From gale-sinex@ae.agecon.wisc.eduFri Mar 15 10:23:30 1996 Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 21:26:16 GMT -0600 From: Michele Gale-Sinex/CIAS Reply to: SAED-SHARE-L@cornell.edu To: SAED-SHARE-L@cornell.edu, sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu, sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu Subject: Toward a Sust Ag Tchrs Guide Howdy, all-- I'm writing to fill in a few details on the teachers guide "Toward a Sustainable Agriculture" as per Margaret Reeves's request on the SAED-SHARE-L listserver. I am cc'ing this to SANET-mg and SUSTAG-L in the interest of downing a thousand birds with one virtual stone. It is designed for high school teachers who wish to build sustainable agriculture into their courses, primarily--but not exclusively--ag instructors. It runs about 150 pages and contains o Teacher reference guide sections on sustainable livestock and cropping systems, the economics of sustainable ag, alternative ag enterprises, public policy issues, ethics, and an introduction to sustag. The goal of these sections is to make the teacher comfortable with sustag concepts and point them to resources for further exploration. o An instructional unit outlining the above chapters' key concepts o 21 classroom-tested learning activities including learning objectives, resources, ideas for test questions, and more. It is accompanied by a 26-page supplement, "Resources for Teaching Sustainable Agriculture." Both publications can be ordered from CIAS for $10 for the set of two. Although it was first published in 1991 (and reprinted the following year), we have evidence that it was forward-thinking enough to retain its utility. "Toward a Sustainable Agriculture" was chosen in the fall of 1995 as the basis for a set of learning activities that /National Geographic/ magazine distributed to its 26,000-member geography teachers' network. These activities were designed to give those teachers the means to teach concepts from /National Geo/'s December-issue article on sustainable ag, authored by Verlyn Klinkenborg. The guide was a collaborative effort of the Center for Integrated Ag Systems, UW-Madison, and the Wisconsin Rural Development Center, with technical publishing support from the Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction. It was prepared by statewide task forces of h.s. ag instructors, farmers, UW faculty and grad students, vo-tech instructors and staff, and folks from environmental and nonprofit organizations. It was reviewed in draft by ag ed teachers across Wisconsin and revised with their feedback in mind. To order the two publications, please contact Kathy Martin-Taylor martin-taylor@ae.agecon.wisc.edu (608) 262-5200 peace misha <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Michele Gale-Sinex, communications and outreach Center for Integrated Ag Systems/Ag Technology and Family Farm Institute UW-Madison--1450 Linden Drive 146 Madison, WI 53706 Voice: (608) 262-8018 FAX: (608) 265-3020 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I smile a lot lately. I am at rest. Relaxed. I am life. --Mister 3D From green@gatewest.netFri Mar 15 10:24:28 1996 Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 11:49:01 -0600 (CST) From: BryanGREENKeith Green GREEN Growing Reply to: SAED-SHARE-L@cornell.edu To: Michele Gale-Sinex/CIAS Cc: SAED-SHARE-L@cornell.edu, sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu, sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu Subject: Re: Toward a Sust Ag Tchrs Guide Anyone looking for a Sustainable Agriculture Teachers Guide, there is one free and on-line at http://www.gatewest.net/~green/ It consists of 5 lesson plans, bibliography, resource guide, internet links (aka "Cool Links"). It was designed for social studies and science, and is for a general junior and senior high school use. It was written in 1994, with help from the WSAA, Environment and Agriculture Canada, Manitoba Education and Training Curriculum Services Branch, the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, Canadian Organic Growers, OCIA New Brunswick, the Marquis Project, McGill University's EAP, and other education, communication, and agricultural groups. There was a video produced that accompanies the guide, but they can be used seperately. (also a French language video and printed guide, not on-line) Cheers, Keith Turner green@gatewest.net