WORKSHOP: Education in a Changing Climate UNITY, MAINE

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Passionate about education and the environment?
Looking for pedagogies that address our relationship with the natural
world?

Education in a Changing Climate (July 27 - August 1, 2008) is an
exciting week-long workshop, co-sponsored by Unity College and Orion
Magazine. Focused on environmental education, the conference seeks to
teach new ways to communicate the pressing changes in the environment
through dynamic presentations, field-based learning experiences, and
engaging interactions with an exciting core-and-resident faculty
staff. The conference seeks to inspire, encourage exploration, and
help develop new ways to think about old problems.

Education for a Changing Climate features core faculty such as canopy
ecologist Nalini Nadkarni, writer/activist Janisse Ray, writer/
educator Lowell Monke, and Carey E. Stanton of the National Wildlife
Federation. Resident faculty include Mitch Thomashow, President of
Unity College; H. Emerson Blake, Executive Director of Orion; and
Kathryn Miles, Director of Environmental Writing at Unity.

Enrollment limited to 32. Application deadline is April 15, 2008.

For information and application, please visit:
http://www.unity.edu/Academic/Workshops/Orion/OrionWelcome.aspx