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In Kansas unexpected
beauty is all around . . . .
all you have to do is look.
The tallgrass prairie intrigues
and excites most people
planning to attend the
conference. However, that’s not
all Kansas has to offer . . .
there are two wetlands of
international significance,
and in October, we’ll be on
hand to witness the height
of migratory bird season in
the central flyway. So flock
to Kansas to experience
the “Land of Ahhhs!”
(puns totally intended).
NAAEE’s 37th Annual Conference
OctOber 15–18, 2008 | Wichita, Kansas
5th annual research sympOsium | OctOber 14–15
This brochure highlights many of the exciting, valuable professional
development experiences we have planned for you at the 37th annual
NAAEE conference.
If you haven’t been to our E legislatively becoming a major new
conference, you are in for a real
voice for EE,
treat! In addition to the field
E serving as a catalyst for green
experiences, keynote speakers,
conference practices and community
symposia, panels, and workshops described
sustainability in the host cities,
in these pages, our conference will include
E developing a professional certification
hundreds of sessions where our presenters
for environmental educators,
provide updates, new ideas, and important
E integrating EE into colleges and
examples of excellence in environmental
universities,
education across the continent and
E using our EE Resource Reviews
around the world. This is the professional
program to help you improve your
development opportunity of the year for
publications and programs, and
environmental educators — and not to
E continuing to build the capacity of the
be missed!
NAAEE Affiliates and their members
Fun social opportunities give you that
to deliver quality environmental
all-important time to reconnect, make new
education at the local level.
acquaintances, and share experiences.
Several organizations and government
The conference is also the time for
agencies use NAAEE’s conference as
NAAEE’s annual business meeting,
an opportunity to schedule their own
committee meetings, member-driven
meetings before, after, or even during
commission meetings, and Advisory
ours. Many EE alumni organize reunions
Council meetings — all opportunities to talk
during the Wednesday evening opening
about moving the profession forward.
session receptions. If your organization
Our efforts are showing some great
would like to host a similar special event
results:
at the conference, please contact NAAEE
E increasing the diversity of our Board
Conference Manager Bridget Chisholm at
and continuing to pursue increased
540-364-0065.
diversity in our membership,
Please join us in Wichita this Autumn to find out more about these and
other initiatives to promote excellence in environmental education.
NAAEE Board & Staff
Our Featured Guests
Kansas Governor
Gail Kimbell is the
simran sethi is
Jerome ringo spent
Kathleen sebelius has
16th Chief and first
an award-winning
20 years in Louisiana’s
been invited to speak at
female Chief of the
freelance environmental
petrochemical industry
Wednesday evening’s
US Forest Service.
journalist who is the
as a union member
opening session.
Kimbell has worked in
co-host/ writer of
working to secure a
or supervised programs
Sundance Channel’s
safe work environment
covering forests in
environmental
and quality jobs. In
Vermont, Oregon,
programming The
1996, he was elected to
Alaska, Wyoming,
Green and the creator
the National Wildlife
Colorado, and Montana,
of the upcoming
Federation Board,
and the Cimarron
Sundance web series
later becoming Chair
National Grassland in
on environmental
and the first African-
Kansas. She will speak
justice titled The
American to head a
at the plenary session
Good Fight. She is
major conservation
on Thursday afternoon.
also an environmental
organization. He is
correspondent for
currently president of
NBC News and serves
the Apollo Alliance,
as the Professional
a coalition of labor,
in Residence at the
environmental, national
University of Kansas
security, civil rights
School of Journalism
and business leaders
for 2007-2008. She will
fighting to make America
speak at the plenary
independent from
session on Friday
foreign energy in 10
afternoon.
years. He will speak at
the Awards Luncheon on
Saturday.
Josh White, Jr., is a Grammy nominated folk, blues, and
gospel artist, a Tony Award winning actor, a teacher, and a social
activist. As the Voice of VISTA and of the Peace Corps, he has
been an inspirational voice for humanity for six decades. In 1991,
he teamed with the founder of “StoryLiving,” Rändi Douglas, to
create an educational program now called “Living History” to
teach history and social studies using music, imagination, and
role-playing. He will be performing Wednesday evening in the
historic MJ Teall Theatre.
special symposia and panels
special symposia and panels are Just part of hundreds of learning Opportunities.
With 22 concurrent sessions in most time slots during the three-day conference, the eight conference
strands are all given special attention. Symposia and panels abound. Thank you to our strand leaders and
strand reviewers for their hard work!
strands FOr 2008
E arts, culture, and environmental education
E energy education
E best practices for advancing
E environmental Justice, environmental health, and
environmental education
climate change
E conservation education
E Food, agriculture, and environmental education
E early childhood environmental education
E religion, spirituality, & environmental education
Thursday Lunch Plenary Symposium
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,
conservationist; Josh
White, Jr., artist, actor,
teacher, and social activist;
and Richard Mabion,
community activist in the
Dudley Edmondson
Josh White, Jr.
green collar jobs movement
Richard Mabion
ModeRatoR: Marcia allen owens,
FAMU Environmental
Sciences Institute and
NAAEE Board member
Marcia Allen Owens
special symposia and panels
Panels foR PioneeRing neW stRategies
preparing early childhood educators to
corporate sustainability educators
incorporate nature into curriculum
Sustainable business practices are gaining momentum
Three approaches will be presented. Photo and video
around the globe. Corporations practicing environmental
documentation and data analysis will provide evidence of
education will explain why it’s important to employers,
effectiveness of these approaches.
what corporate “sustainability” education programs look
like, and what employers are looking for in future eco-
Panelists: Michelle Rupiper, Toni Hill-Menson, Susan
employees.
