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DESCRIPTION:Dates: Monday through Wednesday, June 22-24, 2009\n\nDue to popular demand, 
 this three-day professional development seminar has been opened to 
 individuals and teams of K-12 educators, parents, and others who want to 
 learn more about this important and hopeful new trend in K-12 education. It 
 is designed to support those who wish to help young people develop the 
 experience, knowledge, skills, and values essential to sustainable 
 living.\n\nThis seminar offers an opportunity to:\n\n* Learn about the 
 growing schooling for sustainability movement and hear a wide variety of 
 success stories from across the nation\n* Explore the principles of 
 schooling for sustainability, as presented in the Center for Ecoliteracy's 
 new initiative, Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability\n* Develop 
 strategies to transform your school through a diverse range of approaches 
 to schooling for sustainability\n\nThis seminar will be facilitated by Dr. 
 Carolie Sly, education program director at the Center for Ecoliteracy. Ms. 
 Sly earned her doctoral degree in science education from the University of 
 California, Berkeley, and has authored and co-authored books and articles 
 that include the award-winning California State Environmental Education 
 Guide and the Center for Ecoliteracy's Big Ideas: Linking Food, Culture, 
 Health, and the Environment.\n\nFeatured faculty includes:\n\nJanet Brown, 
 certified organic farmer, president of Marin Organic, and cofounder of the 
 Center for Ecoliteracy's Rethinking School Lunch Program\n\nWendy Johnson, 
 author of the recently acclaimed Gardening at the Dragon's Gate: At Work in 
 the Wild and Cultivated World, and cofounder of the organic Farm and Garden 
 Program at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center.\n\nCenter for Ecoliteracy staff 
 will showcase exemplary schools and share practical lessons learned in key 
 areas, such as:\n\n* Food and its connection to health, academics, and the 
 environment\n* Integration of ecological teaching and learning across the 
 curriculum\n* Campus as a system, and ways in which schools are 
 incorporating building design, energy use, and waste practices\n* Service 
 learning and other ways of connecting with the larger 
 community\n\nParticipants also will receive guidance and support for 
 designing project-based learning activities for the classroom, service 
 learning, and informal learning environments.\n\nThrough a blend of 
 inspirational presentations, a youth panel discussion, and experiential 
 learning that engages the head, heart, hands, and spirit, this seminar will 
 also explore the four central principles of schooling for 
 sustainability:\n\n    Nature is our teacher\n    Sustainability is a 
 community practice\n    The real world is the optimal learning 
 environment\n    Sustainable living is rooted in a deep knowledge of 
 place\n\nThis seminar is intended for educators at elementary, middle, and 
 high school levels, including academic, kitchen, and garden classroom 
 teachers, as well as parents and others interested in schooling for 
 sustainability. We encourage teachers to come in pairs or teams, but 
 individuals are also welcome. Attendance will be limited to those who can 
 be present for the entire seminar. \n\nTuition fee: $395 per person\n\nIn 
 addition to the seminar workbook, the tuition fee includes a beautifully 
 designed and generous kit of materials:\n\n* Copies of Ecoliteracy: 
 Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World, edited by Michael K. Stone 
 and Zenobia Barlow, Center for Ecoliteracy\n* Copies of Big Ideas: Linking 
 Food, Culture, Health, and the Environment, published by the Center for 
 Ecoliteracy\n* Copies of Getting Started: A Guide to Creating Gardens as 
 Outdoor Classrooms, designed and published by the Center for Ecoliteracy in 
 collaboration with Life Lab Science Program\n* One copy per team of 
 Gardening at the Dragon's Gate: At Work in the Wild and Cultivated World, 
 by Wendy Johnson\n\nSeminar will be facilitated by Dr. Carolie Sly, 
 education program director at the Center for Ecoliteracy, with featured 
 guests.\n\nTuition fee does not include travel or accommodations.\nLunch 
 will be served daily.\n\nScholarships: A limited number of scholarships 
 will be available for teams and members of school communities demonstrating 
 need. For scholarship information, please indicate your needs in the "Other 
 Comments" section of the application form.\n\napplication:  
 http://www.ecoliteracy.org/seminars/sfs-application.php\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/26/18582903.php
SUMMARY:Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability
LOCATION:The David Brower Center\n2150 Allston Way\nBerkeley, CA 94704
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/26/18582903.php
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