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Revolucionando la Formación Docente: El Poder de los Entornos Personales de Aprendizaje
El pasado mes de septiembre publiqué junto a Gaspar Berbel de la Escola Universitaria Mediterrani este trabajo tras una investigación planteada en el contexto de la asignatura sobre tecnologías educativas e innovación docente en el Máster de Formación del Profesorado de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.
Fuente de la imagen Copilot.
La educación del futuro está aquí, y con ella, nuevas estrategias para empoderar a los educadores del mañana. Un estudio reciente, “Effects of a Personal Learning Environment Approach in a Master’s Program for Future Teachers”, arroja luz sobre cómo los Entornos Personales de Aprendizaje (PLE) están transformando la formación de los futuros maestros.
¿Qué es un PLE?
Un PLE es un conjunto de herramientas, recursos, conexiones y actividades que cada persona utiliza regularmente para aprender. Es una estrategia educativa que promueve la autonomía y el autoaprendizaje, permitiendo a los estudiantes construir su propio camino educativo.
El Estudio
Realizado en un programa de máster para futuros docentes, el estudio evaluó el impacto del enfoque PLE desde dos perspectivas: cuantitativa, mediante el ‘test PLE’, y cualitativa, a través de la valoración de los estudiantes sobre su evolución en competencias digitales y autonomía en el aprendizaje.
Resultados Impactantes
Los resultados fueron claros: al final del curso, se observó un aumento significativo en las puntuaciones de uso de los PLE, especialmente en las áreas de búsqueda, investigación y colaboración. Los estudiantes reportaron un impacto evidente en su aprendizaje, reflejando una estrategia más efectiva y autogestionada.
Conclusión
El enfoque PLE se destaca como una metodología innovadora y efectiva, no solo para el desarrollo profesional de los futuros docentes, sino también para su crecimiento personal. Permite a los educadores adaptar su aprendizaje a sus necesidades e intereses, facilitando el acceso y la gestión del conocimiento.
Referencia en APA
Para citar este estudio en tu blog, puedes usar la siguiente referencia en formato APA:
Berbel Gimenez, G., & Borras-Gene, O. (2023). Effects of a Personal Learning Environment Approach in a Master’s Program for Future TeachersEducation Sciences, 13(11), 11291.
#educacion#PLE#Entornos Personales de Aprendizaje#Personal Learning Environmentes#Universidad#URJC#publications
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Thank you guys for dealing with me
#man I have just been really upset lately actually#late 2024 to now has just been the mask I didnt know I had was slipping#and me going “oh actually I'm pretty miserable and I was just trying to hide it from myself. what the fuck.”#and keeping those bad feelings away is getting harder and harder#i broke down completely a few days ago and had to leave dinner so my dad checked on me because I left my plate and i just. unloaded on him#I didn't even get to say everything because there's so much and im still learning how to articulate what makes me mad about my situation#he said that he can get me to see a professional (I was like LMAO FIRST TIME I SOB IN FRONT OF YOU UNPROMPTED YOU GET PROS INVOLVED?)#<- to be fair both my sisters asked for professional help and have been medicated before and he's on mental health meds too#he said maybe me talking to someone will make things better (I agree because maybe they'll help me be able to make a change in my house)#<- (cuz some stuff is just. unfair actually. and makes me super mad)#(like wdym the only minor works WAYYY more than half the house. wtf)#and also. since my social anxiety has been acting up lately and so has my paranoia. he said maybe medication would help#my social anxiety was so bad before school ended. whenever my Spanish teacher mentioned talking with people i felt sick#I've also hit my limit lately where if I'm having a bad day. one mildly annoying think makes me freak out and spiral#Like having to get toilet paper for the upstairs bathroom bc we ran out made me crash tf out#seeing people get paper plates made me so mad & complained to my sister who called me hostile for some things I said#<- And I started sobbing which was when my dad checked on me and i told him everything#man. being constantly environmentally conscious is so annoying when people in your house don't fucking care sometimes. i get sad#i feel like im personally being punished for needing to see people be wasteful because omg it gives me such guilt#sorry. tangent#i'm just really tired#of everything#I've felt like I've been annoying lately. that im not cool or funny or enjoyable#that I'm a burden you tolerate out of the goodness of your hearts or out of pity#I've felt like that for so so long#It's hard. realizing that being proud of my abilities was what kept me happy for so long. I am proud of what I can do#<- but I don't know if it's sustainable? loving yourself for accomplishments instead of for you#sorry for being depressing#vent
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i wish younger people went to school to learn rather than just to get the degree
#i know one person in my year whos here for the content theyre learning#and every time i tell someone im dropping out theyre like so why are you here then??#IM HERE TO LEARN BITCH IM HERE BECAUSE I CARE#im so pissed off that people hate the environmental science class and the prof cause the prof cares so much about the content#and he teaches it really well#but there are maybe 2 people besides me who actively take notes in class out of the 150 people who are supposed to be in there#it makes me so sad and i wish he went more into the impact that ai has but i dont think anything can get through to these people#i wish them the worst im glad i wont be associated with them anymore and i hope they learn to treat their profs better
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I am not a fish: Introduction
"Looking at their work I would be expecting 8s or 9s"
My biology teacher said that when I was in year nine. It was not the first time someone had said something to that effect, and it was not the last.
