The mall is all about our appetite for stuff, our greedy habit of consuming more than anyone else in the world. It is about our relationship to cars — off the freeway, with plenty of parking! — and our abandonment of our cities. It is about our infantile attention span, our embrace of the artificial, our transformation from a country that makes things to a country that buys things. Things we do not need.
Learning as the future rushes upon us
Other Education sections of this site will cover the innovative things that schools in the region are doing at the K-12 or higher levels. This section will focus more on what needs to be taught to prepare people to be productive and responsible human beings on a planet that's growing smaller and more stressed every day.
Who's thinking about this in Northeast Ohio?
Resources
Ecological Literacy by David Orr
Digital media and learning
This site is inspired by the memory of Richard Shatten, a former board member of EcoCity Cleveland,
who pushed Northeast Ohio to think strategically about regionalism and sustainability.
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