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Getting back to the garden in song

Lyrics offer lesson in environment

By Amy Farnsworth

Globe Correspondent / March 2, 2008

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Textbooks take a backseat to hip-hop when Michael Cermak enters the classroom. But the hip-hop and R&B tracks he plays for students aren't focusing on bling-bling. Instead, the kids who study with this Boston College doctoral student listen to artists rap about the environment. That's right. The environment. (Full article: 766 words)