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  • Advice And Comment
    San Diego Union-Tribune, by Scott LaFee. In terms of science, medicine and technology, 
what should the new president do first? Which problems should he tackle first? What is the top priority? What is most important? We asked local scientists, doctors, teachers and thinkers for their ideas and insights.
  • As Butterflies Die, So Goes A Way of Life
    Baltimore Sun, By Stephen Kiehl. Monarch butterflies, illegal logging, and water shortages in Mexico. How ECOLIFE FOUNDATION is helping.
  • Festival to Focus on Cleaner Water
    San Diego Union-Tribune, by Terry Rogers. ECOLIFE FOUNDATION's World Water Day Festival, Agua Hedionda Lagoon Discovery Center, Carlsbad, California.
  • The Human Factor
    San Diego Union-Tribune, by Scott LaFee. Focus on failings with conservation and humanitarian aid, and how ECOLIFE FOUNDATION is uniquely positioned to bridge the divide.

Education

Resources for educators, and the curious. Please feel free to view or download these materials for non-commercial purposes, including use in classrooms.


"A Perfect Place to Live!" (Superfund) | Non-fiction photoessay book about the Crown Vantage Paper Mill and Superfund site in Milford, New Jersey. The book is structured according to principles outlined in Bloom’s Taxonomy — from knowledge through evaluation — and is designed to facilitate discussion, critical thinking, and further research. We believe this book will become an excellent classroom resource, a basis for lesson planning, or a full unit on environmental pollution. However, we also believe this book serves as a rich and profound photo-essay about the cycle of consumerism and pollution. Authors: Tricia & Rick Toone. 6MB (.pdf)

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Conservation of Monarch Butterflies in Central Mexico: Protection of a Biological Phenomenon | 7-page technical article reviews the migration of the Monarch, the threats to its survival, attempts to alter human behavior, and the socio-political challenges that have arisen through these attempts. Authors: Bill Toone & Tom Hanscom. 2MB (.pdf)

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PERFECT PLACE TO LIVE | ECOLIFE FOUNDATION thinks about the world, and conservation, as a series of cause and effect relationships. Effective science education requires understanding cause and effect. Yet most education is focused on knowledge, rather than on understanding outcomes. Inspired by his work with Bill Toone and Warren Buckleitner, Rick Toone is designing interactive media specifically to help people — students — visualize connections: www.perfectplacetolive.info

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Watershed Stewards | 50-page Educators' Edition leading elementary and middle-school students through a series of hands-on activities, including: field observations, discovery stations, and presentations. Emphasis on coastal areas, particularly Southern California. 6MB (.pdf)

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