Seven Keys to MOGO: Key 5: Find and Create Community
It’s particularly challenging during the holiday season to buck the buy-as-much-as possible system without support. Your family may not be happy without dozens of gifts under the Christmas tree or...
View ArticleWhat is MOGO Communication?
I find it very challenging to consistently communicate effectively and non-judgmentally about those issues that passionately concern me. In a recent blog post I wrote about my friend who didn’t want me...
View ArticleBringing the MOGO Principle to the Holidays: Key 6: Find & Create Community
It’s particularly challenging during the holiday season to buck the buy-as-much-as possible system without support. Your family may not be happy without dozens of gifts under the Christmas tree or...
View ArticleAre the Holidays Wearing You Down or Filling You Up? It’s Your Choice
This post is by contributing blogger Lynne Westmoreland, long-time music instructor and a humane educator. Lynne is a graduate of our M.Ed. program, and is the instructor for our online course, A...
View ArticleCaminar
“Caminar” (193 pgs) is the story of a young boy named Carlos growing up in Chopán, Guatemala. The story begins in 1981, as the army and rebel forces are traveling through the area around Chopán....
View ArticleThe Wild Robot
“The Wild Robot” by award-winning author, Peter Brown, is the story of a robot named Roz who, after a shipwreck, washes up on an island inhabited by animals. The only surviving robot of the crash, she...
View ArticleKilling a Worm When I Was Eight Reminded Me of My Values
by Amanda Schmit When I was eight-years-old I loved all animals. Cats, dogs, giant centipedes. I was very inclusive. My family had moved across the country from Palmdale, California, to Buffalo, New...
View Article“The Wild Robot” Offers Compassion, Courage, and a New Kind of Family
by Lauren Allison “The Wild Robot” (276 pgs, grades 3-6) by award-winning author, Peter Brown, is the story of a robot named Roz who, after a shipwreck, washes up on an island inhabited by animals....
View ArticleThunder Boy Jr.
Thunder Boy Smith, Jr., loves his dad, but he doesn’t love being named after him. “Can I tell you a secret? … I Hate My Name!” Little Thunder, as he’s called, wants his own name – “I want a name that...
View ArticleDenali
by Ben Moon Felt Soul Media, 2015. 7:00 min Denali the dog narrates the story of his relationship with his human, Ben. As Denali is near the end of his life, and Ben is taking him one last time to all...
View ArticleMixed Me!
by Taye Diggs Feiwel and Friends, 2015. Grades K-3 Mike is a perfect blend of his two parents. Mike celebrates the mixed world he lives in, but his friends have questions, like why don’t his parents...
View ArticleThe Journey
by Francesca Sanna Flying Eye Books, 2016 Grades 1-4 The Journey is the story of a family’s journey to flee their war-torn country to find safety in another land. Narrated through the eyes of an...
View ArticleTrekking Across Scotland for Humane Education: One Family’s Adventure
by Mark Heimann November 8, 2016. My wife Lara and I were enjoying the paradise that is Little Corn Island in Nicaragua (on one of her yoga retreats), when we found out about the election results. Lara...
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