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Pi l l a r1: T heL oc a l Pl a c eba s ededuc a t i on, byna mea ndpr a c t i c e , gr oundsi t s el fi nt hel oc a l .

Whi l ema i ns t r ea m educ a t i onpus hest owa r dana t i ona l c ur r i c ul um a nd“ gl oba l c i t i z ens hi p, ” pl a c eba s ededuc a t i on a s k swhet hers t a nda r di z ed, dec ont e x t ua l i z ed k nowl edgei st r ul yt hemos tv a l ua bl e .

Pl a c eba s ededuc a t i ons c hol a rWesJ a c k s on s ugges t sa“ homec omi ngma j or ” wher es t udent s“ di gi nwher et heya r e , ” l ea r ni ngl oc a l k nowl edgea ndwor k i ngt oi mpr ov et hei rown c ommuni t i es .

Weha v es epa r a t edt ol oc a l f r om ec oj us t i c e ( ourf our t hpi l l a r ) f orav er ypa r t i c ul a rr ea s on.

Onemi ghta s s umet ha tonewhov a l uest he l oc a l mi ghtv a l uel oc a l f oods , butt hi si snot a l wa y st hec a s e .

T houghHowa r d( t hea ut horof t her ec i peont hef ol l owi ngpa ge) gr owshi s r huba r br i ghti nhi sga r den, hepur c ha s est he c hea pes t our , s uga r , a ndoi l a v a i l a bl ea tF a i r wa y .

Howa r d’ sv a l ui ngoft hel oc a l i snotnec es s a r i l yder i v edf r om a nenv i r onment a l i deol ogy , butr a t her , apr a c t i c a l i deol ogyoff r uga l i t y .