 | LEARNING AND ENVIRONMENT: LITERACIES & LEARNING, COMMUNICATION, POLITICAL & HUMAN ECOLOGY and SUSTAINABILITY | Mar 7, 2007 |
This site aims at sharing information, promoting lifelong learning and provoking critical thinking about interconnected fields within the frame of LEARNING & ENVIRONMENT. It is a "bricolage" ! In general it focus on: ► LITERACIES...By “literacies” the editor focus on social, political, organizational and economic, as well as eco-environmental literacies. ► COMMUNICATION... Considering that “literacies” are deeply interconnected with “media” (Written & Visual). Communication becomes a key aspect in the process of acquiring basic understanding of complex realities. This site also focus on intercultural communication and communication for development. ► ENVIRONMENT...By “Environment” it is understood the Natural Environment as well as the Human Environment, and their connections within the planetary system. ► POLITICAL ECOLOGY in a broader sense, including political economy and history of ideas, social & cooperative movements. ► SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT...Displayed by the preoccupation with environmentally-friendly organizations, of different kinds, and agroecology. ► HUMAN ECOLOGY...Mainly displayed through ideas influenced by Evolutionary Psychology, Sociobiology and Transhumanism. ► EAST ASIAN & PACIFIC Culture, History & Society. ► LATIN AMERICA. EDITOR: learning.environment@yahoo.com  | IMAGES & DISPLAYS | Apr 18, 2007 |
 MONISM: SPIRIT in the ART of NATURAL SCIENCE. The work of ERNST HAECKEL.
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