Katharine Burke

Perceiving Our Inseparability From Nature || Katharine Burke Are we separate from nature, or inextricably linked? How can we blend education and activism? What is our responsibility to help young people shape society rather than simply react to it? We create...

What is Synergy in Education? Are we separate from nature, or inextricably linked?

How can we blend education and activism?

What is our responsibility to help young people shape society rather than simply react to it?

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A horrendous betrayal.

‘Soil is more important than oil’: inside the perennial grain revolution Scientists in Kansas believe Kernza could cut emissions, restore degraded soils and reshape the future of agriculture

Perennial grain crops and the Land Institute are profiled in this piece from The Guardian. Perennial crops are indeed an important piece of our future food supply.

Because, truly: "Soil is more important than oil"
🧪🌍🌱🐝 🦋

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YouTube video by Earthwards: Transformative Ecological Education Secrets and Promises A story of Seeds

This book 'The Lighteaters' informed this (very unedited) video I did on plants and seeds, and has inspired my work with seeds and soil in primary schools, also based on my own book. Use as you like! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szqa...

Are you in here Zoe? Lighteaters has been so inspiring, helped to create the Seeds and Soil project I do in schools.

How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

In Gaza we’re trapped in an endless maze of waiting – for peace, for the deaths to stop and for our lives to begin again | Aya Al-Hattab A ceasefire was announced on 10 October. But despite ‘peace’ being on the lips of world leaders ever since, we Palestinians are still under siege and afraid, says Palestinian writer Aya Al-Hattab

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How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril - in maps and charts From floods to droughts, erratic weather patterns are affecting food security, with crop yields projected to fall if changes are not made

'Experts have warned that the world’s ability to feed itself is under threat from the “chaos” of extreme weather caused by climate change.'

'From floods to droughts, erratic weather patterns are affecting food security, with crop yields projected to fall if changes are not made.'

‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ for Palestinians squeezed into the remaining 42% of their land behind Israel’s ‘yellow line’

‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Wow

wow, last week's conversation was so interesting and rewarding; emerging naturally from the experiences of participants. This coming week will explore shifting paradigms Earthwards- working with Donella Meadows' leverage points and others. As always, dm for meeting link.

Trump wants to hang this group

Trump accuses Democratic lawmakers who urged military to disobey illegal orders of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’ | CNN Politics President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that Democratic lawmakers who urged service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders should be put to death, sparking an outcry among D...

The Dems were only restating the law and the Constitution.

Trump thinks they should be executed for this.

Trump needs to have charges filed against him. Not even the President is permitted to threaten members of Congress or citizens with death, for following the law.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...

She was my stepsister. She was more complicated than that, from what I know (I was 9 years younger and she left when I was quite young, but I have her books and remet her as an adult).

This week's Earthwards Conversation is on land, garden, food and deeper entanglement with outdoors and living places. Wednesday Nov. 19th at 16.00 CET DM for calendar link.

YouTube video by Earthwards: Transformative Ecological Education Secrets and Promises A story of Seeds

A short talk on the magic of seeds and our entanglement with the 'lighteaters', the kingdom of plants. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szqa...

World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating

Justin Webb interviews the minister in charge of climate change and doesn't mention this? www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/13/world-still-on-track-for-catastrophic-26c-temperature-rise-report-finds?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb #r4today

Earthwards by Katharine Burke Earthwards: Transformative Ecological Education (9781912480913) published by Hawthorn Press. A handbook for ecological literacy and personal resilience.

@olliemilman.bsky.social COP 30 warnings and the English Education curriculum review make this book that offers a new approach to resilience, climate angst, and relational ecology in schools even more relevant: www.hawthornpress.com/books/change... pls contact me for more details. Book review?

Earthwards by Katharine Burke Earthwards: Transformative Ecological Education (9781912480913) published by Hawthorn Press. A handbook for ecological literacy and personal resilience.

COP 30 warnings and the English Education curriculum review make this book that offers a new approach to sustainability and relational ecology in schools even more relevant: www.hawthornpress.com/books/change... @climatenews.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social pls contact me for more details.

Earthwards by Katharine Burke Earthwards: Transformative Ecological Education (9781912480913) published by Hawthorn Press. A handbook for ecological literacy and personal resilience.

COP 30 warnings and the English Education curriculum review make this book that offers a new approach to sustainability and relational ecology in schools even more relevant: www.hawthornpress.com/books/change... @fionaharvey.bsky.social pls contact me for more details.

Earthwards by Katharine Burke Earthwards: Transformative Ecological Education (9781912480913) published by Hawthorn Press. A handbook for ecological literacy and personal resilience.

COP 30 warnings and the English Education curriculum review make this book that offers a new approach to sustainability in schools even more relevant: www.hawthornpress.com/books/change... Matthew Taylor, pls contact me for info. and a talk.

‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30

Governments failing to shift to a low-carbon economy will be blamed for famine & conflict abroad, and will face stagnation and rising inflation at home, the UN’s climate chief warned on Monday at the start of the Cop30 climate talks.
#climatecrisis #cop30 #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The nature extinction crisis is mirrored by one in our own bodies. Both have huge implications for health Modern life is waging a war against ecosystems around us and inside us. Keeping our own microbes healthy is another reason to demand action to preserve the natural world

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A single shell, fired by the IDF at a fertility clinic: peace prize recipient explains what lies behind her genocide finding Former UN inquiry chair Navi Pillay says ‘what’s so unusual about this genocide’ is that ‘we are all witnesses to it’

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Earthwards: Transformative Ecological Education|eBook Empower students to become Earth Wards through transformative ecological education. This indispensable guide offers practical resources for educators seeking to reframe their approach to teaching and ...

The book is also now available as ebook from several places including Barnes and Nobel www.barnesandnoble.com/w/earthwards...

These are the times for warmth and community. I am offering this four week book talk for Earthwards: Transformative Ecological Education. The past book circles have been so inspiring and formed communities of care and cohorts of action all over the world. DM me to register and receive the links.

How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing

How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health

What if these are the fleeting temples we make together, so far from tribe and fire?

If you haven't bought 'Earthwards: Transformative Ecological Education' yet, it's available now through several different e-book stores, and with a forward by Stephen Sterling.