March 17, 2015 - 16:15
It was Caleb's idea that we should start meeting outside, and he mentioned how warm (yeah, right) it was going to be today. So I prepped for class with this in mind, and printed off copies of material I would otherwise have projected in the classroom (should we note an eco-cost here? paper vs. projection?); I came to class assuming that we'd be going out-of-doors. I did like the sense of space, of openness once we got outside, though I also noticed all the mud (yuck!), and the resistance of the chairs to being dragged through it. The atmosphere in class seemed friendly and inviting--I think we were glad to be together again. I wasn't prepared for the wind, however, and am writing now feeling very tired from shouting for 1 1/2 hours. I also feel chilled...
as if I've been out somewhere. Not a bad feeling, for an eco-class.
For a class on re-imagining ecology and the classroom,
and the classroom as an eco-system...
It does put me in mind of larger systems, as indicated on this wonderful wind map...