Starter 2.15: What is the ethic described in Chief Seattle’s Treaty Oration? How does it differ from the traditional paradigm of Western Civilization? How does it resonate with you personally?
Four Corners
- Chief Seattle: “All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. All things are connected.”
Part 3 of Humans and Planet Earth
Everything is Connected: Listen to the first segment
JOURNAL 2.15: What is your reaction to the ideas of this podcast and the concept of the Gaia hypothesis? How does this connect to environmental ethics? How does it resonate with your own worldview?
Optional: Listen to the rest of the TED Radio episode on interconnectedness.
Optional: Listen to the rest of the TED Radio episode on interconnectedness.
Reading Time: Last Lit Circle for Into the Wild tomorrow. Pre-write MODIFIED...just answer the essential questions:
- What can we learn from Chris McCandless’ story about the human quest for happiness and meaning?
- What does it mean to live deliberately? What does it mean to be self-reliant? (Relate to Into the Wild!)
- How can the path toward meaning be shaped by BOTH the natural world AND by our civilization?