THE WATER FACTOR
Study Questions:
1) What are the sensibilities Native Americans have when caring for the land? How do their practices differ from large ag farms?
2) How do the policies of the World Trade Organization, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund affect poor and indigent people?
3) Do you know how the water in your community is managed? Do you have concerns about access to clean water in the future?
4)Do local utility companies purchase water rights in your state?
5) Is it a good idea to drain aquifers and rivers so their water can be bottled?
6) James Hokama Byrne was a naive high school graduate when he began delivering water. What led him to become an activist?
7) What is your opinion of Aaron Gooding? Matt Dunlap? Are they good or evil people?
8) Do you think it’s okay for activists to break the law to right a perceived wrong?
9) Do you think change can be made without an armed conflict? Should activists carry guns on a mission?
10) Agriculture uses 70 percent of global water, most of it free. Do you think they should pay for it?
LIVES OF MUSEUM JUNKIES
Though Lives of Museum Junkies focuses on museums, it also provides information that is applicable to most non-profit organizations. In addition, the book centers on the role of parents and educators in developing creative children. The following questions can help guide a discussion.
Study Questions:
1) Do today’s schools accommodate hands-on learning? How important do you think these types of experiences are?
2) How much unprogrammed time should a child be given during elementary, middle and high school years?
3) What is the role board members should play in oversing a non-profit organization?
4) Do you think a for-profit business leader can run a non-profit organization with ease or are there different sets of skills, knowledge, and ethics needed?
5) How does a person become creative? What role should parents, school, or museum play to this end?
6) Howard Gardner writes of multiple intelligence. What is your best way to learn? Your children?
7) What do you think about the concept of “free-schools” where children determine what and when they will study? What about home-schooling?
9) Do you think fundraising events are worthwhile even if most do little more than break even?
