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2009 Seminars

A Short Course: Systems Thinking, Education, and the State of the World
August 13-15, 2009: Berkeley, California

A rare opportunity to study with Fritjof Capra, one of the world's leading systems theorists, and learn how our major global problems are interconnected and how the challenge of building sustainable communities will require both systems thinking and an ecological conception of life. Capra will be joined by David W. Orr, one of the nation's leading environmental educators, and Carolie Sly, education program director for the Center for Ecoliteracy.
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Climate Change and the Connections that Bind Us
August 14, 2009: Berkeley, California

David W. Orr, one of the nation's leading environmental educators, will discuss his forthcoming book, Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse in a special evening reading and talk in the Goldman Theater at new David Brower Center.
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New Bioneers Pre-Conference Intensive
October 15, 2009, San Rafael, California

A special one-day Center for Ecoliteracy intensive at the 2009 Bioneers conference for educators, activists, parents, and others seeking insight into the practices of leadership that cultivate lasting systemic change in schools. Inspired by the Center's forthcoming book, Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability, this all-day event will feature keynotes from noted thought leaders, including Fritjof Capra, physicist, systems theorist, and cofounder of the Center for Ecoliteracy; and Lucinda Lee Katz, headmaster of Marin Country Day School. It will also feature discussions, workshops, and presentations with pioneering sustainability education leaders, including Jaimie Cloud, founder and executive director of the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education; Louise Cadwell, cofounder of Cadwell Collaborative; and Matt Dubel, coordinator of the Shelburne Farms' Sustainable Schools Project.
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Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability
June 22-24, 2009: Berkeley, California

A three-day Center for Ecoliteracy seminar for educators and others committed to schooling for sustainability, with Carolie Sly, education programs director for the Center for Ecoliteracy; Wendy Johnson, author and cofounder of the organic Farm and Garden Program at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center; Janet Brown, president of Marin Organic and cofounder of the Center for Ecoliteracy's Rethinking School Lunch Program.
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Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP): Speaker Series
June 1, 2009: University of California-Santa Cruz

ESLP at UC-Santa Cruz is a collaborative interdisciplinary effort to empower participants with the requisite knowledge and skills for realizing a sustainable campus, society, and world. Presenter Karen Brown, creative director at the Center for Ecoliteracy, discussed the birth and evolution of sustainability education, and the Center's initiative, Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability.
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5th World Environmental Education Congress
May 10-14, 2009: Montreal, Canada

An international gathering that celebrates the crucial role environmental education plays in constructing healthier individuals, communities, and societies; spurring social innovation; and developing public policy. Presenter/panelist Michael K. Stone, senior editor at the Center for Ecoliteracy, spoke about linking sustainability curriculum to youth civic engagement, based on examples from schools profiled in the Center's Fall 2009 book, Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability.
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Educating Our Children — Changing the Future
April 25 – 26, 2009: Sacramento Waldorf School, Fair Oaks, California

This two-day conference for parents addresses sustainability, schooling, and parenting, exploring education that fosters new ways of seeing and creative thinking. Keynote speaker Lisa Bennett, communications director at the Center for Ecoliteracy, will share the principles and practical applications of the Center's Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability initiative, followed by an in-depth discussion with parents and educators.
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National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Conference
February 25-27, 2009, Chicago, Illinois

The Center for Ecoliteracy and Head-Royce School in Oakland, CA, showcased their partnership to cultivate a model sustainable school during the NAIS Annual Conference in Chicago. The event covered advancing sustainability in the curriculum, food, gardens, and the community. The Center for Ecoliteracy also shared case studies on schooling for sustainability nationwide.

 

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