The fact of the matter is that I spent most of my time, up until year 11, being told how far I would go, how high my grades were expected to be and how I could do anything that I wanted. People have said that, I just about nudged into the gifted category(though that is a nuanced discussion for another time), not like some of my friends who passed everything with their eyes closed, I definitely had to work, but I was honestly doing well.
My first set of mock GCSEs in year eleven came back and I was broken. Not one of my grades was above a six. This continued through year 11, I was not living up to the expectations that were set. This all came to a head on results day when I discovered that I had only just scraped a 6 which was not enough to do maths A-level, and without maths, I couldn't do physics. This was an issue. I want to be an astrophysicist, however, I have always been in a complex "situationship" with maths, and honestly, I think we might need couple's counselling, but I'm stretching this metaphor too far so suffice to say, I was not too proud of my performance.
So here I am, the day before my first day of college and getting set to do Biology, Environmental science, and Geology. And I will be the first to admit, I am still bitter, I am still upset, I am not over it, but if I could do all the subjects I wanted too, they would be next on my list after physics and maths. The idea is that I will retake my maths GCSE and then go back after college to do physics and maths, so really, in essence I am just taking the scenic route, and maybe, I will end up somewhere wonderful that I could never have dreamed of.
take it easy and good luck to everyone starting this new year
written: 03/09/2024
posted: 03/09/2024
#you will be okay#it will work out#Gifted#taking the scenic route#education#learning#student#memoir#college#new year#start of term#uk#personal#life is strange#geology#environmental science#biology#gcses 2024#gcse student#gcse results#a level#grades#college student#didn't go to plan but it's ok
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ugh there was a great anti-AI post I had hit 'like' on while at work and then like a few hours later I literally had to explain to a co-worker about why AI is Bad, and I had remembered the post I had 'liked' was thinking 'oh good I can rant in my tags' then I realize I didn't reblog it last night... and now I cannot find it in my likes nooooo
#anyway it seems like the average person is unaware about the environmental problems of AI#although my parents know and they didn't learn about that from me so idk#also I will push back on the normalization of ChatGPT - it's not 'too late' if we fight back ugh#mirai's text posts
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ORDERED A BUNCH OF YARN BC I GOT TWO YARN SHOP GIFTCARDS FOR BIRF
YAAAAAAAAARN
#personal tag#im gonna make a Fall colors blanket#in brioche stitch bc im god damn obsessed with it#and then i ordered a very gay colored yarn that im prob gonna use for a big scarf?#and then two more different yarns that looked beautiful#do i know what im gonna make with em? no! probably a scarf!#bc my god ordering enough yarn for a blanket. expensif…#anyway!!! knitting!!!!!!#i wanna make more cardigans too but i am tired of stockinette and also shoulder seams are my enemy.#where a sleeve joins a body panel. my enemy#i need to scrounge for like. cardigans that dont do that#this might require me to learn of this famed thing called Raglan#it is mysterious to me and it scares me. but i know i must harness its powers one day#anyway#i love knitting and i had to make two orders bc they didnt let me use both gift cards at once#so while i dont like that for environmental n shipping reasons.#it does mean i get to look out for TWO packiges…
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im sorry the dmca thing about works being scraped on ao3 seems like a horrible idea. like im not happy with my work being scraped but i am also using copyrighted material i dont want that to backfire on authors
