May 14, 2012

Herbs植物的妙用

Starting learning herbs with teachers, I am amazed by the applications of these herbs and stories told by teachers and wonder if the secrets of plants can be totally revealed by the science. 雖然知道植物對人有許多的好處,卻不知道植物的妙用無窮。這幾個月來,跟著兩位老師從青草店的觀點和中醫的觀點認識植物。老師提到的案例都讓我感到神奇不已,植物的奧秘似乎無法完全以人類短淺的科學經驗解釋。
 所有老師帶來的乾品都聞過、摸過了,對我來說都差不多。看來認真和老師打好關係,才是上策。

May 4, 2012

國際校園校地聯盟International School Ground Alliance

如果校園裡充滿了樹木、花草、小動物、沙地、水池,那麼還會有討厭學校的孩子嗎?我們這些大人小時後都曾經享受過在草地上奔跑、從樹上跌下來、拿花草扮家家酒,是不是也該讓孩子們享受自然呢?誠如,國際校園校地聯盟的短片裡所說,孩子們的身體需要接近大自然,更重要的是,他們的心靈也渴求著大自然。

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOUp0Xho1-I

The International School Grounds Alliance (ISGA) is a network of organizations and individuals working to improve school grounds around the world. The ISGA formed as a result of the International Green Schoolyards Conference held in California in September 2011. This video records some of the perspectives presented at the conference by leaders in the school ground field from seven countries including: Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Japan, Sweden, and the United States. For more information, please see: www.greenschoolyards.org and www.internationalschoolgrounds.org

May 3, 2012

御風男孩The boy who harnessed the wind




馭風男孩

"Just try". Such an easy sentence but not so easily said by an African boy living with hunger and no schooling.  He reminds us it's time to take actions no matter how little you have on hand.
看完這本書之後,原來擁有最少的人最有可能爆發出無限的可能性。 誠如這本書的作者說的,想成功,就要放手一試。這句話很多人都可以輕易的脫口而出,但是從一個經歷饑荒、沒錢上學的十四歲男孩口中說出,就是不一樣。因為他不屈不撓的嘗試,從垃圾堆裡建造出自己的風力發電機,讓自己的家成為附近鄰居中唯一在黑夜發亮的小屋。

現在他和轉動風車計畫(Moving Windmills Project)和建造組織(buildOn.org)一起重建自己讀過的小學。

世界上許多人擁有多過自己所能使用的資源,卻渾噩度日,甚至貪心地想要更多自己沒有的東西。人心,可以掙扎中勇往直前,也可以在貪嗔癡中淪陷。期許自己能夠放手一試。