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- Complete Curriculum (2.6 MB)
- Cover (artwork by Martha Bracy; 872K)
- Introduction (74K)
- Teacher's Guide (71K)
- Lesson 1 (129K)
- Lesson 2 (117K)
- Lesson 3 (189K)
- Lesson 4 (147K)
- Lesson 5 (113K)
- Lesson 6 (139K)
- Lesson 7 (104K)
- Lesson 8 (143K)
- Lesson 9 (111K)
- Lesson 10 (133K)
- Dilemmas (114K)
- Assessment (115K)
- Resources (76K)
How Big is Your Backyard?
An Ethics-Based Approach to Environmental Decision Making
by Abby Kidder
This environmental ethics curriculum, based on the Institute for Global Ethics' Ethical Fitness® model, prepares educators and students to recognize the ethical issues that surround some of the world's toughest environmental problems. How does one balance the need for development with the intrinsic value of natural lands? How does one raise his or her standard of living while striving to cut back on consumption and waste production? Every environmental problem has at its base an ethical dilemma of some kind-the clashing of two fundamental "rights" that can be identified and resolved in this process of ethical decision making. By combining teachings in ecology, natural history, environmental issues, and ethical decision making, this curriculum allows students to think through these tough questions. They are given the tools to apply ethical principles both to resolve these issues for themselves and to participate in their communities in thoughtful and decisive ways.
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- How Big is Your Backyard?
Nonmembers: $80.00
Members: $72.00 - Bound in an 8-1/2" x 11" three-ring binder to facilitate photocopying of student materials. Includes How Good People Make Tough Choices paperback edition.