#crunchyposts#im only like half anti ai sorry yall i love nuance#i use it for language learning sometimes and its p helpful actually#its a case by case thing imo and the environmental impact is not anything bigger than netflix </3 the biggest impact is when#they make new systems#yeah that caveat out of the way im just saying i dont like that my work has likely been used to train that shit bc thats really personal to#me but i hate copyright law more
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The Philosophy of Abundance
The philosophy of abundance is a perspective or worldview that emphasizes the inherent richness, generosity, and potential for growth and fulfillment in the world. It contrasts with scarcity mentality, which focuses on limitations, competition, and the belief that resources are finite and insufficient for everyone's needs. The philosophy of abundance encompasses various principles and beliefs that shape attitudes, behaviors, and perceptions towards life, prosperity, and well-being. Here are some key aspects of the philosophy of abundance:
Gratitude and Appreciation: The philosophy of abundance encourages individuals to cultivate gratitude and appreciation for the abundance already present in their lives, including relationships, experiences, opportunities, and resources. By focusing on what one has rather than what is lacking, individuals can experience greater satisfaction and fulfillment.
Positive Mindset: Adopting a positive mindset is central to the philosophy of abundance. It involves cultivating optimism, hope, and belief in one's ability to create and attract abundance in various areas of life, such as wealth, health, relationships, and personal growth. Positive thinking can lead to increased resilience, motivation, and creativity in overcoming challenges and pursuing goals.
Abundance Mentality: Abundance mentality is the belief that there is more than enough to go around for everyone, and that success and prosperity are not zero-sum games. It entails embracing a mindset of abundance in which opportunities, resources, and possibilities are plentiful and accessible to those who seek them. This mindset fosters collaboration, generosity, and a willingness to share and support others in their pursuits.
Law of Attraction: The philosophy of abundance is often associated with the law of attraction, which posits that individuals can attract positive or negative experiences into their lives based on their thoughts, beliefs, and intentions. By focusing on abundance and visualizing desired outcomes, individuals can purportedly manifest their dreams and goals more effectively.
Generosity and Sharing: Embracing abundance involves being generous and open-handed with one's time, energy, talents, and resources. Acts of kindness, compassion, and generosity contribute to the circulation of abundance in the world and create a ripple effect of positive impact on others. Giving without expecting anything in return fosters a sense of interconnectedness and abundance consciousness.
Growth Mindset: The philosophy of abundance encourages a growth mindset, characterized by a belief in the capacity for learning, development, and improvement over time. Embracing challenges, seeking opportunities for growth, and embracing failure as a stepping stone to success are key aspects of a growth-oriented approach to life.
Environmental Stewardship: Abundance philosophy extends to the natural world, emphasizing the importance of environmental stewardship, sustainability, and responsible use of resources. Recognizing the Earth's abundant natural resources and biodiversity, individuals are called to protect and preserve the planet for future generations.
Overall, the philosophy of abundance promotes a mindset of abundance, gratitude, generosity, and possibility, inviting individuals to embrace the richness and potential inherent in every aspect of life.
