Important Questions for Right Now
This video poses a compelling set of questions: Do we educate to strengthen our democracy or to strengthen our economy? Does competition or cooperation produce better results? What will students need to know? Are they being educated with current reality in mind? Should the people support the economy or should the economy support the people?
Maybe we need to change the way we look at success, progress, wealth, competition, the future?
It is a collage of points made on the subject of sustainability, and a change of
direction that needs to be addressed within the educational system to reflect our current reality.
Compelling images, graphics and quotes like this one tell the story:
"We have reached a point where the value we add to our economy is being outweighed by the value we are removing." Paul Hawken, author and environmentalist.
Indeed, GDP is not an indicator of a society's well being or stability. It goes up with every instance of destructive spending too: illness, war, nuclear power plants, GMO food production, incarceration.
We need to come together around a new indicator of "wealth", and prepare students for the reality of Now.
--Bibi Farber
This video was produced by Education For Well Being