Churchill. All panelists are from University of Nebraska-
Lincoln. Moderator: Julia C. Torquati, University of
Panelists: Autumn Salamack, Aveda Earth and Community
Nebraska-Lincoln
Care; Mark Buckley, Staples; a representative from Indigo
Wild has been invited
intersections in international ee
Greensburg school: a lesson in sustainability
Sponsored by NAAEE ‘s International Commission,
a panel of experienced international EE practitioners
The Greensburg School District is rebuilding its physical
will explore current and emerging issues and their
structure and surrounding areas sustainably — not
intersection with international environmental education--
just housing students, instructors, and activities, but
environmental and social justice, health, diversity, climate
creating a constant canvas and environmental education
change, and sustainability--in an open-space dialog.
resource for all. Every sustainable aspect will integrate the
reconstruction with education for students and teachers
Panelists: Chuck Hopkins, York University, Canada; Berny
alike. The district will share its strategies with other
Snow, University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Margie
participating schools through an integral distance learning
Simon de Ortiz, Ciceana, Mexico; Justin Dillon, Kings
component.
College, UK. Moderator: Paul Hart, University of Regina,
Canada.
Panelists: Joe Keal, BNIM Architects; Darrin Headrick,
Greensburg School Superintendent; and a Greensburg
it’s Getting hot in here: energizing energy
student
curriculum through service-learning
the 21st century city: ee’s role in building
Participants will discuss ways to infuse key service-
sustainable communities
learning elements into energy-oriented curricular materials
and will offer hands-on classroom activities such as energy
After an ef5 tornado that destroyed 90% of Greensburg,
audits.
Kansas, the city is rebuilding, and it is incorporating
sustainability as its organizing principle. Across the
Panelists: Jane Eller, Kentucky Environmental Education
world, Malmo, Sweden is a model of sustainable urban
Council; Terry Wilson, Western Kentucky University; and
development. To make Malmö an “ekostaden” (eco-city),
Donna Rogler, Indiana Project Learning Tree. Moderator:
neighborhoods have been transformed. Join us for a
Evelyn Christian, Delaware Valley Earth Force
discussion about these model communities and how
cities themselves can be laboratories for environmental
Farm to school programs: connecting cafeterias,
education.
classrooms, and the environment
Panelists: Bob Berkebile or Stephen Hardy, BNIM
Explore connections between serving locally grown
Architects; Johanna Ekne, Malmo, Sweden; and Daniel
products in the cafeteria while educating students about
Wallach, GreensburgGreenTown
nutrition, agriculture, and the environment through the
creation of school gardens, composting and recycling,
cooking classes, produce tastings, farm visits, and related
need help tO Get tO the cOnFerence? Please visit our
curriculum.
Web site to apply for a Diversity Scholarship, William B. Stapp Student
Panelists: Gary Cuneen of Seven Generations Ahead,
Scholarship, or Affordability Scholarship. http://www.naaee.org/
Dana Hudson, Shelburne Farms--Vermont Food Education
conference/scholarships
Every Day, and Anita Poole, Kerr Center. Moderator:
Marion Kalb, National Farm to School Program
2008 highlights
Using Technology to
locally harvested dessert buffet will provide
Reduce our Carbon Footprint
your afternoon energy! Once again we hope
How can we bring new, exciting
to offer an alternative fuel vehicle area with
elements to our conference
ride/drive opportunities. Exhibit booths are
without increasing our
still available for sale — see http://www.naaee.
energy use? In Wichita, we
org/conference/exhibitors-and-advertisers to
are partnering with Bioneers
purchase your booth.
to bring you a satellite feed on Friday and
Saturday morning — live from the 19th
Friday Evening Dinner and
Annual Bioneers Conference in San Rafael,
Stapp Scholarship Auction
California! Bioneers (www.bioneers.org)
Just a short walk from the Convention
promotes practical environmental solutions
Center is Exploration Place, the Sedgwick
and innovative social strategies for restoring
County Science and Discovery Center (www.
the Earth and communities. Featured speakers
exploration.org). Take a little bit of Kansas
will include Paul Stamets, Erica Fernandez,
home by bidding on homegrown items. Bid
Ray Anderson, Janine Benyus, Dune Lankard,
high and often for the chance to spend two
David Orr, Greg Watson, and Sandra
nights at the historic British Ranch in the
Steingraber.
majestic Flint Hills. (See more about this great
item on NAAEE’s Web site.) Or go a little
Community Service Project
WILD and bid on a painting by Sedgwick
Join Rainbows United, Inc., in creating an
County Zoo’s resident gorilla artist, “Barney.”
outdoor play space for children with unique
To donate an item to the silent or live auction,
abilities. Rainbows is an early childhood,
email 2008stappauction@naaee.org with your
special needs, service provider that is building
name, phone, email, and a brief description of
a new facility to focus on connecting children
the item and its value.
to the natural world and learning through
environmental explorations. You can help
Saturday Night Networking
Rainbows place outdoor learning components
Celebration and Variety Show
into their new facility. If you are interested in
How do you capture the
providing children with natural play structures
attention of your EE audience?
and are willing to break a sweat, join us in
With information...and a
serving the local Wichita community during
little pizzazz! Bring your
this fun and fulfilling community service
talent (song, dance, comedy,
project.
juggling, poetry, or whatever) to our EE Variety
Show. Begin the evening with networking,
Exhibitor Fair Enhancements
locally-brewed spirits, and other autumn fare.
