Urban gardening in early medieval Europe
Urban gardening in early medieval Italy
Description: (seminar abstract & video) Instructors - high school
Contents: Food-growing gardens first appeared in early medieval cities during a period of major social, economic, and political change in the Italian peninsula, and they quickly took on a critical role in city life. Food-producing gardens were essential from an economic point of view but they also played important cultural, religious, and political roles, especially within cities.
Source: medievalists.net https://www.medievalists.net/2024/11/urban-gardening-in-early-medieval-italy/
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Education - Value, Cultural considerations, Historic & Region - Europe, Italy; Indigenous knowledge
Urban gardening in early medieval Italy
Description: (seminar abstract & video) Instructors - high school
Contents: Food-growing gardens first appeared in early medieval cities during a period of major social, economic, and political change in the Italian peninsula, and they quickly took on a critical role in city life. Food-producing gardens were essential from an economic point of view but they also played important cultural, religious, and political roles, especially within cities.
Source: medievalists.net https://www.medievalists.net/2024/11/urban-gardening-in-early-medieval-italy/
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Education - Cultural considerations, Region - Europe &
Chilling historical photo captures the deadly impact of humans
(Historic) Chilling historical photo captures the deadly impact of humans
Description: (article, video link) Instructors - high school
Contents: We are living through a period of unprecedented species extinction due to human-induced changes to the planet's ecosystems. This is not the first time human activities radically changed relationships between land and life: the iconic image (a mountain of bison skulls) - background, impact, issues, multi-species relationships, looking ahead
Source: sciencealert.com https://www.sciencealert.com/chilling-historical-photo-captures-the-deadly-impact-of-humans
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Education - Indigenous knowledge, Biospheres
Chilling historical photo captures the deadly impact of humans
Description: (article, video link) Instructors - high school
Contents: We are living through a period of unprecedented species extinction due to human-induced changes to the planet's ecosystems. This is not the first time human activities radically changed relationships between land and life: the iconic image (a mountain of bison skulls) - background, impact, issues, multi-species relationships, looking ahead
Source: sciencealert.com https://www.sciencealert.com/chilling-historical-photo-captures-the-deadly-impact-of-humans
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Education - Indigenous knowledge, Biospheres
Bright Tide delivers the Wright approach to regenerative farming
Title: (Historic) Bright Tide delivers the Wright approach to regenerative farming
Description: (article) Instructors - high school
Contents: In early 2024, in the heart of a small Italian village named Castel Del Giudice, cradled by apple orchards and well-known for its Città del Bio (Organic Town) circuit, Harry Wright— Founder and CEO of UK-based environmental consultancy, Bright Tide— was introduced to a system of farming that would transform his business forever…Wright would learn about the transformative power of regenerative farming- a sustainable alternative to the extractive practices of conventional food production: Italian roots, value & practises of regenerative
Source: forbes.com https://www.forbes.com/sites/daphneewingchow/2024/11/06/bright-tide-delivers-the-wright-approach-to-regenerative-farming/
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Regenerative Agriculture & Cultural considerations - Region, Italy
Bright Tide delivers the Wright approach to regenerative farming
Description: (article) Instructors - high school
Contents: In early 2024, in the heart of a small Italian village named Castel Del Giudice, cradled by apple orchards and well-known for its Città del Bio (Organic Town) circuit, Harry Wright— Founder and CEO of UK-based environmental consultancy, Bright Tide— was introduced to a system of farming that would transform his business forever…Wright would learn about the transformative power of regenerative farming- a sustainable alternative to the extractive practices of conventional food production: Italian roots, value & practises of regenerative
Source: forbes.com https://www.forbes.com/sites/daphneewingchow/2024/11/06/bright-tide-delivers-the-wright-approach-to-regenerative-farming/
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Regenerative Agriculture & Cultural considerations - Region, Italy