By Brian Skeele, on May 10th, 2011
Here’s another amazing TED presentation. “We have serious problems with boys, their culture isn’t working in schools”, Ali Carr-Chellman so states. Her opening summation of the 100 Girls Project statistics are remarkable.
As you may know, I am petitioning the Gods to send us the tools to assist us in re-inventing our world sustainable. Ali speaks on the how boys and their gaming world is forbidden in school.
Imagine this…you get a knock on the door, and the 4th grader who lives down the street, greets you and says he is surveying the neighborhood, and wants your help. ”It’ll take 15 minutes, and if you participate, it’ll raise money for our school!” You say yes, and what unfolds amazes you. You find yourself encouraged and imaging a better tomorrow, a mixed use, deeply affordable lifestyle, where “you can join the car share program and make money, up to $6000 a year!”
He opens his laptop to Google Earth, and up pops your neighborhood. ” Our family has been thinking about what to do with grandma, since grandad died last year, and she’s living alone in her big house. Here’s what my Dad suggested. We want to add a second story to our house, and move upstairs. My Grandma will move in with us and live in the old master suite downstairs. She loves to bake pies, so we want to open a pie shop! The living room and kitchen will become Doris’ Pie Shoppe!” He proceeds to show you a mock up, in Google Earth, with the help of Sketchup, of the remodeled home, “Doris’s Pie Shoppe” proclaims the hand painted sign across the old front door.
“OK, so what would you like to do with your home?” he asks you, ready to mock it up on his screen.
This is the curriculum I’m talking about; Hands on, relevant, involved in the winning the future. Making Sustainable Real!
Here’s Ali’s video. Enjoy.
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