Daniel Goleman is an internationally known psychologist, former New York Times science reporter, and author of the classic Emotional Intelligence.

Lisa Bennett is the communications director of the Center for Ecoliteracy, a longtime writer about the environment, health, and education. She is also a former fellow at Harvard University's Center on Press, Politics, and Public Policy.

Zenobia Barlow is the executive director and cofounder of the Center for Ecoliteracy and coeditor of Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World.

Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: From Breakdown to Breakthrough 1 Five Practices of Emotionally and Socially Engaged Ecoliteracy 12 Section One: Stories From the Field Part One Standing Strong on a Coal Mountain 21 1 Lessons from a Coal Miner's Daughter 23Teri Blanton and Wendell Berry, Kentucky How to Mine a Mountain 25 Deconstructing the Meaning of "Cheap" 26 Why Can't We Go Out and Play, Daddy? 30 2 Taking a Power Trip 35Spartanburg Day School, South Carolina Bringing "The Ecosphere" Down to Earth 36 What's My Connection? 40 The Last Mountain 41 Part Two From Anger to Action in Oil Country 43 3 The Heart of the Caribou 45Sarah James, Arctic Village, Alaska Top Ten Oil Producers 48 United States Is Number One in Oil Consumption 53 4 Beyond Whining 55Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools The World's Most Important Energy Source 59 Classroom Exercise: Where's the Oil? 62 Part Three Shared Water: Moving Beyond Boundaries 63 5 Water Wars and Peace 65Aaron Wolf, Mediator and Oregon State University Professor The Biggest (Hidden) Use of Water 67 Ocean Water in a Glass? 68 The Resilience of Water 71 6 From Restoration to Resilience 77Students and Teachers Restoring a Watershed, Northern California Freshwater Blues 81 The Rise of Dead Zones 82 The New Face of Water Pollution 84 Part Four Nourishing Communities with Food 87 7 Changing a Food System, One Seed at a Time 89La Semilla Food Center, Anthony, New Mexico How to Feed Nine Billion 92 Test Your "Food IQ" 94 8 Forging the Food Justice Path 99Tony Smith, Superintendent of Schools, Oakland, California The Rise of School Food Reform 100 The Curriculum Connection 105 Rethinking School Lunch 106 Section Two: Professional Development Strategies 111 9 Cultivating Ecoliterate Learning Communities 113Guidelines for Engaging Colleagues Using Circles to Cultivate Deep Listening 118 Transformation in the Classroom 120 10 Reflection and Practice 123Conversation Strategies for Getting Started Going on a Virtual Dive 127 Professional Development Sample Agendas 130 Conclusion: Hands-On Hope 133 Notes 135 Resources 155 Index 163 The Center for Ecoliteracy 171 The Authors 173