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that connect food, language, and ecoliteracy in the classroom. Explore cultural traditions, global food systems, and hands-on learning to inspire multilingual learners of English and foster sustainability awareness.</p></div> </div> </a>  <div class="meta c1-text" style="right:0px !important;left:0px !important;"> <p class="text c1-text"> <span>Authors:</span> Bernadette Musetti, Iliana Chen </p> <p class="date"><time>20 Nov 2024</time></p> <div class="categories base-text"> <ul> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/ecoliteracy-in-tesol/" title="Ecoliteracy in TESOL" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Ecoliteracy in TESOL</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/classroom-activities/" title="Classroom Activities" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Classroom Activities</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/primaryelementary-ed/" title="Primary/Elementary Ed" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Primary/Elementary Ed</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/content-based-instruction/" title="Content-Based Instruction" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Content-Based Instruction</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/authors/bernadette-musetti/" title="Bernadette Musetti" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Bernadette Musetti</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div>  </div> </div> <div class="item item-blog item_has-bg items-2 col-12 item_text-below text-left"> <div class="inner c1-bg c1-bg-solid "> <a href="/blog/posts/seeing-connection-balance-and-poetry-in-elt/"> <div class="info "> <p class="heading sm c1-heading">Seeing Connection, Balance, and Poetry in ELT</p> <div class="text c1-text"><p>Explore how balance, nature, and language learning can deepen your teaching practice and inspire students. Through poetry and sustainable practices, this blog reveals how fostering awareness of our natural world enriches both personal well-being and professional growth in the classroom.</p></div> </div> </a>  <div class="meta c1-text" style="right:0px !important;left:0px !important;"> <p class="text c1-text"> <span>Author:</span> Bernadette Musetti </p> <p class="date"><time>02 Oct 2024</time></p> <div class="categories base-text"> <ul> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/ecoliteracy-in-tesol/" title="Ecoliteracy in TESOL" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Ecoliteracy in TESOL</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/authors/bernadette-musetti/" title="Bernadette Musetti" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Bernadette Musetti</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div>  </div> </div> <div class="item item-blog item_has-bg items-2 col-12 item_text-below text-left"> <div class="inner c1-bg c1-bg-solid "> <a href="/blog/posts/our-elt-classrooms-as-global-ecoliteracy-hot-spots/"> <div class="info "> <p class="heading sm c1-heading">Our ELT Classrooms as Global Ecoliteracy Hot Spots</p> <div class="text c1-text"><p>This blog focuses on our classrooms as exciting hot spots of interest for learning about language in the context of biodiversity and conservation, with examples from across the planet.</p></div> </div> </a>  <div class="meta c1-text" style="right:0px !important;left:0px !important;"> <p class="text c1-text"> <span>Author:</span> Bernadette Musetti </p> <p class="date"><time>04 Sep 2024</time></p> <div class="categories base-text"> <ul> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/ecoliteracy-in-tesol/" title="Ecoliteracy in TESOL" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Ecoliteracy in TESOL</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/content-based-instruction/" title="Content-Based Instruction" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Content-Based Instruction</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/authors/bernadette-musetti/" title="Bernadette Musetti" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Bernadette Musetti</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div>  </div> </div> <div class="item item-blog item_has-bg items-2 col-12 item_text-below text-left"> <div class="inner c1-bg c1-bg-solid "> <a href="/blog/posts/classroom-activities-for-climate-optimism-as-an-antidote-to-eco-anxiety/"> <div class="info "> <p class="heading sm c1-heading">Classroom Activities for Climate Optimism (as an Antidote to Eco-Anxiety)</p> <div class="text c1-text"><p>Combat the grief, despair, and anxiety that is a response to climate chaos by implementing classroom activities that encourage climate optimism and also focus on language development. </p></div> </div> </a>  <div class="meta c1-text" style="right:0px !important;left:0px !important;"> <p class="text c1-text"> <span>Author:</span> Bernadette Musetti </p> <p class="date"><time>12 Aug 2024</time></p> <div class="categories base-text"> <ul> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/ecoliteracy-in-tesol/" title="Ecoliteracy in TESOL" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Ecoliteracy in TESOL</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/classroom-activities/" title="Classroom Activities" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Classroom Activities</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/authors/bernadette-musetti/" title="Bernadette Musetti" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Bernadette Musetti</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div>  </div> </div> <div class="item item-blog item_has-bg items-2 col-12 item_text-below text-left"> <div class="inner c1-bg c1-bg-solid "> <a href="/blog/posts/one-tesol-professional-s-exciting-global-trajectory-an-interview-with-lisa-cullen/"> <div class="info "> <p class="heading sm c1-heading">One TESOL Professional’s Exciting Global Trajectory: An Interview With Lisa Cullen</p> <div class="text c1-text"><p>Bernadette Musetti interviews Lisa Cullen, a long-time TESOL professional whose work spans multiple levels, countries, and continents. Lisa shares about her professional path and teaching multilingual learners of English using the context of ecological literacy.