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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\nNature is our teacher\nSustainability is a community 
 practice\nThe real world is the optimal learning environment\nSustainable 
 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\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/26/18582921.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/2009/03/26/18582921.php
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