#philosophy#epistemology#knowledge#learning#chatgpt#education#ethics#Gratitude#Positive mindset#Abundance mentality#Law of attraction#Generosity#Growth mindset#Environmental stewardship#Prosperity consciousness#Well-being#Personal development#abundance#economic theory#economics
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I am living in my machine learning professor's head rent free
#was i a bit annoying saying that i dont use chat gpt personally for environmental reasons? perhaps#was i actually more annoyed that he relies on it for every portion of this class to the detriment of us actually learning? yes#anyway he passively aggressively included a comment in his most recent email about chat gpt energy usage#and im like bro im just a random grad student and youre a famous geneticist#anyway im gonna probably see him at a holiday party this year and if he tries to talk to me ill scream#mutuals are welcome to ask who this is about if you're curious
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i really and truly believe that there are only two genuine human superpowers, both of which can be actively cultivated:
the ability to find anything interesting, ie the ability to reframe and reflect on any situation or encounter, even/especially negative or boring ones, so as to make what is happening to you interesting, engaging, and personally meaningful to your human experience. this habit of mind is mostly curiosity but it's also woven through with psychological flexibility, especially the ability to regulate your own emotional reactions so that you can respond to challenging or tedious situations in more thoughtful and values-aligned ways that develop your sense of self instead of making you feel trapped or bored or fragmented
the ability to teach yourself new things. idk maybe as a teacher i am biased but i really believe that the single most transformative gift you can give any human being is a deep understanding of how people learn and improve at things. what is more hopeful, more inspiring, or more life-affirming than the realization that you can learn new things at any age, and that the new things you learn (plus the joyful process of learning itself!) can utterly transform the way you experience the world and understand yourself? what is more amazing or incredible than the realization that learning things is not a mysterious & passive process that happens to you but a reasonably consistent set of steps and tools that you can learn how to master and apply to virtually any skill or domain of human knowledge? the superpower of being able to learn/improve at anything you set your mind to… but also the superpower inherent in that quiet unwavering certainty that even if you feel stuck at various points in your life, you have within yourself the capacity to get unstuck through learning and changing and growing and experiencing new things. wowowowowowowow!!!!! what an extraordinary gift!!!!
#i did a classroom observation this week#in a mid-level environmental science research methods course#and at other points in my life i would've been either bored stiff by this experience or terrified because Science Is Hard#and I Am Humanities Person Cannot Do Science#but i actually found myself getting really fascinated by some of the stuff they were doing#i think combined with all the scientific studies i've been reading over the past six months related to fertility stuff#and i was like oh wait like#i could see myself going back and doing a bachelor's degree in a science field#like yeah this is unfamiliar to me & i have a lot of baggage around being Bad at STEM#but actually through doing lots of work with researchers & learning how research works in my own field#i think i've absorbed an understanding of some of the habits of mind science values#and i feel confident enough in my understanding of how people learn new things#that i bet i could apply that knowledge to learning disciplines that previously seemed Off Limits to me#anyway idk just#what a joy it is to be a thinking learning human in the world#how lucky are we!!!!!
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After having a lot of trouble falling asleep, then a lot of trouble staying asleep, I have woken up earlier than I would like with a sore throat and a worryingly precarious mental state for first thing in the morning.
#Usually I'm alright seeing posts about environmentalism and animal and worker cruelty in the agricultural industry and the effects#representation in fiction have on real people and the Hayes Code and genocide and when it all starts getting to me that's a sign I should#go to bed. But uh. I just woke up and immediately started feeling puny and terrible after the first serious post I saw.#So.#Also I had a sore throat by the end of work Monday but it was gone yesterday and now it's back and I'm worried I have COVID AGAIN and that#I've brought it into my grandma's house.#personal#learning to function
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a story for another time but the one notable thing i've done with my life is, after being told all my life not to think about entering an inter-ethnic relationship, is doing exactly that and then telling any relative who took issue with my partner to fuck off
(and no, my partner's not white -- an irrelevant matter in the abstract except when it's made into an issue in practice because of domestic racial politics)
#personal#learn to revel in disappointing your family#it will set you free#in response to that canard about how it's impossible/difficult to reject environmental conditioning or prejudices
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this is the kind of thing ive been trying to put into words for years when i try to tell people what kind of stories i want. i hope you dont mind if i add on to this, but as an aroace who loves soulmate aus, id love to read a soulmate story that expands on this.
what if soulmate marks are something youre hardly conscious of, whether you have one or not? if youre destined to meet your soulmate when youre 58, is it worth it to see other people despite that? if you meet your soulmate in kindergarten, would you feel the rest of your life feeling tied down or think nothing of it? what if people shared soulmates, and you found yours in a group of friends? what if you get your soulmark at a tattoo parlor, perhaps not to will something into existence, but to avoid awkward questions and pitying looks? what if soulmates could be earned, and one day you wake up with a mark on your wrist because someone decided you're important to them?
