Dilafruz Williams Portland Public School Board

Introduction – Re-engaging Culture and Ecology

Williams, D.
As an introductory chapter to the edited volume, this piece criticizes public information processes on environmental problems that instill fear and cynicism. It challenges and redefines sustainability in a way that gives hope rather than despair and provides alternative strategies to encourage sustainable living through education.
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Political Engagement and Service Learning – A Gandhian Perspective

Williams, D.
This article highlights what the service-learning movement can learn from Gandhian political philosophy. Service learning must have elements of political and societal transformations. It discusses political disengagement in the U.S., and how the Gandhian notion of service and political engagement informs how universities could work with communities.
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From Margin to Center: Initiation and Development of an Environmental School from the Ground Up

Williams, D. & Taylor, S.
This piece covers the history, philosophy, and recent developments of Portland’s Environmental Middle School. While describing imaginative new curricula and pedagogical methods, it connects that curriculum with the pedagogy of place in Portland, Oregon.
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