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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP of the original post - from years ago! My formerly Titanic obsessed child has moved on to American Revolution and Civil War history. Or really any history, of any civilization.

My goal for this summer is to somehow get him focused on ecology/environment/biology. He'd go nuts if he realized how interconnected living things are - bugs to plants to fish to bears. I want to turn him into a little environmentalist. Seems more forward thinking that history![/quote]

Not necessarily.  There's lots that history can teach about conservation.  Many groups only hunted what they needed.  Deforestation has depopulated natural predators and given rise to the over population of animals like deer, which live on the edges not in deep forests.  Hence everything is an "edge" and there are few forests.  People grew and preserved food--no massive carbon foot print with flying food in from across the globe or refrigeration costs.  Crop rotation help renew soil.  Basic building practices took advantage of natural phenomena, like digging cellars to keep food cool.  Pretty much all parts of the animal were used--tanned hides, spun yarn, made their own clothes.  Didn't rely on sweatshops.  (A civics lesson comes into play--slaves used to be permitted legally; now people are virtually slaves/indentured servants.)[/quote]

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