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Pro-Aesthetic Language: Natural Treasures vs. Natural Resources

The human aesthetic—the perception and sensory contemplation of a subject—is so strongly influenced by the terms and phrases we adopt into our lexicon that we ought to pay close attention to them. We see, hear, and smell our environment using the senses we have...

Fairy Tales For Grown-ups

Literature

Do you think that the fairy tales are made for children? You are wrong. You are four times wrong. Tales are not purely fiction. They are constructions through fiction. They are not fairy tales. Their own realities are constructed. You do not have to believe them. They...

Come and meet with Virginia Aronson

Literature

The White House Family Cookbook (with Executive Chef Henry Haller) "This hefty volume offers an intriguing glimpse of presidential history." - Publishers Weekly "This is a classic!" - Liz Carpenter, former White House Press Secretary "This elegant and easy-to-follow...

Parenting: Is Positive Parenting Really Crucial?

Education

Now that we have a child, keeping them in a golden cage will not solve any issues. The best thing to do would be returning the child’s right to live his life as he wishes. Instead of controlling them, let’s try to be by their side when they need us.

How to Make a Living From a 1.5 Acre Market Garden

Ecology

Picture the scene, you‘re awoken by the morning sun, grab yourself a coffee and step outside. As you take your first sip you watch the sun rising and enjoy the serene sound of birdsong. Everything’s tranquil as you take a leisurely stroll around your market garden, making a list of today’s tasks. There is a lot to do but you enjoy every tiny piece of it and can’t wait to begin.

Can you imagine this life for yourself? Do you think it’s possible for you to enjoy this kind of lifestyle and actually make a decent living from it?

Theme When Writing A Story

Literature

Theme is one of those components that often gets overlooked, despite the fact that it is the glue that holds a story together!
So, what is theme? Quite simply, theme is a story’s main idea. However, this is not to be confused with subject as subject is the method chosen to explore the theme.

How to Harvest Rainwater

Ecology

Your kitchen gardening efforts are subject to the vagaries of weather. The clued-up grower has a number of means to smooth the peaks and troughs of rainfall.

5 Mistakes Of New Fiction Writers

Literature

However many books on writing we read, there are still things that we get wrong as new novelists. Some obvious things, if fixed, may transform your manuscript. We have to keep learning.

Democratic Schools

Education

With the strict restrictions and lack of engagement in many schools today, we are more closely equipping our children for prison life and for the kind of active, engaged life that exists outside of prison.

Alternative Education

Education

When it comes to positive education, how often do you practice what you learn within your own context to fully feel and understand what you learn before you then teach strategies to your class?

Climate Change

Ecology

A new study suggests that climate change had a significant impact Ice-Age Animal diets and may well have been a primary factor in the decline and disappearance of this unique suite of animals.

Coming Together

History, Literature

The world’s first-known major gathering of disparate peoples took place twelve thousand years ago in a place called Göbekli Tepe. Hunter-gatherers, these peoples had not yet discovered agriculture and had not yet begun to settle in small towns.

Beginners Guide to Organic Gardening

Ecology

Are you excited by the whole idea of starting your very own organic garden but do not have a clear idea what to do first? If that sounds familiar then you are on the right page!

Food Forest: The Ultimate Garden

Ecology

A food forest is an agricultural method that builds its design and implementation method off of the natural cycles and layers of a forest.

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