
question and can relate well to people. How do we help our
students learn these capabilities? In the newest issue of YES!,
Learn As You Go, you’ll find classroom tools and inspiring
articles that develop the skills and relationships so needed at
this time. In addition to these YES! materials, we are pleased
to share the lesson plans of Rethinking Schools, an organization
dedicated to the creation of a humane, caring, multiracial
democracy. May your school year be filled with meaningful
learning and relationships. Head of School and teacher Vicki
Newberry brought a place-based curriculum to her independent
middle school in Molokai, Hawaii. Now Aka'ula School students
thrive as they research and create positive solutions for
environmental issues affecting their own communi