Resources and Reviews

and-take between the person and the environment;

• implies knowledge acquired as a result of the interaction between social and personal experience; therefore, underlying all this are value systems.

- (AA website, 2001).

The six interlinked themes flow logically and seamlessly into each other. The journey starts with understanding oneself, one’s body and the needs that all human beings possess. While the needs are common to all, they are met in diverse manner, and not provided for equally to all.

All these needs are met by resources provided by the earth. The second kit then moves on to ‘Our earth and the web of life’ that we are a part of. The attempt here is to understand our place in the universe and how complex and prolonged the process of evolution of life on earth has been. It is hoped these inputs will form the basis of creating feelings of humility towards nature.

The third kit then moves on to ‘How societies developed’ over time, across the world.