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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Sri Dattatreya's 24 Gurus: Learning from the World in Hindu Tradition
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Haigh, Martin – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2007
Sri Dattatreya, who Lord Krishna quotes in "The Uddhava Gita", has been evoked as a guru for environmental education. Sri Dattatreya gained enlightenment by observing the world, which provided Him with 24 instructors. These taught Him the futility of mundane attachments, the benefits of contemplation and forebearance, and a path towards the…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles
Deep Ecology Education: Learning from Its Vaisnava Roots
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Haigh, Martin – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2006
Deep ecology arises from the personal intuition that one's self is part of the world's environmental wholeness. This awareness may be constructed upon scientific foundations but it is more commonly thought a spiritual concept. Deep ecology pedagogy emerges from its three-step process of ecological Self-realization. This paper traces the roots of…
Descriptors: Ecology, Ethics, World Views, Religious Factors