how does this shape our expectations for love or sense of privacy? do strangers sometimes helpfully check your nape or the back of your ear "to see if you missed a spot," despite how creepy and uncomfortable it feels? do our eyes gravitate to fingers for rings when we form our impression of someone? are we supposed to fall in love with our soulmates, or can they be a friend with benefits or a best friend?
everybody’s always on writing prompts like “what if there was a world where everyone had a timer ticking down to their death… but you met someone whose timer said infinity!” or “what if everyone had their cause of death tattooed across their forehead… but you met someone whose forehead said THE CREATURE!” Enough -
enough. stop with the shock value. there is no need to insert THE CREATURE; the benign concept of such a world is horrifying enough. not even in urgency, but just in banal, everyday interaction. imagine you meet someone and their timer says two years. not tomorrow, not urgently soon, but two years. enough to do quite a lot. they could fall in love in that time - could they get engaged? have a baby? you might otherwise get to know them, befriend them, but perhaps you opt not to, make a conscious choice not to invest in your own grief. what balancing act would every individual person have to participate in - I have ten years, is that long enough to be a good mother to children? is that long enough to secure a caretaker for my own mother? my wife will die a few months before me. my newborn’s timer reads nineteen years.
and cause of death. you interview for a job and emblazoned across the healthy, smiling face of the HR lady is MALNUTRITION. your country is prospering, safe, but every person you meet on the street from the babies to the old women read BOMB. BOMB. what kind of havoc would fate wreak on the world? what about the loss of privacy? how would that shape our notions of hope? idk man I think a lot of those ancient poems were right, and the fates are monsters. I’m interested by the framing of these ideas as trite horror tales when the premises themselves are so much more disturbing if simply taken to their logical ends
#im very shy when it comes to adding on and stick to rambling in the tags but ive always wondered abt this. and i wanna stress that its not#based on feeling excluded like ppl are ignoring it on purpose. but bc theres room to think abt this and i think its abt seeing yourself#in the story youre reading than just listening to an interesting prompt. you dont have to be ace to read a story abt someone who doesnt fee#bothered abt not having a soulmark but you can identify and share their frustration of ppl constantly pitying and asking them abt it#its one thing to mention a one off background character with a platonic soulmate. but its another thing to make a story abt that person#what are their experiences like? is their story likely to be different from other soulmates? what can we learn from it??#i think that is closer to feeling seen in a story than seeing someone who resembles you in the background#id also strongly recommend reading station eleven which i think follows this quiet dread acceptance and mundaneness that op talks abt#its a dystopian post apocalyptic novel but instead of ppl constantly fighting for survival or zombies they find a way to live past the#disaster and its interesting to see how much changes. forming communities and getting by or making substitutes for#the conveniences we had before. finding messages ppl leave for each other where they should meet and wondering if it worked out#people who remember the time before the apocalypse and what should be passed on to the new generation if theyre better off not knowing#its a lot of meaningful environmental storytelling and very bittersweet but really makes you appreciate being alive. it made me cry#txt#yapping#storytelling#writing#fav#for later
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How to begin a sustainable way of life
This is a draft of something I've been writing for a couple months. It is mainly focused on the culture of the USA. Feel free to repost or otherwise share, with or without credit.
Do not tell people what to do—help them do it!
Give the gift of relief from being forced to engage in society’s unsustainable ways of life.
“People need to eat more plant-based foods.” ->Talk about your favorite recipes, give others recipes, cook for them, and grow vegetables and plants in your garden and give them away as gifts.
“People need to repair their clothes.” -> Offer to repair others’ clothes, and teach people how to repair their clothes.
“People need to buy less clothes.” -> Give them old clothes that you don’t want, help them repair their clothes
“People need to buy less plastic stuff.” -> Learn to make things that can serve the same purpose, such as baskets, and give them as gifts. Let people borrow things you own so they don’t have to buy their own.
“People need to stop using leafblowers and other gas-guzzling machinery.” -> Offer to rake the leaves. You can use them as compost in your own garden.
