The name Charles Darwin is familiar to anyone who has completed high school or has read about him otherwise. Since his name appears in a high school textbook, his contribution to science is assumedly very basic and important.
“The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection” was what he had proposed around 1850. When a student now [...]
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What I learnt from Darwin
Posted in Education, Environmental Concept, Science, tagged Book Review, Charles Darwin, Economy of nature, Evolution, History, Inspiration, Natural Selection, Recommended reading, Species, The Origin of Species on September 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Observation
Posted in Education, Environmental Concept, Introspection, tagged Activity, Children, Education, Environment, Neighbourhood, Observation, Transect Walk on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“What the mind doesn’t know, the eye cannot see” is what our Forensic Medicine professor used to say back at medical college. We can only find what we’re looking for if we have an idea of what we’re looking for.
I recently took part in a workshop for teachers involved in environmental studies. It was called [...]
The ’special’ dilemma
Posted in Education, Ideology, Introspection, tagged Environment, Holistic approach, Interdisciplinary sciences, Philosophy, Problem definition, Specialists on November 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
During my final year at medical college a professor made a joke “Soon we will reach such a high level of specialization that there will be a ‘Left index finger’ surgeon”. Of course we all laughed at the idea.
Through ever increasing number of ‘experiments’ and ‘research’ there is now so much literature and technique that each subject [...]
Our foundations are out of order!
Posted in Education, Ideology, Introspection, Science, tagged Chaos, Education, Environment, Perspectives, Philosophy, Science, The Matrix on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is a scene in the movie ‘The Matrix’ where Neo decides to save Morpheus from the clutches of Agent Smith and the other agents despite the fact that it would certainly be a suicide mission. The dialogue below is from the scene that follows the above decision:
Tank: Okay. What do you need, besides a miracle?
Neo: Guns. [...]
A valid doubt
Posted in Education, Verbal diarrhoea, tagged Environment, Literature, Philosophy on July 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There’s nothing like an ‘invalid’ doubt, but anyway….
I’ve been writing on this blog for a couple of months now, rather regularly i might add. During these 2 months, I’ve also had wonderful opportunities to meet pioneers in this field- activists, educators, social workers and spiritualists.
I asked them a question: So much has been discussed at various [...]
E=mc2 versus Eco-philosophy
Posted in Education, Ideology, Science, tagged Albert Einstein, Eco-Philosophy, Education, Environment on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Albert Einstein is revered and respected by every student while in secondary school and thereafter. Though most of us don’t understand what his contribution is to our world, he did say things and prove stuff which only a handful of people have understood in the entire world. His scruffy image with the out-of-control hairdo is [...]
Decisions, Society and The Matrix
Posted in Development, Education, Introspection, tagged Environment, Philosophy, The Matrix on June 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Post No. 4
The title doesnot sound like an environmental theme, does it?
I saw the movie ‘The Matrix’ for the 19th time today morning. I’ve never voluntarily seen any other movie more than 3 times. Every time i saw it, I enjoyed it more than the previous time because I always saw a new hidden concept,message [...]
