Thanks for including me in your review of Science Standards, and it was good to see you at Portland State University’s System Science gathering last month where I mentioned the need for inclusion of organic systemic understanding if we are ever to develop the consciousness shift necessary to cope with Global Climate Change.  As I mentioned, STEM standards without an expressed focus on Living Systems perpetuates the consciousness that caused our Global Climate Change problem.  I say this because I believe, as do many others, that the theory that underlies ecological and social balance and harmony (sustainability) is Living Systems, and the subject is relatively easy to teach, and profoundly influences students’ thinking.

I’d welcome sitting down with you to talk about all this, and if you want some excellent reading on the subject, I recommend Dr. Gregory Cajete’s, Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependency.

Thanks again, and I hope that we’ll meet to discuss this in the near future.

Milt Markewitz

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