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New Fellows Sustainability Program:
Open enrollment extended until Dec. 10, 2008
The Bay Area Teacher Development Collaborative, in partnership with the
Center for Ecoliteracy, is offering a fellows program for educators interested
in schooling for sustainability. Dr. Carolie Sly, director of education
programs at the Center for Ecoliteracy, is facilitating the program.
Fellows will meet four times during the 2008-2009 school year. Their
first meeting was at the Center for Ecoliteracy’s pre-conference
intensive at the Bioneers Conference on October 17, 2008. The second
meeting will take place on December 11 and will feature keynote speaker
Fritjof Capra and guest presenter Mark Stefanski from Marin Academy.
The final two meetings will be held February 5 and April 15, 2009. Participating
educators will develop and implement a sustainable education project
of their choice. For more information:
The
Bay Area Teacher Development Collaborative
2009 Seminars
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Conference
Feb. 25-27, 2009, Chicago, Ill.
The Center for Ecoliteracy and Head-Royce School in Oakland, Calif.,
will showcase their partnership to cultivate a model sustainable school
during the NAIS Annual Conference in Chicago, Feb. 25 to 27, 2009. The
event will cover advancing sustainability in the curriculum, food, gardens,
and the community. The Center for Ecoliteracy will also share case studies
on schooling for sustainability nationwide. For more information:
NAIS Conference
Schooling for Sustainability
June 22-24, 2009: San Anselmo, California
A three-day Center for Ecoliteracy residential institute for educators
and others committed to schooling for sustainability.
Smart by Nature
August 14-15, 2009: Berkeley, California
A two-day seminar on what it means to be “smart by nature” and
to advance schooling for sustainability. With Fritjof Capra, David W.
Orr, and other special guests at the Center for Ecoliteracy’s new
headquarters in The David Brower Center.
To stay informed about our upcoming seminars, join
our mailing list.
2008 Seminars
Rethinking Food, Health, and the Environment:
Making Learning Connections
June 22-27, 2008: San Anselmo, California
August 9-13, 2008: New York, New York
A residential institute for educators, parents, and activists dedicated
to helping schools and districts create learning connections between
healthy school food and curriculum. Copresented by the Center for Ecoliteracy
and Teachers College Columbia University.
Environmental Sustainability: Making Learning Connections
August 14-15, 2008: The Bay School of San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Offered in partnership with the Bay Area Teacher Development Collaborative,
this institute introduced schooling for sustainability into K-12 classes
across the disciplines. Featured speakers: Fritjof Capra, bestselling
author and cofounder of the Center for Ecoliteracy; the academic dean
and faculty from the Head-Royce School in Oakland; representatives
of Environmental Education for Kids, The Edible Schoolyard, and Ecocity
Builders. Facilitated by Carolie Sly, education programs director for
the Center for Ecoliteracy, and
the Bay Area Teacher Development Collaborative.
Center for Ecoliteracy Workshop for Slow Food in Schools
August 29, 2008: Slow Food Nation Conference
San Francisco, California
A workshop on instructional choices and ways to choose and design lessons
that increase understanding, through a model of engaging the head, heart,
hands, and spirit. Using the Center for Ecoliteracy's new publication,
Big Ideas: Linking Food, Health, Culture, and the Environment, working
with a conceptual framework and planning learning activities.
Help Wanted: 50 Million New Farmers
August 29, 2008: Slow Food Nation Changemakers Day
San Francisco, California
A panel discussion for professionals focused on sustainable food systems,
featuring farmers and representatives of Marin Organic and the Northeast
Organic Farming Association, and moderated by Karen Brown, creative director
of the Center for Ecoliteracy.
Thinking Like an Island: Promoting Place-Based Ecoliteracy
October 3, 2008: Maui Independent Schools Organization
Professional Development
Conference
A conference focused on supporting local educators in their efforts to
integrate sustainability principles and practices into the curriculum.
Featuring Michael Ableman, author, farmer, and the Center for Ecoliteracy’s
food and farming advisor; and Carolie, Sly, Ph.D., the Center’s
education program director.
EcoSchools: Educating for Sustainable Communities:
A Pre-Conference Intensive at Bioneers
October 16, 2008: Bioneers Conference
San Rafael, California
An intensive designed for educators, activists, and others wanting to
learn about best practices for “greening” schools, integrating
ecological learning across the curriculum, and sustaining the natural
and social communities in which schools exist. Featured speakers: Fritjof
Capra, Center for Ecoliteracy cofounder and bestselling author; David
W. Orr, professor of environmental studies and politics at Oberlin College;
and Jeannette Armstrong, executive director of the En’owkin Centre
on the Penticton Indian Reserve in British Columbia.
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