Thursday’s Grand Opening celebration
Professional magicians then take the stage
includes dinner, poster sessions, and
and introduce our talented NAAEE members
the Affiliate Welcome. New this year —
to show their stuff. CASH PRIZES: 1st Place
commission, committee, and council members
$150, 2nd Place $100, and 3rd Place $50. Tickets
will be on hand to help you get involved in
are only $25, and include entertainment,
enhancing our profession. A jazz ensemble
non-alcoholic beverages, beer and wine, and
from Friends University will provide our
snacks. Look for information on how to register
musical ambiance. Plenty of exhibit booths
to perform on NAAEE’s website coming in
will offer educational materials and fun
August.
activities! On Friday, the Fair is open from
9 am until 3 pm. Also on Friday, visit the
Authors’ Corner from noon to 2 pm, when a
2008 highlights
Arts & EE
NAAEE has been awarded a
second grant from the Albert
I. Pierce Foundation. Some
sessions from 2007 are back
by popular demand, and some
new options are in the works to
surprise and delight you! Two separate hands-
on sessions will feature professional instruction
in what makes a stunning photograph that
tells a story and motivates viewers to take
action to help build a more sustainable world.
One session will be led by official conference
photographers Harry and Debra Spillman.
The other will feature Mark Buckler, first
place winner of NAAEE’s 2007 Film Contest
sponsored by the Albert I. Pierce Foundation.
Be sure to bring your digital camera to the
conference and take photos for the closing
slide show!
The Film Contest
See the conference program for
the film descriptions and times
that winners will introduce and
screen their films. We thank
the Albert I. Pierce Foundation
for sponsoring this project.
Young Professionals & Students
Highlights include a welcome reception,
an informal social, and a skill-building
hands-on session.
K-12 Teacher Support
We continue to offer a special Saturday day
registration rate for teachers.
Research Symposium
The 5th Annual Research Symposium has been
expanded to two days, and by including more
varied presentation formats, we hope to foster
a learning community of EE researchers that
will extend beyond the annual meeting. Louise
Chawla, Bob Jickling, Tom Marcinkowski
Marcia McKenzie, and Ginger Potter are among
the featured speakers.
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workshop schedule
Workshops include AM coffee and tea, lunch, and an afternoon break (unless otherwise indicated) | All workshops are at Century II
Convention Center and connecting Hyatt Regency Hotel. | All workshops are 8:30 am until 4 pm (unless otherwise noted).
1. overcoming Barriers to non-formal ee:
. Poetry’s Vital Role in
How to get into schools
environmental education
Learn from other non-formal EE organizations’ best practices to
An opportunity for participants to share poems about the
develop a strategy for cracking the tough nut of how to work with
environment, as well as those by favorite poets who inspired
formal school systems in this age of standards and accountability.
them to join the environmental movement. Discussion will center
$57 | Led by: Jeanne Troy, Alice Ferguson Foundation, and Kathe
around poetry’s vital role in environmental education.
Crowley Conn, NatureNet and the Aldo Leopold Nature Center;
$92 | Led by: Diana Woodcock, Virginia Commonwealth University
others to be announced
School of the Arts in Qatar
2. schoolyard native Habitats on the Prairie
. service-learning 101: getting started
(depart at :30 am, return at :30 pm)
designing and implementing environmental
Dyck Arboretum of the Plains, USFWS Schoolyard Habitat, and
service-learning
UW-Madison Earth Partnership for Schools -- along with area
Service-learning is an ideal approach for environmental educators
teachers and students -- will host schoolyard visits in Wichita
to teach civic responsibility and address state learning guidelines.
and neighboring communities. Participate in prairie-related
Explore the basics — what it is (and isn’t), why it’s important, how
educational activities and discuss common qualities and best
to do it--viewed through the prism of environmental education.
practices of outstanding projects.
$82 | Led by: Sandra Ryack-Bell, WATERMARKS Education
$50 | Led by: Cheryl Bauer-Armstrong, Earth Partnership for
Consulting Services, and Evelyn Christian, Earth Force
Schools; Brad Guhr, Dyck Arboretum on the Plains; Rick Hall, Earth
Partnership for Schools; Karen Kelly Mullin, MAEOE; Carolyn
Kolstad, USFWS; and Libby McCann, Antioch University New
. service-learning 102: advanced service-
England
learning for environmental educators
Designed for experienced service-learning practitioners, this
3. Music and arts — Build it and they Will Come,
session will explore how to move from good to great—how to
make service-learning less about building butterfly gardens and
Part 2
more about engaging young people as catalysts for long-term
Spend a creative day and take home two delightful treasures.
changes in environmental policies and practices.
Learn an ancient paper marbling technique to create a journal
$77 | Led by: Jerry Pharr
in which to reflect on your conference experiences. While the
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paper’s drying, a gifted music teacher will teach you to build a
dulcimer from inexpensive materials. While the dulcimer’s being
8. one-day introduction to education for
tuned, you’ll be guided in writing poetry for personal reflection
sustainability (efs)
and song lyrics. Practice simple tunes to perform for participants
entering the opening session. You’re a star!
