She is, by far, the most curious person I know. Her curiosity swallows her up and defines her. She questions herself as well as the world around her, with a voracious and seemingly-endless fervor, searching for answers to everything, from the mundane to the profound, refusing to stop until she has found what she is looking for. Those deep questions that most of us donÕt have time to approach, seem to get tangled up inside of her, holding her hostage, forcing her to introspect indefinitely until she finds the key. As a result, thereÕs a maturity in her writing that is far beyond her years. SheÕs the friend that gives you that crucial piece of advice you needed to make an important decision, the older sibling telling you anecdotes that perfectly illuminate your own path, the mother whose words somehow make confusing issues seem clear-cut and unmistakable. In a culture obsessed with finding wisdom in simplicity, Cassie has given us all exactly what we wanted. ÑJustin Phillips (Crywolf)
She is, by far, the most curious person I know. Her curiosity swallows her up and defines her. She questions herself as well as the world around her, with a voracious and seemingly-endless fervor, searching for answers to everything, from the mundane to the profound, refusing to stop until she has found what she is looking for. Those deep questions that most of us donÕt have time to approach, seem to get tangled up inside of her, holding her hostage, forcing her to introspect indefinitely until she finds the key. As a result, thereÕs a maturity in her writing that is far beyond her years. SheÕs the friend that gives you that crucial piece of advice you needed to make an important decision, the older sibling telling you anecdotes that perfectly illuminate your own path, the mother whose words somehow make confusing issues seem clear-cut and unmistakable. In a culture obsessed with finding wisdom in simplicity, Cassie has given us all exactly what we wanted. ÑJustin Phillips (Crywolf)
Learn how to reframe your time around life’s happiest moments to build days that aren’t just full but fulfilling with this “joyful guide” (Eve Rodsky, New York Times bestselling author) that is the antidote to overscheduling. Our most precious resource isn’t money. It’s time. We are allotted just twenty-four hours a day, and we live in a culture that keeps us feeling “time poor.” Since we can’t add more hours to the day, how can we experience our lives as richer? Based on her wildly popular MBA class at UCLA, Professor Cassie Holmes demonstrates how to immediately improve our lives by changing how we perceive and invest our time. Happier Hour provides empirically based insights and easy-to-implement tools that will allow you to: -Optimally spend your hours and feel confident in those choices -Sidestep distractions -Create and savor moments of joy -Design your schedule with purpose -Look back on your years without regrets Enlivened by Holmes’s upbeat narrative and groundbreaking research, Happier Hour “is filled with loads and loads of practical, evidence-based advice for how to live better by investing in what really matters. It’s the kind of book that can change your life for the better” (Laurie Santos, Yale professor and host of The Happiness Lab podcast).
Climate change affects every person and society, every community and industry. Education at all levels, in all disciplines, and both inside and outside official institutions must now address climate change and its many effects on social and environmental systems. This book provides a framework for putting climate change at the forefront of educational agendas and pedagogical tools for teaching climate science across local and global settings. Cassie Xu and Radhika Iyengar present evidence-based teaching practices and strategies that are grounded in a broad conception of education and emphasize a systems approach. They share examples of effective approaches in diverse learning environments—not just in classrooms and other formal settings but also informal contexts with communities and families. This book makes the case that students and other learners need to understand climate science and the physical and social impacts of climate change not only to be good citizens but also to be well prepared for different career paths. Xu and Iyengar highlight systemic barriers and inequalities, reflecting on how to bring marginalized voices and perspectives into educational spaces. Providing a foundation for interdisciplinary environmental education, this book underscores that how we teach future generations about climate change will shape our future.
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