Science Lesson Eight - Nature Labs

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Chapter Eight

Be Better

Part One

LET'S COMMIT TO BEING BETTER COMMUNICATORS - be better by watching the story below

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We all need to work towards being better, more thoughtful communicators – better, more thoughtful citizens. And Donna Kennedy-Glans argues that starts with asking why more often.

Donna is a former Alberta cabinet minister and former energy executive. She’s also a lawyer and an author with a passion for moving society beyond polarity.

We’re featuring this podcast across all five Nature Labs subjects. You might not like every course you take in school, but they are all related. By listening to this podcast, hopefully you’ll better understand why.

Nature Labs · Donna Kennedy-Glans

Reflection

What does good communication and good consultation look like to you? Do you think it matters?
What role do you play in how we talk as a country?
Is it even possible to ask certain, hard questions – especially in this social media age – without creating controversy or deepening divides?
How can we spark better conversations with diverse citizens?
How can we do a better job of listening while also ensuring that we’re still heard?

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Part Two

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Chapters

Chapter One

The System of Things

Chapter Five

Here’s How

Chapter Nine

Own Your Hypocrisy

Chapter Two

The Context of It All

Chapter Six

Your Turn

Chapter Ten

Keep Going

Chapter Three

We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

Chapter Seven

Dig Deeper

Chapter Eleven

One Last Thing

Chapter Four

Hard Stuff is Hard

Chapter Eight

Be Better

Chapter Twelve

The End (of the Beginning)

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