This full-day hands-on, interactive workshop introduces
participants to the concepts, principles, and practices of
$50 | Led by: Ira and Charlotte Erwin, Working Artist Studio; John
Education for Sustainability (EfS), drawing from important
Shortt; Joe Lombardi, Hendrix College
concepts in systems thinking, sustainable economics, and the
science of sustainability.
. Urban environments: Professional
$47 | Led by: Melinda Salazar, the Cloud Institute for Sustainability
development to engage Youth in experiential
Education
learning Using garden Mosaics
Presentation and hands-on demonstrations will acquaint
9. Celebrating Conservation: Planning special
participants with Garden Mosaics, an international and national
events and festivals for Conservation
award-winning program model and curricular resources. GM is
This hands-on workshop will provide field-tested tools for
used to engage youth in community garden and neighborhood
planning festival logistics and curriculum, explore a variety of
settings emphasizing science education and intergenerational
successful “model” celebrations, introduce national curriculum
cultural learning.
and planning resources, and facilitate an opportunity to network
$147 | Led by: Emily Gunter Gayton, Cornell University Cooperative
with celebration organizers from across the nation.
Extension-NYC
$100 | Led by: Aaron Morehouse, Catalina Island Conservancy
workshop schedule
strands FOr 2008
E arts, culture, and environmental education
E energy education
E best practices for advancing
E environmental Justice, environmental health,
environmental education
and climate change
E conservation education
E Food, agriculture, and environmental education
E early childhood environmental education
E religion, spirituality, & environmental education
10. learning with nature: environmental
13. Be the Best! What ee Resource
education ideas for early Childhood
Reviews Can do for You
**note half day 1:00 – :30**
Learn to use the Guidelines for Excellence to assess EE resources.
Discover engaging practical hands-on ideas that can be infused
Then choose an option: bring your resource and start an online
throughout all areas of the curriculum to support the nature-child
self-review (computers and guidance provided, submission fees
connection and help you effectively provide age-appropriate
waived), or train and join the national team of peer reviewers so
environmental education for preschool and early elementary age
you can provide valuable feedback to others.
children.
$50 | Led by: Lori Mann, NAAEE Resource Reviews Advisory
$57 | Led by: Susan Wirth, Arbor Day Foundation, and Julie Rose,
Council
Dimensions Educational Research Foundation
1. no Child left inside – is Your state Ready?
11. a Walk-about in Wichita
A major component of No Child Left Inside (NCLI) involves
Explore the linkages between climate change, environmental
the development of state environmental literacy plans. Learn
health, and environmental justice through an experience that
how your state can prepare for NCLI and how you can use the
integrates theory, reflection, and application in an urban blight
National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education
tour of Wichita, Kansas, with local health, education, and
standards as a foundation for your state’s environmental literacy
organizing groups.
plan.
$30 | Led by: David Ruble, Virginia DEQ
$50 | Led by: Bora Simmons, National Project for Excellence in
Environmental Education, and Anita Kraemer, eeEvaluations
12. Corporate lands for learning (Cll): Business
and industry Partners for effective site-Based
1. affiliates’ Workshop
education Programs
This workshop is for leaders of state, provincial, and regional
EE associations. The focus will be on capacity building. We will
Explore opportunities that allow students to apply classroom
consider Affiliates’ strategic plans, development plans, and other
concepts to the real world and our place in the ecosystem. The
types of plans to build stronger organizations and a stronger
Wildlife Habitat Council’s member corporations with highly
Affiliate Network.
successful CLL programs will explain how and why they support
these initiatives. Take a field trip to Occidental Petroleum/Glen
$50 | Led by: Stephanie Lefevre and Jonathan Mueller, Nevada
Spring’s Holdings’ Prairie Wetlands Conservation Area. Please
Natural Resource Education Council
wear appropriate walking shoes and dress for inclement weather.
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$71 | Led by: Fred Delisle, BASF; Donald Fay, Essex County School
1. environmental Magic: tricks for improving the
District; John Hambrose, Alliance Landfill; Tracy Bryant, CEMEX;
environment...just like MagiC!
Greg Davies, Occidental Chemicals; Thelma Redick, Wildlife
Habitat Council; and Debbie Figueras-Cano, Waste Management
In 1994, two professional magicians created the Environmental
Magic Kit, winning EPA recognition for enhancing awareness
of air quality, water quality, and waste management. It’s “Magic
with a Message” and you can learn it!
$12 | Led by: Kent Cummins, Magic Hotline, and Chris Walden,
Walden Magic Productions
1. sPeCial tHURsdaY WoRksHoP 8:30 aM – 11:30 aM and 1:30 PM – :30 PM
nCate/naaee teacher Preparation standards training
Critical information university teacher preparation programs need to meet the national EE standards adopted by
NCATE/NAAEE. Session will include in-depth review of the new standards, strategies for incorporating them into
curriculum, sample assessments, hands-on activities, and exemplary models.
Led by: NAAEE Pre-Service Advisory Council members and Robin Marion of NCATE
$75 (includes coffee and snacks) in addition to one-day Thursday registration or full conference registration
(either of which includes lunch)
which field experience will you choose?
