In the US, we LOVE our traditions, especially when it comes to holidays. When it comes to holidays, Americans have a way of absorbing cultural and religious holidays from
Category: Lead By Example
“Lead By Example: Information for Grown Ups” provides a series of posts geared toward adults. We provide this series to help adults learn and grow their own knowledge base as it relates to the following areas of character and sustainable development:
- Sustainability
- Environmental & Social Justice
- Multicultural Competence
- Empathy
- Self Concept
- Civic Engagement
As the grown ups in a child’s life learn more about these topics, they’re better able to provide an example to their children. Our children watch everything that we do and some of the most powerful ways to influence the kids in our lives is to model behavior we hope to see in them. So while this information for grown ups series is geared at adults, the purpose is to help grown ups raise kids that care– about themselves, each other, and the world.

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,Somewhere along the line, I was socialized to see second-hand items in a negative way. I know, my privilege is showing. I was fortunate enough that I experienced many new

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Confession: This information is coming fresh off my own learning spree. See, I was just went through my own process of choosing eco-friendly printer paper to use in my personal

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