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Entry #7:  Learning Community

11/20/2010

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Entry #7 – November 20, 2010

The Concept:  Learning Community

The learning community is central to my teaching. I do my best to encourage students to work together, prepare thoroughly for class, and recognize that each of us has something to contribute and much to learn from each person in the community.  For me, it is about gathering around a subject, concepts, and issues to explore them together in ways that go beyond what an individual can accomplish.  My students and I have been particularly successful in creating a learning community our Environmental Law and Sustainability for Business class. 

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Enrty #6:  ¿Hay Comunidades en Los Estados Unidos?

11/8/2010

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November 8, 2010
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Entry #6

The Question:  ¿Hay Comunidades en Los Estados Unidos?  

Reflection: Luís Ortega, the young Mexican taxi driver, asked me this question as we descended from the mountains of Chiapas after visiting the community of Acteal, the Maya Vinic coffee cooperative, and driving through many comunidades that day. Literally, he asked:  “Are there communities in the United States?

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Entry #5:  If you build it, they will come

10/26/2010

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October 26, 2010 -  Entry #5


"If you build it, they will come." 


Last month, a friend and I spoke of how our community needed a place where friends can meet for a cup of coffee or tea and socialize among kindred spirits. The place should promote sustainability by serving Fair Trade, organic, and local foods, in addition to selling or lending books. 

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Entry #4:  Love, Fear, and Courage

10/9/2010

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October 8, 2010 Entry #4

A friend recently said to me, “You are a courageous woman to go to Mexico as you do.” 
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Entry #3:  Chakra and chacra

10/5/2010

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October 5, 2010  Entry #3

Chakra and chacra

I was recently reminded of another chacra:  a garden. The fact that chakras and chacras sound identical is intriguing. Both are about a healthy lifestyle through balance and integration. The photo shows my friend Oscar Santillán in his family’s chacra at Pakarinka Sisari in Agato, Ecuador.

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Entry #2:  Mariposa

10/2/2010

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Mariposa

Mariposa means “butterfly” in Spanish and is occasionally used as a girl’s name.  It comes from “María Pósate,” meaning “Mary alight!”. I imagine Mary (whether Mary Mother of Jesus or the Virgin of Guadalupe of Mexico) who alights on a flower.  

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Entry #1:  Spider Web

10/1/2010

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October 1, 2010  Entry #1

“A tiny spider rains sunlight upon me through its web.”

I saw this spider web at Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York this summer (August 2010).   The spider is so tiny that it does not show up in the picture. The web is a metaphor for my teaching, my research, my life, and the pursuit of sustainability. I like the idea that spider webs are associated with writers. During the first week of my classes, my students and I discuss the spider web and how it serves as a metaphor for the subject matter of our class and learning in general. 


Copyright©2010, by Paulette L. Stenzel for text and photo.

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    Paulette L. Stenzel

    I am a professor, mom,  learner, writer,  violinist, environmentalist in process, traveler, and avid reader.  My professional role is Professor of Sustainability and International Business Law in Michigan State University's Eli Broad College of Business. Additionally, I am coordinator for Business, Law, and Ethical Leadership in the Broad College.

    ​My research, writing, and teaching coincide with my personal pursuit of a more sustainable world through the Triple Bottom line:  economy, social equity, and environment.
    ​Through research and public speaking I share information and perspectives on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Fair Trade, direct trade, cooperatives, micro-finance, local production and purchasing, organics, and related areas.      

    Contact me at stenzel@msu.edu.

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