Tuesday, October 14
Tuesday, October 14
a. ee for the Urban audience
C. greensburg greentown
9 am – :30 pm | $
8 am – pm | $90
See how three very different facilities present
Pay a visit to Greensburg, Kansas, the town
environmental education to residents of the
that was 95% destroyed by a “super” tornado on
Wichita metropolitan area (ca. 1/2 million
May 4, 2007. This resilient community used the
people) as well as visitors from out of town. Staff
crisis as an opportunity to do what has seldom
at each site will answer questions about general
been done before in this country: rebuild a town
operations and educational programming. At the
essentially from scratch. You will be touring
Great Plains Nature Center, hike the paved trail
LEED certified or LEED equivalent buildings,
system outside, explore the museum displays
some exemplary residences, and any significant
inside, and meet a special feathered guest. At
project that is ready for guests. Town leaders
the Wichita Area Treatment, Education, and
will be available for Q and A. The town plans to
Remediation (WATER) Center, see how Wichita
be an eco-tourism destination with “education
turned a Superfund site into a public asset with
stations” that tell the story of the buildings and
a fountain-filled plaza, an 11,000-gallon outdoor
their green features. The town itself will be a
aquarium, and interpretive displays. At Botanica-
“living science museum.” Led by Daniel Wallach,
-The Wichita Gardens, stroll through 25 themed
Director, GreensburgGreenTown. Buy your lunch
gardens with 20 sculptures and numerous water
at a local restaurant.
features. Led by Jim Mason, Great Plains Nature
Center.
d. kansas’ Wetlands of
international importance
B. sustainable agriculture
:30 am – : pm | $
at the land institute
Two Central Kansas wetlands are designated
:30 am – pm | $0
as Wetlands of International Importance to
The Land Institute is a leader in sustainable
migrating birds of the Central flyway. Our visit
agriculture. Located near the city of Salina, the
coincides with the peak of migration, ensuring
Institute develops perennial grains (crops that
ample opportunities to see waterfowl, pelicans,
can be raised and harvested without chemicals or
and cranes (perhaps even the endangered
repeated cultivation of the land). The Institute’s
Whooping Crane), as well as year round wildlife
founder, Wes Jackson, has been recognized as
residents. Staff from each facility will join us to
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one of Smithsonian Magazine’s “35-Who Made
share information about fauna, flora, area history,
a Difference.” See the Land Institute’s fields and
and management practices as we trek through
research facilities, and experience the Swedish
these wildlife-rich wetlands. Led by Cindy Terry,
heritage of Lindsborg. Led by Rex Buchanan,
US Fish & Wildlife, and Karl Grover, Cheyenne
Kansas Geological Survey. Buy your lunch in
Bottoms.
Lindsborg.
Cheyenne Bottoms
Kansas Underground Salt Museum
Lions at the Sedgwick County Zoo
which field experience will you choose?
Tuesday, October 14
Sunday, October 19
e. experience Hutchinson!
H. kansas Wetland Birding at its Best
8 am – pm | $93
:30 am – :30 pm | $
Pecan cinnamon rolls are featured at a bakery
Our visit to Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
in an Amish town that is the first stop. Other
and Cheyenne Bottoms coincides with the
experiences of the day will include tours of two
peak of waterfowl migration. We’ll have ample
of the “8 Wonders of Kansas” — the Kansas
opportunities to see waterfowl, pelicans, and
Cosmosphere & Space Center (one of the most
cranes, and other year round wildlife residents.
significant collections of U.S. and Russian
These marshes are also a traditional migration
artifacts in the world), including the IMAX movie
stopover for the endangered Whooping Crane.
“Grand Canyon” and the Kansas Underground
We’ll travel through the refuge to the Big Salt
Salt Museum (only underground salt museum
Marsh, a favorite wildlife viewing location. We
in Western hemisphere). Led by Marci Penner,
will complete the tour of Quivira by noon, then
Kansas Sampler.
travel to Cheyenne Bottoms and bird the state-
owned dike roads and the Nature Conservancy
f. Ponder the Prairie
property. Led by Mike Rader, KDWP and Bob
:1 am – pm | $80
Gress, Great Plains Nature Center.
The tallgrass prairie is one of the most
i. Ponder the Prairie
endangered habitats on the planet, but you will
have the chance to be immersed in one of the
:1 am – pm | $80
last strongholds of native tallgrass prairie at the
See description under Field Experience F.
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. A 6.4-mile
ranger-led bus tour and a tour of the historic
J. Wild times at the sedgwick County Zoo
ranch house on the grounds await you to help
8:30 am – pm | $0
bring alive the unexpected beauty of the prairie.
Led by Kara King, Sedgwick County Zoo.
See description under Field Experience G.
g. Wild times at the sedgwick County Zoo
8:30 am – pm | $0
Go behind the scenes at Sedgwick County Zoo
to see what it takes to prepare food for over
2,000 animals a day, where medical mysteries are
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Field experiences include lunch and
solved, and challenges to keep the Zoo running
smoothly! Of course, you also will see the real
transportation from and return to the Century II
stars of the Zoo — the animals — and maybe even
Convention Center, unless otherwise noted. More
a chance to see an animal artist in action! Led
details of each field experience are available at
by Chaille Hay, Education Specialist with the
www.naaee.org/conference/field-trips.
