Summit Agenda

Ecology and Education Summit

AGENDA

Updated October 10, 2010

Day 1, October 14, 2010

Time	Event
7:30	Registration Opens Continental Breakfast
8:00	Students Engaged in Environment a Slide show by National Environmental Education Foundation
8:30	Welcome by National Education Association Carolyn Breedlove, Summit co-chair Becky Pringle, Secretary Treasurer Welcome to Ecology and Education Summit Meg Lowman, Summit co-chair, NC Museum of Natural Sciences; Ecological Society of America
8:45	Table Introductions
9:00	Keynote Will Steger, Arctic Explorer “Eyewitness to Global Warming”
10:00	Break
10:15	Panel 1: Learning about Complexity and Change: New Foundations for Environmental Literacy Moderator: Alan Berkowitz, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Panelists: Cassandra Carmichael, National Council of Churches Martin Storksdieck, National Academy of Sciences Jermelina Tupas, National Institute of Food and Agriculture F. Stuart “Terry” Chapin III, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Ecological Society of America
11:15	Break
11:30	Panel 2: Turning the Tide: Building a Green Society through Learning and Doing Moderator: Becky Pringle, National Education Association Panelists: Emelia Cowans, NC Musuem of Natural Sciences Rachel Gutter, US Green Building Council Wyck Knox, VMDO Architects Jerry Newberry, Health Information Network Carlos Rodrigues-Franco, US Forest Service Research and Development
12:30	Lunch and Keynote Will Allen, Growing Power "Growing Food and Community in the City"
1:45	Panel 3: Seeing Our World Inside and Out: Harnessing New Technologies for Environmental Literacy Moderator: Robert Stevenson, University of Massachusetts, Boston Panelists: Chris Dede, Harvard University Rusel DeMaria, The Art Institute, Seattle, WA Deborah Estrin, Center for Embedded Network Sensing, UCLA Lou Gross, National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NimBios), University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2:45	Break
3:00	Understanding Environmental Literacy
3:30	Debrief of “Sustainability Education: Citizenship and Pathways for a Green Economy” Summit Greg Henschel, US Department of Education
3:45	Environmental Literacy Needs and Partnerships Survey Results Overview of Breakouts Teresa Mourad, Ecological Society of America
4:00	Breakout 1 Foundations of Environmental Literacy Building a Green Society through Learning and Doing Harnessing New Technologies for Environmental Literacy
5:40	Plenary Recommendations from Breakouts
6:00	Evening Reception Poster Session Interactive Demos and Exhibits

Day 2, October 15, 2010

Time	Event
8:00	Continental Breakfast Movie: Young Voices on Climate Change – Lynne Cherry
8:25	Welcome and Introduction to Day 2
8:35	Panel 4: Fostering Lifelong Learning Skills: Empowering Best Practices in Effective Teaching and Learning Moderator: Brian Rosborough, Earth Watch Panelists: Danny Edelson, National Geographic Society Susy Ellison, Yampah Mountain High School, Glenwood Springs, CO Keysha Gamor, George Mason University, Washington DC Mahrie Peterson, College of Menominee Nation, Keshena, WI Scott Richardson, Learn and Serve America, Corporation for National and Community Service
9:35	Break
9:50	Panel 5: Expanding Funding, Strengthening Public Policy for Environmental Literacy Moderator: Nadine Lymn, Ecological Society of America Panelists: Kevin Coyle, National Wildlife Federation Samir Doshi, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, UVM Jim Elder, Campaign for Environmental Literacy; Jerome Paulson, MD, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment
10:50	Instructions for Breakout
11:00	Breakout 2 Environmental Literacy for All Fostering Lifelong Learning Skills: Empowering Best Practices in Effective Teaching and Learning Expanding Funding, Strengthening Public Policy for Environmental Literacy
12:30	Plenary Breakout Group Recommendations
12:45	Lunch and Summary of Next Steps
2:00	Extended Conversations: Roundtable Discussions: Measuring and Monitoring Cultural Competency in the Delivery of Environmental Education Greg Ira, Director, Office of Environmental Education, Florida Department of Environmental Protection The Cultural Competency Assessment Rubric is a simple self assessment tool for environmental educators. It allows educators to examine and monitor over time the extent to which they integrate cultural competency – measured by ten criteria - into program delivery. A limited number of additional spaces available for other conversations Sign up at Registration area
2:45	End of Open Conference

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