Category Archives: global

Global Village Construction Set

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Laura Grace Weldon

It’s possible to plant 50 trees in one afternoon. To press 5,000 bricks from the dirt beneath your feet in one day. To build an affordable tractor in six days. Continue reading →

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Up Close & Personal Introduction To Fracking

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Laura Grace Weldon

It looks like fracking is coming right next to our little farm. Continue reading →

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Sneaky Geography

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Laura Grace Weldon

Hoping to spare my kids my own geography impairment, I hung a large world map in the kitchen a few years ago. But how to make that map a go-to place? I know the ho-hum status educational products achieve around … Continue reading →