Sedgwick County Zoo.
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Giraffe at the Sedgwick County Zoo
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3 hotel at Old town
830 East First | Wichita KS 67202 | 1-316-267-4800 | 1-877-265-3869 | www.hotelatoldtown.com/
Room Rates: $117.00 queen studio suite
$137.00 double queen studio suite
ReseRvatIon DeaDlIne: September 24, 2008
ReseRve youR Room by callIng 1-877-265-3869 (mention NAAEE) or online at
https://reservations.ihotelier.com/crs/g_reservation.cfm?groupID=94516&hotelID=12558
4 courtyard Wichita at Old town
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820 East 2nd Street North | Wichita KS 67202 | 1-316-264-5300 |
www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/ictdt-courtyard-wichita-at-old-town/
Room Rates: $137.00 double queen/king
ReseRvatIon DeaDlIne: September 15, 2008
ReseRve youR Room by callIng 1-800-321-2211 (mention NAAEE). To reserve a room online, please use the
following links.
For a double queen room, use http://marriott.com/ictdt?groupCode=naanaab&app=resvlink
For a king room, use http://marriott.com/ictdt?groupCode=naanaaa&app=resvlink
discount airline information
ground transportation information
Wichita Airport (ICT) is about 15 minutes from
The Wichita Airport is ~20 minutes from the Hyatt
downtown. NAAEE is continuing its relationship with
and Broadview Hotels. The Old Town hotels are just
Northwest Airlines in 2008 and has set up discounts
another 2 or 3 minutes away. You won’t need to rent
for attendees flying into ICT. The discounts vary
a car — each of the hotels provides complimentary
according to the fare you purchase. When booking at
shuttle service. NAAEE has arranged for a circulating
Northwest online (www.nwa.com) or through their toll-
shuttle from each of the hotels to the Century II
free number (800-328-1111), use the World File/Ticket
Convention Center (Wednesday - Saturday of the
Designator of NMDZP to get our discount.
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includes: afternoon locally harvested dessert buffet, and transportation to Exploration Place for Stapp
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$158
$198
Student/Retired
$108
$148
Saturday
includes: awards luncheon, keynotes, panels, symposia, and sessions
EE Professional
$158
$198
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$108
$148
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(this rate is only offered Saturday)
$60
$100
research sympOsium reGistratiOn cOsts
includes: Tuesday evening reception at Broadview Hotel and Tuesday and Wednesday keynotes, panels,
and sessions at Broadview Hotel, AM coffee and afternoon break both days, and lunch on Tuesday
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you will participate in all of the 2008
experiences, workshops, and the Research
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NAAEE Annual Conference activities at
Symposium are nonrefundable. You will
your own risk. Accordingly, you agree
be charged a $75.00 administrative fee for
to hold the NAAEE Board, its staff,
registration name changes.
contractors, and agents harmless against
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all injury that you might suffer at any time
You will be charged a $100.00
during this conference.
administrative fee on written refund
requests postmarked or emailed by
PHotogRaPHY/Video agReeMent: In
September 10, 2008. Refunds will be
submitting your conference registration
processed following the conference.
and attending the 2008 NAAEE Conference
DO NOT EXPECT TO RECEIVE YOUR
in Wichita, Kansas, you understand
REFUND BEFORE JANURY 15, 2009.
photographs and video may be taken
during the conference in which you may
In most cases, no refunds will be given
be included, and you agree and understand
after September 10, 2008. However, NAAEE
that these images may be used by NAAEE
recognizes that “life happens” and in rare
for promotional purposes in print, video,
cases we will issue refunds for extenuating
and on the World Wide Web.
circumstances. We must receive these types
of requests in writing by December 1, 2008
ada CoMPlianCe: All facilities used in
(receipt date, not postmark date).
Wichita are ADA compliant.
a $1.00 administrative fee will be applied to all mailed or faxed registrations. naaee strongly encourages you to register online
http://www.naaee.org/conference/registration. Purchase orders and check payments may be processed using the online system.
NAME (AS YOU WANT IT TO APPEAR ON YOUR NAME TAG)
ORGANIZATION (AS YOU WANT IT TO APPEAR ON YOUR NAME TAG)
MAILING ADDRESS
CITY
STATE/PROVINCE
ZIP/POSTAL CODE
COUNTRY
DAYTIME PHONE
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q K-12 Teacher (this category is only available for one-
sPeCial eVent tiCket sales: Use this section to
day registrations on Saturday; NAAEE has created a
purchase tickets for extra guests you are bringing or
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special one-day rate for K-12 teachers)
events not included in your registration fee.
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registration)
$_____ =_____ @ $15
q I am a certified Environmental Educator in UT or KY
or TX or NC or MO
Who is attending? First and last name please:
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q I am a presenter/speaker
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q I am an author and wish to participate in the Authors’
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Corner on Friday, October 17, from noon until 2 pm
thursday night exhibit hall opening, dinner included
(this event comes with full conference registration and
q I prefer lacto-ovo vegetarian food
Thursday day rate)
q I prefer vegan food
$_____= _____ @ $45
q I have special dietary needs. Please contact me.
Who is attending? First and last name please:
q I require Special Services. Please contact me.
