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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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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Recent Seminars
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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