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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:15:44 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Denise Hansen Blog</title><link>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/</link><description></description><copyright></copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>Cities in the Wilderness</title><category>Book of the Month Club</category><dc:creator>Denise Hansen</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:06:44 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/2008/9/27/cities-in-the-wilderness.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">110546:1914719:2340393</guid><description><![CDATA[Babbit empowers leaders and policy makers to do the right thing, and he shows us how.  He explains how grass roots  activism can change government  thinking, and how we, pushing our local governemnts can exact change that will spiral upward. 

President Clinton calls Babbit a &#8220;major architect&#8230;in land use planning&#8230;he is building upon a legacy with a visionary program for land use management.&#8221;
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/rss-comments-entry-2340393.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Back to School</title><dc:creator>Denise Hansen</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:53:15 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/2008/9/27/back-to-school.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">110546:1914719:2340377</guid><description><![CDATA[Take a Wetlands Walk meets all of the Pennsylvania standards in Watersheds and Wetlands. It is a beautifully written book, and the photography is phenomenal. In my opinion, it is the best book so far. There is much good science, yet the book still has Jane&#8217;s caring voice. I can not say enough about the impact  this book will have on the way we teach about wetlands. It should be added to every curriculum.
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/rss-comments-entry-2340377.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>July BOM: Out of Eden</title><category>Book of the Month Club</category><dc:creator>Denise Hansen</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:43:41 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/2008/7/26/july-bom-out-of-eden.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">110546:1914719:2023954</guid><description><![CDATA[&#8220;Now, as never before, exotic animals and plants are crossing the globe, borne on the swelling tide of human traffic to places where nature never intended them to be.&#8221;                                           From review of Out of Eden
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/rss-comments-entry-2023954.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Watersheds--WOW!!!</title><dc:creator>Denise Hansen</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:22:50 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/2008/6/28/watersheds-wow.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">110546:1914719:1952015</guid><description><![CDATA[I always like to tell my students that all the water that is on the earth today is all the water that ever was. The juice you will drink at lunchtime may contain water that was drunk by dinosaurs, kings, and even your ancestors. I love to see their faces when they figure out how it gets back into the water cycle.  &#8220;Eeeww!&#8221;
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/rss-comments-entry-1952015.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>June Book of the Month: Natural Resources and the Informed Citizen by Steve Dennis</title><category>Book of the Month Club</category><dc:creator>Denise Hansen</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:50:18 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/2008/6/25/june-book-of-the-month-natural-resources-and-the-informed-ci.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">110546:1914719:1945556</guid><description><![CDATA[What we do creates change. The Earth has been changing throughout its life. The alterations that we initiate occur in an environment already in a constant state of change. As we learn more about the way the world works, we gain a keener perception of how human caused change fits into the big picture.  We also gain an understanding of how we can improve our lives by working with the Earth, rather than working on it.”  — Steve Dennis
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/rss-comments-entry-1945556.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Make Required Reading Required Fun</title><dc:creator>Denise Hansen</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:37:33 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/2008/6/6/make-required-reading-required-fun.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">110546:1914719:1889893</guid><description><![CDATA[As the school year winds down, we want to be sure to keep the outdoors in the forefront of our students&#8217; minds. Most of our kids have required reading over the summer.  I suggest to my students that they do their summer reading outside, under a shady tree in their own backyard, or at a nearby park. Sitting next to a brook with riffling water is a calming and focusing activity
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/rss-comments-entry-1889893.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth</title><category>Book of the Month Club</category><dc:creator>Denise Hansen</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 23:34:04 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/2008/5/19/gaia-a-new-look-at-life-on-earth.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">110546:1914719:1849627</guid><description><![CDATA[I have just completed my course work for this semester. Only 6 more credits to go! One of the texts for Environmental Issues was David Orr&#8217;s &#8220;Ecological Literacy&#8221;, an excellent treatise on post modern thought and where we are going as a species. 

In his book, Orr refers several times to the &#8220;Gaia Hypothesis.&#8221; That phrase resonated and I scoured my bookshelves until I found J.E. Lovelock&#8217;s &#8220;Gaia.&#8221; First published in 1979, and reprinted in 1987, with a new foreword, I first discovered it as a gift from a friend in 1991. It immediately became my personal hypothesis for many years.
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/rss-comments-entry-1849627.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Migration of the Species</title><dc:creator>Denise Hansen</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 22:23:33 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/2008/5/4/migration-of-the-species.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">110546:1914719:1809854</guid><description><![CDATA[Birds do it! Butterflies do it! What?  Migrate. Many animals that we do not even think about day to day migrate for one reason or another. Birds and butterflies from our backyards &#8220;fly south for the winter.&#8221; Your students probably think it&#8217;s because it is warmer&#8212;but that&#8217;s only partly true. They are following their food, and it is likely that  the food sources bloom later in warmer climates. You can keep many migratory birds close by in winter if you are willing to fill your feeders faithfully in winter. What about other animals?
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/rss-comments-entry-1809854.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>April 2008, Book of the Month:Maximum Ride: The Final Warning</title><category>Book of the Month Club</category><dc:creator>Denise Hansen</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:29:04 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/2008/4/16/april-2008-book-of-the-monthmaximum-ride-the-final-warning.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">110546:1914719:1767134</guid><description><![CDATA[Fans of James Patterson&#8217;s Women&#8217;s Murder Club and Alex Cross Mysteries should flock to the Maximum Ride Series.  This series of books are written for middle school and young high school students, but adults will love to go along for the Ride. Max and her friends are genetically altered human children who have beautiful angel-like wings and can fly. In the previous books, we have seen Max and the flock avoid evil scientists through ingenuity and exceptional problem solving skills.
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/rss-comments-entry-1767134.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Preparing for a Summer Journal</title><category>Journals and Journaling</category><dc:creator>Denise Hansen</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:43:53 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.janekirkland.com/denise-hansen-articles/2008/3/31/preparing-for-a-summer-journal.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">110546:1914719:1728172</guid><description><![CDATA[Now that your students have returned from spring break and they have shared their vacation Nature Breaks with you, it is up to you to keep the enthusiasm going.  The nature journals the students have been keeping all year are about to explode&#8212; brightly colored flowers, birds returning, trees blooming&#8212;all this will keep them writing for you for the next ten weeks. But then what?
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