________________________________________
$_____ fUll ConfeRenCe RegistRation
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(please refer to page 13 for the rates)
Friday night auction, includes dinner and
transportation to Exploration Place (this event comes
Please RSVP for the following events. They are included
with full conference registration and Friday day rate)
in the cost of your full conference registration, but
$_____ =_____ @ $65
an RSVP is required so we may plan accordingly for
Who is attending? First and last name please:
transportation, event space, and food:
________________________________________
q I will be at the Wednesday evening keynote and
performance
saturday awards luncheon (this event comes with full
q I will attend the Thursday lunch
conference registration and Saturday day rate)
q I will attend the Thursday evening exhibit hall opening
$_____ =_____ @ $45
q I will attend the Friday Authors’ Corner
Who is attending? First and last name please:
q I will attend the Friday night auction and dinner at
________________________________________
Exploration Place
q I will attend the Saturday awards lunch
$_____ tOtal special event ticKet sales
daY Rate RegistRation(s)
saturday closing networking event (nOt included
(please refer to page 13 for the rates)
in any of the registrations. Everyone who attends
must purchase a ticket.)
$_____ Thursday Conference Registration
$_____ =____ @ $25
$_____ Friday Conference Registration
Who is attending? First and last name please:
$_____ Saturday Conference Registration
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WoRksHoP RegistRation
sCHolaRsHiP ContRiBUtions
Which Workshop are you attending?
$_____Diversity Scholarship Fund
_____ Enter Wednesday Workshop Number Here
$_____Stapp College Student Scholarship Fund
_____ Enter Thursday Workshop Number Here, if
$_____K-12 Teacher Scholarship Fund
attending
$_____Affordability Scholarship Fund
$____ Enter Workshop Cost Here
$5.00 of every registration is helping to give a $1,000
scholarship to students studying EE at a college or
field eXPeRienCes
university in Kansas.
Which Field Experience(s) are you choosing?
_____ _____Enter Field Experience Letter(s) Here
total for all of the above:
$____ Enter Total Field Experience Cost(s) Here
$___________ Conference Registration (combine day
rates into one amount)
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Reducing our fossil fuel impact
$___________ Special Event Tickets
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$___________ Research Symposium Registration
of waste. PLEASE bring your own coffee mug and
$___________ Wednesday Workshop Fee
water bottle to Wichita. If you don’t have one, visit our
$___________ Thursday Workshop Fee
online store after June 1 to pre-order one and we’ll have
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it waiting for you at the conference. Let’s reduce the
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let us know and we won’t order one for you.
$___________ Share Fair
Need a tote bag? q yes q no
$___________ Scholarship Contributions
$15.00_______ Paper Registration Administrative Fee
emission offsets
$___________ On-Site Registration Fee ($50.00;
applied after October 1)
This year $5.00 of every conference registration is
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going to offset carbon emissions produced by the
$___________ total
convention center during our stay there. To offset
the additional carbon emissions generated by your
travel to Wichita, we recommend the following:
PaYMent infoRMation
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driving (Round trip)
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456 – 910 miles = $10
911 – 1356 miles = $15
CARD NUMBER
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1356 – 1820 miles = $20
Other (Purchase 1/4 tag for every 455 miles driven)
NAME ON CARD
SIGNATURE
Number of 1/4 tags ____ x $5 = $_____
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BILLING ADDRESS IF DIFFERENT FROM YOUR MAILING ADDRESS.
flying (Round trip)
1 – 552 miles = $10
553 – 828 miles = $15
828 – 1103 miles = $20
Mail CHeCk and RegistRation foRM to:
1104 – 1380 miles = $25
NAAEE
1381 – 1656 miles = $30
2000 P Street NW Suite 540
Other (Purchase 1/4 tag for every 276 miles flown)
Washington DC 20036
Number of 1/4 tags ____ x $5 = $_____
faX RegistRation foRMs to:
202-419-0415
$____ additional carbon offset donation
(mailed and faxed registrations will
incur a $15.00 administrative fee)
sHaRe faiR (Saturday, October 18, 7:30 am – 9:15 am)
The Share Fair is available to nonprofits and school
groups ONLY. The $50.00 fee includes a six-foot table
with no covering.
