Creating Equitable Climate Change Solutions through Artistic Expressions

 Join us in exploring how art makes the human cost of climate change real and inspires us to create equitable solutions.  Panelists: Dudley Edmondson, photographer, author, con-servationist; Josh White, Jr., artist, actor, teacher, and social activist; and Richard Mabion community activist and green collar job movement coordinator.  Moderator: Marcia Allen Owens, FAMU Environmental Sciences Institute and NAAEE Board member.

Preparing Early Childhood Educators to Incorporate Nature into Curriculum

Three approaches will be presented. Photo and video documentation and data analysis will provide evidence of effectiveness of these approaches.

Panelists: Michelle Rupiper, Toni Hill-Menson, Susan Churchill. All panelists are from University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Moderator: Julia C. Torquati, University of Nebraska-Lincoln  

Intersections in International EE

Sponsored by NAAEE 's International Commission, a panel of experienced international EE practitioners will explore current and emerging issues and their intersection with international environmental education--environmental and social justice, health, diversity, climate change, and sustainability--in an open-space dialog.

Panelists: Chuck Hopkins, York University, Canada; Berny Snow, University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Margie Simon de Ortiz, Ciceana, Mexico; Justin Dillon, Kings College, UK. Moderator: Paul Hart, University of Regina, Canada.

It’s Getting Hot in Here: Energizing Energy Curriculum through Service-Learning

Participants will discuss ways to infuse key service-learning elements into energy-oriented curricular materials and will offer hands-on classroom activities such as energy audits.

Panelists: Jane Eller, Kentucky Environmental Education Council; Terry Wilson, Western Kentucky University; Donna K. Rogler, Project Learning Tree Coordinator, Indiana DNR Division of Forestry. Moderator: Evelyn Christian, Delaware Valley Earth Force

Farm to School Programs: Connecting Cafeterias, Classrooms, and the Environment

Explore connections between serving locally grown products in the cafeteria while educating students about nutrition, agriculture, and the environment through the creation of school gardens, composting and recycling, cooking classes, produce tastings, farm visits, and related curriculum.

Panelists: Gary Cuneen of Seven Generations Ahead, Dana Hudson, Shelburne Farms--Vermont Food Education Every Day, and Anita Poole, Kerr Center. Moderator: Marion Kalb, National Farm to School Program

Corporate Sustainability Educators

Sustainable business practices are gaining momentum around the globe. Corporations practicing environmental education will explain why it’s important to employers, what corporate "sustainability" education programs look like, and what employers are looking for in future eco-employees.

Panelists: Autumn Salamack, Aveda Earth and Community Care; Mark Buckley, Staples; a representative from Indigo Wild has been invited

Greensburg School: A Lesson in Sustainability
The Greensburg School District is rebuilding its physical structure and surrounding areas sustainably – not just housing students, instructors, and activities, but creating a constant canvas and environmental education resource for all. Every sustainable aspect will integrate the reconstruction with education for students and teachers alike. The district will share its strategies with other participating schools through an integral distance learning component.

Panelists: Joe Keal, BNIM Architects; Darrin Headrick, Greensburg School Superintendent; and a Greensburg student  

The 21st Century City: EE's Role in Building Sustainable Communities

After an ef5 tornado that destroyed 90% of Greensburg, Kansas, the city is rebuilding, and it is incorporating sustainability as its organizing principle. Across the world, Malmo, Sweden is a model of sustainable urban development. To make Malmö an “ekostaden” (eco-city), neighborhoods have been transformed. Join us for a discussion about these model communities and how cities themselves can be laboratories for environmental education.
Panelists: Bob Berkebile or Stephen Hardy, BNIM Architects; Johanna Ekne, Malmo, Sweden; and Daniel Wallach, GreensburgGreenTown