“People need to be more educated about nature.”-> Learn about nature yourself. Tell people about nature. Be open about your love of creatures such as snakes, spiders, and frogs. Do not show awareness that this could be strange. You are not obligated to quiet down your enthusiasm for creepy crawlies to demonstrate awareness that it is weird. Point out at every opportunity how these animals are beneficial.
“People need to use cars less.” -> Offer rides to others whenever you must go somewhere. Whenever you are about to go to the store, ask your neighbor or your friend who lives along the way, “Is there anything you need from the store?”
You cannot control others’ behaviors, but you can free them from being controlled.
If you think to yourself, “But this would be so difficult to do!” ask yourself WHY? Why does your society coerce you into less sustainable ways of living, forcing you to consume excessively? After thinking about this, consider that it is less simple and easy than you thought to make more sustainable choices, so why would you judge others for not doing it?
Do not act alone—act with others!
Environmentally friendly behaviors that can be done alone, without collaborating with or consulting another person, are the least powerful of all. Whenever an “environmentally friendly” behavior is suggested, figure out “How can I give this as a gift?” or “How can I make this possible on the level of a whole community?”
“Personal choices” do not work because every single person has to make them individually. If you are focused on making your own personal choice, you are not focused on others. If you are not focused on others, you are not helping them. If nobody is helping each other, most people won’t be able to make the “personal choice.”
You inherently share an ecosystem with your neighbors
Start with your neighbors, the people physically close to you. You live on the same patch of land, containing roots from the same plants and trees. You can speak to them face to face without traveling, which means you can easily bring them physical things without using resources to travel.
Always talk to your neighbors and be friendly with them. Offer them favors unprompted and tell them about how your garden is doing. Do not be afraid to be annoying—a slightly annoying neighbor who is helpful, kind, and can be relied upon for a variety of favors or in times of need is a necessary and inevitable part of a good community. If you make the effort to be present in somebody’s life, they will have to put up with you on some occasions, but that is just life. We cannot rely on each other if we do not put up with each other.
Simply spending time with someone influences them for good
Every hour you spend outside with your neighbor is an hour your neighbor doesn’t spend watching Fox News. Every hour you spend talking with someone and interacting with them in the real world, eating real food and enjoying your real surroundings, is an hour you don’t spend only hearing a curated picture of what reality is like from social media.
Isolation makes it easy for people to become indoctrinated into extremist beliefs. When someone spends more time alone, watching TV, Youtube, or scrolling social media, than they do with others, their concept of what other people are like and what the world is like comes more from social media than real life. TV and online media are meant to influence you in a specific way. Simply restricting the access these influences have to yourself and others is helpful.
A garden is the source of many gifts
If you grow a garden, you can give your neighbors and friends the gift of food, plants, and crafted objects. This is one of the foundational ways to form community. When you give food, you provide support to others. When you give plants, you are encouraging and teaching about gardening. It is even better when you give recipes cooked from things you grew, or items crafted from things you grew. You can also give the gift of knowledge of how to grow these plants, cook these recipes, or craft these objects.
More on gift-giving
Some people are uncomfortable with receiving items or services as gifts. They want to feel like they are giving something back, instead of having obligation to return the favor hanging over them.
It can help to ask a simple favor that can be easily fulfilled. People generally like the feeling of helping someone else.
When you give someone a gift, it can help to say something like “Oh, I have too many of this thing to take care of/store/eat myself! Do you think you could take some?” This makes your neighbor feel like they are helping you.
When allowing others to borrow items, you might not get them back. Don’t worry about that. It just means the item found a place where it was needed the most. You can ask about the item if you think it might have been forgotten, and this can create an opportunity for a second meeting. But don’t press.
If the person you give to insists upon some form of payment, this is a good opportunity to negotiate a trade.
Ask to be given compostable or recyclable things
Ask your neighbor to save compostable scraps, biodegradable cardboard and paper products, and any other items that might be put to use. Use them in your own compost pile. Or, start a compost pile at the edge of the yard where you both can add to it. Remember that “wet” compost like vegetable and fruit bits needs to be mixed with twice as much of “dry” and “woody” compost like cardboard, leaves, small twigs, paper and wood bits.