$____ Share Fair Fee
naaee strongly encourages you to use
Name of Organization Participating: ________________
the online registration system available at
_______________________________________________
www.naaee.org/conference/registration
_______________________________________________
preliminary conference schedule
Tuesday, October 14
8 am – 5 pm
NAAEE Board Meeting
9 am – 5 pm
Research Symposium at Broadview Hotel
5 pm – 6:30 pm
Registration office open Room 201A/B Century II Convention Center
Various times:
Field Experiences all day
Wednesday, October 15
7 am – 6 pm
Registration office open Room 201A/B
8 am – 5 pm
NAAEE Board Meeting
8 am – 5 pm
Workshops
9 am – 5 pm
Research Symposium at Broadview Hotel
5:30 pm– 7 pm
Various Receptions
7 pm – 9 pm
Opening Plenary (Governor Sebelius invited to speak; Josh White, Jr. performing)
Thursday, October 16
7 am – 11:30 am
Registration office open Room 201A/B
7 am – 8:15 am
CCC breakfast
8:30 am – 11:30 am
Concurrent sessions
11:45 am – 1:15 pm
Plenary Lunch Panel: Creating Equitable Climate Change Solutions
through Artistic Expressions
1:30 pm – 5 pm
Registration office open Room 201A/B
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Concurrent sessions
4:45 pm – 6:15 pm
Plenary Session (USFS Chief Gail Kimbell Keynote)
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Exhibit Hall Opening Celebration
Friday, October 17
7 am – 11:30 am
Registration office open Room 201A/B
7 am – 8 am
CCC Meetings
8:30 am – 11:45 am
Concurrent sessions
9 am – 3 pm
Exhibit Hall open
Noon – 2 pm
Authors’ Corner and local dessert
1:30 pm – 5 pm
Registration office open Room 201A/B
1:45 pm – 4:30 pm
Concurrent sessions
4:45 pm – 6 pm
Plenary Session (Simran Sethi Keynote)
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7 pm – 10 pm
Stapp Scholarship Auction at Exploration Place
Saturday, October 18
7 am – 11 am
Registration office open Room 201A/B
7:30 am – 9:30 am
Share Fair
7:30 am – 8:30 am
CCC Meetings
8:45 am – 9:15 am
NAAEE Business Meeting
9:30 am – 11:15 am
Concurrent sessions
11:30 am – 1:30 pm Awards Luncheon (Jerome Ringo Keynote)
1:45 pm – 3:30 pm
Concurrent sessions
2:30 pm – 5 pm
Registration office open Room 201A/B
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
CCC Meetings
7:30 pm
Networking Event
Sunday, October 19
Various times:
Field Experiences
(schedule is subject to change)
naaee & wIchIta
Partners in Sustainability
NO CARPET IN THE EXHIBIT HALL, NO STRAWBERRIES FLOWN IN FROM FAR AWAY,
everyone with their own coffee mug and water bottle in hand — those are some of the things
that NAAEE envisions for its sustainable conference.
Our sustainable menu is growing now — seeds are in the ground, and menus are being planned. NAAEE’s
figurative hat is off to the Hyatt and their ‘let’s go for it’ attitude to ensure locally grown products are served
during our conference. In October of 2007, NAAEE staff brought the Kansas Grown Farmers’ Market folks to
meet the Hyatt chefs, and they have been forging a great partnership!
At present, the City of Wichita does not have a recycling program in place, but again our hats are off to the city
leaders as they try to get a system in place before we arrive this Autumn.
NAAEE will once again give $5.00 of every full conference registration to offset the carbon emissions
we generate at the convention center. Carbon offsets will be purchased through Zephyr Energy, which is
the Midwestern program of the 501 (c)3 Bonneville Environmental Foundation. Zephyr creates a mix of
hydroelectric power from Bowersock Mills and Power Co. in Lawrence, Kansas, and wind power sourced from
across the West. The Bowersock hydroelectric project is certified as a low-impact energy resource by
the Low Impact Hydropower Institute (LIHI) and as a newly repowered facility by the Center for
Resource Solutions. Revenues generated from BEF’s sales of Green Tags directly
support additional new watershed restoration and renewable energy
projects such as the national Solar4RSchools program. If
you want to offset the emissions you generated
getting to Wichita, be sure to add it to your
registration items.
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Calling all commissions…
We have set aside dedicated hours for you — contact
the NAAEE office at 540-364-0065 to let us know
which time you have selected for your meeting.
7 am – 8 am Friday, Oct. 17
7:30 am – 8:30 am Saturday, Oct. 18
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Saturday, Oct. 18
Thank You 2008 Local Host
Thank you to our sponsors, without whom this conference would not be possible
$15K
$10K
$5K
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thanKs tO everyOne WhO cOmpleted the 2007 cOnFerence survey
Your suggestions helped shape 2008. This is YOUR conference — let us know what
you’d like to see and do. Mark your calendars for NAAEE’s 38th Annual Conference
in Portland, Oregon, on October 7 – 10, 2009! Planning committees are forming, so
please contact Bridget Chisholm at (540) 364-0065 if you want to volunteer.
2000 P Street, NW
Suite 540
Washington, DC 20036
NAAEE’s 37th Annual Conference
OctOber 15–18, 2008 | Wichita, Kansas
Early Bird Registration ends auGust 15, 2008
Register on or before August 15 to
receive the Early Bird Rate.
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recycled fiber, processed
PHOTO CREDITS:
chlorine free, designated
Greater Wichita Convention & Visitors Bureau provided photos on the cover; page 2, Flint Hills;
page 4, sunflower field; page 7, buffalo; page 11, Tallgrass prairie and giraffe; page 12, Wichita
ancient forest friendly™ and
Convention Center (photo by Darren Decker); page 14, hikers
manufactured with electricity
OTHER PHOTO CREDITS:
that is offset with green-e®
page 3 Governor Sebelius, Kansas Office of the Governor; Gail Kimbell, US Forest Service; Simran
certified renewable energy
Sethi, Creative Well, Inc; Josh White, Douglas Yeager Productions, Inc.
page 4 Josh White, Douglas Yeager Productions, Inc.; Marcia Allen Owens, Spillman Photography
certificates.
page 10 Kansas Underground Salt Museum, Kansas Sampler Foundation; lions, Sedgwick County Zoo
www.newleafpaper.com
page 11 Kansas Cosmosphere, Kansas Sampler Foundation
designed by Cutting edge
page 18 Sunflowers at Farmer’s Market and Tasting Event, Hyatt Regency Wichita; Bowersock dam,
Mike Rodriguez
design, powered by wind energy
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