tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post5227214088088254774..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Native environmental health in The ReturnRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-80262397215348857922013-06-14T19:06:41.378-07:002013-06-14T19:06:41.378-07:00For more on the subject, see:
http://dailyuw.com/...For more on the subject, see:<br /><br />http://dailyuw.com/archive/2013/06/13/news/new-book-shapes-environmental-health-through-storytelling<br /><br /><b>New book shapes environmental health through storytelling</b><br /><br />A fairytale-like account of a Native American woman and her baby is serving as a new kind of teaching tool.<br /><br />“The Return,” a 32-page comic-book created by the UW Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health (CEEH) and the Northwest Indian College, seeks to help more young people understand environmental health.<br /><br />Jon Sharpe, CEEH administrator, said environmental health is about the connection between the environment and human health.<br /><br />“It’s not a very well known field,” Sharpe said, “so part of what we were working on is trying to get kids to at least have some idea of what this field is about, so that they might consider going into it when they’re in college and we get more environmental health scientists doing this important research.”<br /><br />Told from a Native American perspective, the story was developed through research funded by a grant from the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences. Tribal college students participated in surveys and focus groups to produce three core values of the native concepts of environmental health--the importance of community, wellness, and interconnection.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-30655050198117239502013-05-31T21:29:27.030-07:002013-05-31T21:29:27.030-07:00This story was written by Native women from the No...This story was written by Native women from the Northwest Coast, I believe it is a tasteful and beautiful story, we can all learn from. <br /><br />-KenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-73960718071733172292013-05-31T21:27:50.131-07:002013-05-31T21:27:50.131-07:00Beautiful Art! Lovely storyBeautiful Art! Lovely storyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-8783742492152500262013-05-31T14:43:58.861-07:002013-05-31T14:43:58.861-07:00I'd have to look at it first. Unfortunately, t...I'd have to look at it first. Unfortunately, there's a tendency to associate woowoo (If you want to know what woowoo is, just take a trip to Sedona.) with both Indians and the environment, even though neither Indians nor enviros want anything to do with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com