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Setting Up a Humane Education Classroom for Middle and High School Teachers

Find resources, lesson plans, strategies and more to help (especially new) middle and high school teachers set up your classrooms to invite and explore humane education values, issues, and principles.

Setting Up a Humane Education Classroom for Elementary School Teachers

Find resources, lesson plans, strategies and more to help (especially new) elementary school teachers set up your classrooms to invite and explore humane education values, issues, and principles.

Stories of Solutionaries & Changemakers

Stories of adult and youth changemakers and solutionaries who are working for a better world to inspire and empower yourself and others.

11 Children’s Books About Nonviolent Protest and Resistance

Posted on October 6, 2016 | by Marsha Rakestraw

by Marsha Rakestraw Protests and nonviolent resistance are an integral part of human culture. On any given day, there are protests happening around the world. Protests have helped bring about civil and workers’ rights, environmental protection measures, and better treatment of nonhuman animals. And with so many protests in the news (and in the streets…

Ethical Work

Resources and tips for finding and creating more meaningful, fulfilling work (both paid and unpaid) for a better world.

Ending the Violence With Meaningful Solutions

Posted on July 11, 2016 | by Zoe Weil | 5 Comments

I am a humane educator, a person dedicated to creating a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world through education. This past week’s killings of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and five Dallas police officers underscore the necessity of educating a generation of solutionaries who have the capacity and the will to prevent such violence from continuing…