Use the front yard for gardening
Overcome the cultural norm that the front yard is only decorative. Use the front yard for gardening so you can be seen by others enjoying your garden, and others can witness the demonstration of the possibilities of land. In the front yard, anything you do intentionally with your land can be witnessed. It also makes you a visible presence in your community.
Grow staple foods
Don’t just grow vegetables that cannot be the core component of a meal themselves. Grow potatoes, dry beans, black eyed peas and other nourishing, calorie-dense foods. Grow the ingredients of meals. You could even build a garden around a recipe.
Invite neighbors and friends over to eat food made from things you grew
Be sure to send them home with leftovers.
Grow plants for baskets
Containers are one of the fundamental human needs. If we had more containers, we wouldn’t need plastic so much. You can learn to make baskets, and to grow plants that provide the raw materials for baskets.
If someone rakes their leaves, ask to have the leaves
If you see someone putting leaves in bags, don’t be afraid to ask if you can have the leaves. More likely than not they will be happy to agree.
Collaborate with neighbors to plant things in the no-man’s-land of the property line
In the border land between your neighbor’s yard and your yard, it is almost always just mowed grass because no one can plant anything without it affecting their neighbor. But these border lands add up to a lot of space. It would be much better if you talked to your neighbor about what would be nice to plant there, and together created a plan for that space.
Give others the freedom to wander
Make it clear that you will not get mad if the neighbor’s kids play in your yard or run across it. Invite the neighbors onto your land as much as possible. Tell them they are allowed to spend time in a favored spot whenever they would like.
The power of the hand-made sign
If there is a yard sale, you always know about it because of the hand-drawn signs placed around. Therefore, a cookout or unwanted item exchange can be announced the same way. In rural areas I have seen hand-made signs that say: FIREWOOD or WE BUY GOATS or EGGS. This is one of the few technologies of community that remain in the USA. If someone who looks to buy and sell can put up a hand-made sign, why shouldn’t you?
Religious people or people with strong political opinions like to put signs everywhere. If they have the confidence and courage to do so, why shouldn’t you?
So if there is a message you would like everyone to see, use the simple power of the hand-made sign. Proclaim “BEE FRIENDLY ZONE!” above your pollinator garden with all the confidence of a religious fundamentalist billboard. Announce to the world, “VEGETABLES FREE TO ALL—JUST ASK!” “WE TAKE LEAVES—NO PESTICIDES.” Instead of YARD SALE, or perhaps in conjunction with YARD SALE, you can write, PLANT EXCHANGE or SEED SWAP or CLOTHING SWAP. Who can stop you?
Someone has to do it for society to change
Some of these ideas might be eccentric, strange, or even socially unacceptable, but there is no way to change what is normal except to move against it. Someone has to be weird. It might as well be you.
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The Philosophy of the Nose
The philosophy of the nose explores the sensory, symbolic, and cultural roles of the sense of smell and the organ that enables it. The nose is not only a physical organ responsible for olfactory perception but also a symbol tied to memory, identity, aesthetics, and even morality in certain contexts. Smell, often considered the most primal sense, is closely linked to emotion, memory, and instinct, raising important questions about how we experience and interpret the world through scent.
Key Themes in the Philosophy of the Nose:
Olfactory Perception and Reality:
Smell provides a unique way of perceiving the world, often triggering instinctual reactions and deep emotional responses. The nose connects us to the world in an intimate and often unconscious way, influencing our experience of places, people, and objects.
Unlike vision or hearing, smell is immediate and can evoke strong visceral reactions without the mediation of conscious thought. Philosophically, this raises questions about epistemology—how we know the world through our senses—and how smell contributes to our understanding of reality.
Smell and Memory:
The olfactory system is closely tied to the limbic system in the brain, which is involved in emotion and memory. Smells can evoke powerful memories and emotions, often more intensely than visual or auditory stimuli.
Proust's madeleine moment is a famous example of how smell can trigger involuntary memories, leading to philosophical reflections on the nature of memory, time, and identity.
