As I was searching for resources about place-based education, Orion Magazine popped up. I was tempted to spend all day reading the articles – there are so many good ones. The focus of the magazine is nature and our moral responsibility to protect the environment. It includes an article about the use of a Native American stereotype in an ad in the 1970s (the Keep America Beautiful Crying Indian campaign) in service of the beverage packaging/bottling industry (see http://youtu.be/j7OHG7tHrNM for the original ad) as they diverted public attention about whether or not disposable packaging should be allowed in the first place, to the demonization of litterbugs (i.e. there is no problem as long as we pick up after ourselves). There is a short list of interesting articles about “Connecting Children to Nature” http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/mag/5420/,  including one called “Charlotte’s Webpage” that discusses the risks of disconnecting students from real life and nature as they spend more time with computers and other media. Orion is a fantastic  source of information and inspiration for place-based education that focuses on environmental sustainability and connection to nature.