Competition for the Good #1: Debate Teams in British Columbia

Posted on January 29, 2010 by zoeweil

I’ve just spent a week traveling to British Columbia and Seattle to offer humane education and MOGO (Most Good) workshops. In BC, I first gave a talk at the Vancouver Public Library, and I brought up my idea for solutionary teams in schools to exist alongside debate teams. (I’ve written about this idea in a [...]

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MOGO is for Pessimists, Too

Posted on January 27, 2010 by zoeweil

Here’s another excerpt from my book, Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life, that I wanted to share with you. “Some may be pessimistic that MOGO (most good) living can truly change intractable problems and create a peaceful, humane, and healthy world. Yet the MOGO principle is not [...]

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Most Good, Least Harm

Posted on January 25, 2010 by zoeweil

For the next few blog posts I’m going to share excerpts from my book, Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life. My book, Most Good, Least Harm, “is based on a very simple premise: when we do the most good and the least harm through our daily choices, [...]

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The New Golden Rule

Posted on January 22, 2010 by zoeweil

For the next few blog posts I’m going to share excerpts from my book, Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life. “We’re all aware of the Golden Rule to ‘do unto others as we would have them do unto us.’ Whether phrased in the positive or negative (don’t [...]

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The Important Message in Stephen King’s Under the Dome

Posted on January 20, 2010 by zoeweil

I just finished reading Stephen King’s new book, Under the Dome. The book is about what happens to a small town in Maine when a dome descends around their town, blocking their access to the outside world. (Note: If you want to read the book, you may want to skip this blog post because I’m [...]

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The Gift of Snow

Posted on January 18, 2010 by zoeweil

I live in rural Maine, and two weekends ago we had a huge snowfall. One of my favorite things about snow is that no animal can escape its ability to perfectly mark tracks. Last week, my husband and I went snowshoeing in a wilderness area. We followed a fox trail for a long while, passing [...]

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Critiquing Educational Initiatives Instead of Exploring Fundamental Questions About the Purpose of Schooling

Posted on January 15, 2010 by zoeweil

In her recent Atlantic Monthly article, “Cultivating Failure”, Caitlin Flanagan critiques the current educational movement to bring the cultivation of gardens into schools and curriculum. Because Flanagan makes her argument so well, I don’t want to try to paraphrase her, except to summarize her position: Taking time away from book-learning for gardening, especially for Hispanic [...]

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Zoe Weil Interview on Animal Voices Radio – Listen Live!

Posted on January 14, 2010 by zoeweil

Zoe Weil, president of the Institute for Humane Education and author, will be interviewed on Animal Voices Radio on CFRO 102.7 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The interview is Friday, January 15, at 12:30 PM (PST). Zoe will be talking about humane education andMOGO (Most Good) choices, and the power of both to create a compassionate, [...]

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Status

Posted on January 13, 2010 by zoeweil

My husband and I are taking an 8-week improvisation class. The first class met last week, and one of the topics that we explored was status. Our teacher asked us to have a group conversation about coffee. The conversation was short with every person contributing briefly their opinion about coffee. There were a few back [...]

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What If Schools Had Solutionary Teams?

Posted on January 11, 2010 by zoeweil

Two debate-related events coincided last week that sparked this blog post. First, at my son’s high school the seniors had their debates. Every senior is required to participate in a debate in order to graduate. Second, I read this report that had been aired on NPR: “In Mexico, thousands of people have died in drug-related [...]

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