Smell, Identity, and the Self:
The nose and the sense of smell can play a role in personal and cultural identity. Scents are deeply tied to individual experiences, cultures, and environments, influencing how we relate to the world and to others.
Certain smells are associated with specific cultures, environments, or personal histories, shaping our sense of self and belonging. The philosophy of identity can explore how smell contributes to the formation of personal and collective identity.
Aesthetics of Smell:
While much of aesthetics focuses on visual or auditory experiences, the sense of smell also plays a significant role in how we appreciate beauty and form judgments of taste. Perfumes, natural scents, and even the smells of foods are part of an aesthetic experience.
Philosophers have debated why the sense of smell has historically been undervalued in aesthetic theory, and what it means to cultivate an "aesthetic of smell" that acknowledges its role in shaping our emotional and sensory worlds.
Ethics of Smell:
Smell can evoke reactions of attraction or repulsion, influencing judgments about cleanliness, health, and even moral character. Throughout history, certain smells have been associated with purity or pollution, raising ethical questions about the role of smell in social norms and moral judgments.
The philosophy of ethics can explore how smell is used to draw distinctions between good and bad, healthy and unhealthy, or clean and unclean, often reinforcing social or cultural hierarchies.
Smell and Power:
The regulation of smell has often been a form of social control, from the policing of personal hygiene to the management of public spaces. The way societies regulate smells can reflect deeper power structures and cultural values.
Foucault’s concept of biopower can be applied to how societies manage the body through norms of cleanliness, scent, and hygiene, illustrating how the sense of smell is embedded in larger systems of control and discipline.
The Symbolism of the Nose:
The nose has symbolic meanings in many cultures. It can represent intuition, instinct, or primal knowledge. The expression "having a nose for something" implies an intuitive or natural talent for detecting things, often beyond the reach of rational thought.
In literature and mythology, the nose often symbolizes pride, curiosity, or even moral shortcomings, as seen in stories like Pinocchio, where the nose grows as a marker of dishonesty.
Smell and the Sublime:
The sublime, as a concept in philosophy, typically involves overwhelming experiences that go beyond the ordinary—often in the realms of sight or sound. Smell, with its ability to evoke deep, primal reactions, also has the potential to contribute to experiences of the sublime.
Scents that are awe-inspiring, repellent, or overwhelming can lead to philosophical reflections on the boundaries of human experience and how smell contributes to feelings of transcendence or horror.
Smell and the Unconscious:
Smell is often processed on an unconscious level, influencing mood, attraction, and behavior without entering conscious awareness. The philosophy of the unconscious, particularly in the work of Freud, can explore how olfactory experiences tap into deeper layers of the psyche.
Smell can trigger unconscious desires, fears, or memories, raising questions about the role of the unconscious in shaping human experience.
Smell and Environmental Philosophy:
The environment and its smells play a significant role in our experience of nature. Fresh air, the scent of rain, or the smell of forests can evoke feelings of peace and connection with nature, while pollution and unpleasant odors can signify environmental degradation.
Environmental philosophy explores the relationship between humans and the natural world, with smell serving as a powerful sensory link that informs our understanding of nature's health and vitality.
The philosophy of the nose invites us to reconsider the often overlooked sense of smell as a profound and influential part of human experience. From its role in memory and identity to its aesthetic, ethical, and symbolic dimensions, the nose plays a critical part in how we navigate and interpret the world. Philosophically, the sense of smell challenges the dominance of sight and hearing in traditional sensory hierarchies, offering a rich field for exploration in both individual and cultural contexts.
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We had a whole discussion about AI in school in my class this morning and I was basically the only one who’s completely against it. Ugh.
#like I know I can’t stop other people from using it#and explaining the environmental impact and the fact that it’s just wrong a lot doesn’t really convince people#at least most people are against using it to fully generate papers#but I don’t think you need it AT ALL. you can and should do your own work#you’ll learn more that way#like so many people said ‘oh I use it to summarize articles’ TAKE YOUR OWN NOTES#‘I use it for grammar/spelling’ ASK A HUMAN PERSON TO PROOFREAD#you simply don’t need it
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