Growing Greener Schools: A Handbook and Curriculum Guide is a companion document to the PBS television event. Written by Dr. Stacy Sinclair-Tarr, EdD, with a foreword by Harry Wiland and Dale Bell of MPC, it is designed to provide community stakeholders with a logical plan to move toward a greener school.
The first book of its kind tied to a major television broadcast and social media movement includes an o...
And Thou Shalt Honor, with a foreword by former First
Lady Rosalynn Carter, is the PBS companion book to the acclaimed
two-hour PBS outreach special on caregiving that was originally
broadcast as the PBS Program-of-Note in October 2002. Filled with almost
60 pages of practical worksheets that can be filled out at a family's
dining room table during a "family conference", this guide to caregiving
provides...
As seen on PBS, the complete two-hour original broadcast, including
all of the profiles and interviews. Plus Caregivers Go To
Washington, an episode deleted from the broadcast version. Also:
the executive producers tell their caregiving stories, originally
broadcast on Los Angeles' KCET, the complete, printable Viewer's Guide
and Action Guide for Community Organizers, and hot links to valuable Web
sites....
Four million people in America now suffer from Alzheimer’s disease,
and with the aging of the Boomers, the prevalence of Alzheimer’s is
expected to double within the next decade. Caring for an Alzheimer’s
patient is one of the most difficult of all caregiving roles. This video
profiles three stories, among them a young physician and newlywed in
Staten Island and a sandwich-generation family in Arizona. Lea...
The Chicago episode of Edens Lost&Found -- The
City of Big Shoulders — hosted by NPR Weekend Today's Scott
Simon, tells stories about inspirational environmental activists: Marian
Byrnes, the conscience of the Calumet; Steve Packard and Debra Shore,
preservers of a little ecosystem on the prairie; Illinois Teacher of the
Year Deb Perryman who plays real-life sustainability games with her
high-school...
Co-founder Denis Hayes talks candidly about the beginnings of the
environmental movement and how Earth Day came into being 40 years ago.
Thanks to innovations in health and science, human beings now live
longer than ever before. But at what cost? Without advanced planning,
the expenses of long-term care can be overwhelming. Phyllis Shelton, a
leading authority in long-term care insurance, explains the essentials
Americans must consider to protect themselves, their children and their
assets.
Other resources for And Thou Shalt Honor projects:...
Getting Around — Alternatives for Seniors Who No Longer Drive,
with host Jerry Mathers, the star of the original Leave It to Beaver TV series, tackles the challenge of developing mobility options and helping older, at-risk drivers plan for and transition to life-after-driving. Santa Monica, California, was the site of the 2003 Farmer’s Market tragedy, in which a confused 82-year old driver slammed on the ga...
Unexpected illness can strike a family at any time. In this DVD,
three different families share their insights and pain on caring for and
living with a major illness. George and Nancy Mairs circular care for
one another has seen them through thirty years of illness, encompassing
Nancy’s MS and George’s melanoma cancer. Mary Ann Nation cares for her
husband Harlan as a brain virus slowly steals their future...
Without scheduled respite, caregivers run the risk of burnout,
exhaustion or other stress-related illness, thus endangering the very
person they are caring for. Caregiver support groups, retreats, adult
day care and anger management groups are just some of the tools that
enable caregivers to cope. Featuring Dr. Donna Benton, creator of USC’s
Andrus School of Gerontology’s 48-hr retreats, this video covers a...
