Our November homeschooling activites include Astronomy and the Nanowrimo Young Author’s Program. Using writing prompts from their Elementary level character worksheets, we jumped in this morning. I proudly present Carter’s Great American Novel: What is your character? Time Traveler Where does your main character live? Any time, any place Does he like it there? Not [...]
Experts make a to-do list for environmentalism
The Guardian reported today on the results of an expert focus group assembled by the UK’s Environment Agency. The panel was charged with coming up with a prioritized list of things we need to do to avoid. This list contains suggestions for government, companies, councils, religious leaders, and scientists, as well as actions individuals can take. The top 20 are all potential areas of design inquiry.