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• Invest in a Humane World & You Could Win a Humane Educators Library Worth $500

  
  Humane Connection — Authority: 128
  This past spring I was asked to be the speaker at our local high school’s National Honor Society induction. I invited the audience to analyze the effects a conventional, pesticide-sprayed, sweatshop-produced T-shirt had on people, animals, and the environment. I also asked them to consider what clothing and what ...
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• Enhance Your Teaching (or Parenting) With Our New Childrens Literature Resource Section

  
  Humane Connection — Authority: 128
  Bring a new element to your teaching (or parenting): check out our new Childrens Literature section in our websites Resource Center , highlighting more than 100 suggested titles that you can use in your humane education work (as an educator or parent). Weve divided the titles into broad categories (such as Animal ...
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  Education Revolution — Authority: 126
  A workshop featuring Khalif Williams, Ron Miller, and Sally Carless at the 2008 AERO conference. You can order this workshop online at:http://www.educationrevolution.org/2008workshop4.html
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• Humane Educators Toolbox: Artist Uses Photography to Connect People and Animals

  
  Humane Connection — Authority: 128
  We know that images are incredibly powerful. Photographer Jo-Anne McArthur is using the power of visual media to document how we treat and interact with animals in the "human environment" in order to "break down the barriers that humans have built which allow us to treat non-human animals as objects and not as ...
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• What’s Missing in Friedman’s Op-Ed on Education from Humane Connection

  
  Education Revolution — Authority: 126
  The following blog post comes from Zoe Weil on the Institute for Humane Education’s blog, Humane Connection: Thomas Friedman’s recent New York Times op-ed, “The New Untouchables,” brings up an important point: that the failures in our educational system and the current recession are related. He ends his ...
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• What’s Missing in Friedman’s Op-Ed on Education

  
  Zoe Weil — Authority: 119
  Thomas Friedman’s recent New York Times op-ed, “The New Untouchables,” brings up an important point: that the failures in our educational system and the current recession are related. He ends his editorial with this: “Bottom line: We’re not going back to the good old days without fixing our schools as ...
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• Whats Missing in Friedmans Op-Ed on Education

  
  Humane Connection — Authority: 128
  Thomas Friedmans recent New York Times op-ed, "The New Untouchables," brings up an important point: that the failures in our educational system and the current recession are related. He ends his editorial with this: “Bottom line: We’re not going back to the good old days without fixing our schools as well as ...
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• Distortions (Part 1 of Reflections on Truth & Belief)

  
  Zoe Weil — Authority: 119
  I’ ve been a humane educator for over twenty years, and have given hundreds of presentations to students. In the early years of my career, I always gave teachers an evaluation form to complete so that I could improve my presentations. Often a teacher would have her or his class write letters to me after a talk. ...
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• Distortions (Part 1 of Reflections on Truth & Belief)

  
  Humane Connection — Authority: 128
  I’ve been a humane educator for over twenty years, and have given hundreds of presentations to students. In the early years of my career, I always gave teachers an evaluation form to complete so that I could improve my presentations. Often a teacher would have her or his class write letters to me after a talk. Some ...
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• Help Athletes for Animals – Because It’s the Sporting Thing to Do

  
  Social Media Strategies and Tools Explained — Authority: 122
  Dan Cohen, founder of AnimalAttraction.com, just told me about an interesting new campaign called AthletesForAnimals.com. As a huge advocate for educating pet owners and a big time sports fan, I love this effort. The program supports humane education for at-risk and inner city kids – kids that will likely experience ...
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• Yes Men Set to "Fix the World"

  
  Humane Connection — Authority: 128
  At a conference, an executive advocates turning climate change victims into fuel. Another executive at another conference gives a presentation about the corporate benefits of human slavery. A representative from the Dow chemical company appears on a major news network and declares that Dow is finally accepting full ...
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• Teaching Elsie to Hug: A Lesson in Educating Our Children

  
  Zoe Weil — Authority: 119
  I’ve been training our new dog, Elsie. At first I thought she was a genius because she learned “down” after two tries. But the truth is she’s probably of average dog intelligence. She hasn’t, for example, learned not to pee and poop in the house (although her preferred spot is in the bathroom, which should ...
  4 weeks ago

• Teaching Elsie to Hug: A Lesson in Educating Our Children

  
  Humane Connection — Authority: 128
  I’ve been training our new dog, Elsie. At first I thought she was a genius because she learned “down” after two tries. But the truth is she’s probably of average dog intelligence. She hasn’t, for example, learned not to pee and poop in the house (although her preferred spot is in the bathroom, which should ...
  4 weeks ago

• Humane Education Activities: Becoming Humane Beings

  
  Humane Connection — Authority: 128
  Right at the start of the school year is a great time to spark students thinking about the world they live in, the choices they make, what a humane world looks like, and the power they have to help bring such a world to reality. Here are a few of our free, downloadable activities (pdf) to help you do that: What ...
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• Humane Issues in the News...

  
  Humane Connection — Authority: 128
  Each week we post links to news about humane education & humane living, and items connected to humane issues, from human rights to environmental preservation, to animal protection, to media, consumerism and culture. New “floating wetlands classroom” ships off in Virginia – Virginian-Pilot (9/15/09) ...
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• Zoe Weil to speak in NYC at the International Day of Peace with Jane Goodall this Sunday!

  
  Education Revolution — Authority: 126
  Zoe Weil, who recently contributed to our book Turning Points ( www.edrev.org/turningpoints.html ), will speak as part of Roots & Shoots Day of Peace: New York City, Bowling Green Park, booths and gathering at 11 a.m., speeches at noon.  Zoe will speak briefly in honor of the International Day of Peace before Dr. ...
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• Learn to Grow Grounded Kids with Guide to Creating School Gardens

  
  Humane Connection — Authority: 128
  "Food is something we can all relate to, and challenging kids of any age to think about where their food comes from gets them into basic science/ecological concepts (living systems, water origin and use, soil, plant identification and categorization, etc.), economics, and much larger environmental issues (global ...
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