</p></div> </div> </a>  <div class="meta c1-text" style="right:0px !important;left:0px !important;"> <p class="text c1-text"> <span>Author:</span> Bernadette Musetti </p> <p class="date"><time>02 Jul 2024</time></p> <div class="categories base-text"> <ul> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/ecoliteracy-in-tesol/" title="Ecoliteracy in TESOL" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Ecoliteracy in TESOL</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/authors/bernadette-musetti/" title="Bernadette Musetti" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Bernadette Musetti</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div>  </div> </div> <div class="item item-blog item_has-bg items-2 col-12 item_text-below text-left"> <div class="inner c1-bg c1-bg-solid "> <a href="/blog/posts/big-ideas-from-bali-learning-with-eco-minded-mles/"> <div class="info "> <p class="heading sm c1-heading">Big Ideas From Bali: Learning With Eco-Minded MLEs</p> <div class="text c1-text"><p>Bernadette Musetti shares the learning exchange that occurred when she and her students visited a learning center in Bali, where they taught and learned about ecoliteracy, explored a world-renowned green school, and discussed with the locals the problematization of teaching English as a foreign language. </p></div> </div> </a>  <div class="meta c1-text" style="right:0px !important;left:0px !important;"> <p class="text c1-text"> <span>Author:</span> Bernadette Musetti </p> <p class="date"><time>04 Jun 2024</time></p> <div class="categories base-text"> <ul> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/ecoliteracy-in-tesol/" title="Ecoliteracy in TESOL" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Ecoliteracy in TESOL</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/multicultural-ed/" title="Multicultural Ed" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Multicultural Ed</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/authors/bernadette-musetti/" title="Bernadette Musetti" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Bernadette Musetti</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div>  </div> </div> <div class="item item-blog item_has-bg items-2 col-12 item_text-below text-left"> <div class="inner c1-bg c1-bg-solid "> <a href="/blog/posts/taking-the-lead-in-earth-education-and-ecoliteracy/"> <div class="info "> <p class="heading sm c1-heading">Taking the Lead in Earth Education and Ecoliteracy</p> <div class="text c1-text"><p>What are the new "core" Earth education principles, and how can you incorporate them into your teaching? Here are some ways to take the lead in Earth education and ecoliteracy.</p></div> </div> </a>  <div class="meta c1-text" style="right:0px !important;left:0px !important;"> <p class="text c1-text"> <span>Author:</span> Bernadette Musetti </p> <p class="date"><time>07 May 2024</time></p> <div class="categories base-text"> <ul> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/ecoliteracy-in-tesol/" title="Ecoliteracy in TESOL" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Ecoliteracy in TESOL</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/holidaysobservance-days/" title="Holidays/Observance Days" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Holidays/Observance Days</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/authors/bernadette-musetti/" title="Bernadette Musetti" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Bernadette Musetti</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div>  </div> </div> <div class="item item-blog item_has-bg items-2 col-12 item_text-below text-left"> <div class="inner c1-bg c1-bg-solid "> <a href="/blog/posts/earth-day-2024-classroom-activities-for-multilingual-learners-of-english/"> <div class="info "> <p class="heading sm c1-heading">Earth Day 2024: Classroom Activities for Multilingual Learners of English</p> <div class="text c1-text"><p>Earth Day is 22 April. In honor of Earth Day, Bernadette Musetti shares some key principles and practices of ecological literacy along with Earth Day classroom activities for your multilingual learners of English. </p></div> </div> </a>  <div class="meta c1-text" style="right:0px !important;left:0px !important;"> <p class="text c1-text"> <span>Author:</span> Bernadette Musetti </p> <p class="date"><time>04 Apr 2024</time></p> <div class="categories base-text"> <ul> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/ecoliteracy-in-tesol/" title="Ecoliteracy in TESOL" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Ecoliteracy in TESOL</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/classroom-activities/" title="Classroom Activities" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Classroom Activities</a> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/blog-categories/authors/bernadette-musetti/" title="Bernadette Musetti" rel="NOINDEX, FOLLOW">Bernadette Musetti</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div>  </div> </div> <div class="item item-blog item_has-bg items-2 col-12 item_text-below text-left"> <div 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