tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-328788762011-08-28T01:04:57.144-07:00The name says it all.Shiv Senthivelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18135767169210587802noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32878876.post-80170314429965317022007-06-20T23:56:00.000-07:002007-06-21T00:03:51.917-07:00E.O Wilson seems to have walked the talk and the result can be seen @ <a href="http://www.eol.org/home.html">The Encyclopedia of Life.</a>. Our tool will try and work with this repository and create the webs of life that every child should know by heart.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32878876-8017031442996531702?l=lifeweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shiv Senthivelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18135767169210587802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32878876.post-1155805916436747602006-08-17T02:11:00.000-07:002006-08-17T02:12:42.070-07:00Humans have moved away from their ecological roots with technology and<br />urbanization. The current education system is a reflection of what<br />humans consider appropriate knowledge to transfer to the generation to<br />come. This unfortunately has focused our curriculum on the 3R's at<br />primary and secondary stage and more aracane sciences or economics in<br />the high school stage. Nowhere in todays system is place for children to<br />understand the intricate web of life of which we are a small part. The<br />food chain, the effects of indistrialization on humans are never<br />mentioned or treated superficially.<br /><br />The earth is 6 billion years old and needs no saving. We need to save<br />ourselves and the only way to do so is for children to have a deep<br />connection with their enviroment and ecology. This can only come if the<br />relationships that govern our planet and its food webs are clearly<br />captured and the knowledge transfered to succeding generations. Already<br />we are facing climate change, food insecurity, desertification of<br />farmland, destruction of forestland and many other threats that could<br />well be a consequence of our ignorance.<br /><br />Connections is a tool that will be hosted on this site with the simple<br />purpose of capturing all food chains, inter and intra species<br />interations etc. The object is to drill each vertical into its<br />constituent dependant species and go right down to the nutrients,<br />minerals and geology that makes the chain possible. The chains can be<br />simple to start with and fringe actors can be added to the chain as the<br />knowledge base expands. For instance the importance of earth worms for<br />rice production is not a direct causative but of vital importance.<br /><br />Lets make this happen<br /><br />Shiv : 16th Aug 2006<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32878876-115580591643674760?l=lifeweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shiv Senthivelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18135767169210587802noreply@blogger.com2