Linda Booth Sweeney
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Language
English
Description
Connected Wisdom: Living Stories about Living Systems gathers twelve stories from different cultures that each reveal a unique example of a "living system." Through them, author Linda Booth Sweeney shows that what we now call systems thinking has been around for a very long time. A Balinese folktale tells the story of a gecko who cannot sleep because of the sparks from a firefly. He traces the cause of his complaint from one animal to another, and...
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Language
Español
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Sabiduría Conectada: Historias de todos los tiempos sobre los sistemas vivientes reúne doce cuentos de diversas culturas, cada uno de los cuales revela un ejemplo único de un "sistema viviente". A través de ellos, la autora Linda Booth Sweeney muestra que lo que hoy llamamos pensamiento de sistemas tiene una larga historia entre nosotros. Un cuento popular balinés narra la historia de una salamandra que no puede dormir debido a las chispas de...
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Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
"In this poetic picture book, two curious siblings observe the hidden world of a vernal pool: a special kind of puddle habitat that pops up in the spring, dries up by summer, reappears in the fall, freezes over in the winter -- only to come back again in the spring. Linda's buoyant text is nothing short of an anthem for these "now-you-see-me, now-you-don't" wetland habitats, encouraging young naturalists and future water stewards to listen, watch...