[PAEE] FW: environment-focused schools conference

[Melissa Reynolds]

FYI

 

Melissa Reynolds

Educational Programs Coordinator

 

Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education (PCEE)

164 S. Main Street

Slippery Rock, PA  16057

Ph: 724-738-9020

Fx: 724-738-9018

www.pcee.org

 

 

From: Senn Brown [mailto:sennb at charter.net] 
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 4:40 AM
To: melissa.reynolds at pcee.org
Subject: environment-focused schools 

 

Hello Melissa   --   Please forward the invitation (below) to people in
Pennsylvania who are involved with and/or interested in public charter
schools with environment-focused educational programs and practices.
Thanks.    Senn

 



 

You're invited to attend the first national GREEN CHARTER SCHOOLS CONFERENCE
on November 7-9, 2008 in Madison, Wisconsin.

 

The conference is presented by the Green Charter Schools Network -
www.greencharterschools.org <http://www.greencharterschools.org/>  ,
UW-Madison's Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies -
http://www.nelson.wisc.edu <http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/> 

 , and many partnering educational and environmental organizations.  

 

Nelson Institute logo, small                

 

SEE CONFERENCE PROGRAM & ONLINE REGISTRATION HERE  --
http://www.ies.wisc.edu/outreach/green_charter/index.htm

 

Conference Keynoters

 

William

William Cronon is UW-Madison Professor of History, Geography & Environmental
Studies.  His research seeks to understand the history of human interactions
with the natural world and how we depend on the ecosystems around us to
sustain our material lives, He is the author of several books, including
Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature and Nature's
Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West.

 

Morgran

Morgan Brown  ---  Assistant Commissioner Morgan Brown oversees charter
school programs, special education policy, food and nutrition services,
adult basic education, and American Indian education programs at the
Minnesota Department of Education (MDE).  Previously, he served as the
Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Office of Innovation & Improvement at the
U.S. Department of Education.

 

Pre-Conference Options include facilitated discussions at:

International Crane Foundation  --  http://www.savingcranes.org
<http://www.savingcranes.org/> 

Aldo Leopold Legacy Center  --  http://www.aldoleopold.org/legacycenter

Advanced Academic Co-Lab  --  http://www.academiccolab.org
<http://www.academiccolab.org/>   

 

EarlyBird Registration -  Register by October 15 for BOTH the Pre-Conference
& Conference at the EarlyBird special rate ($115).  

 



 

Conference Contact:                                  

Senn Brown, Executive Director *

Green Charter Schools Network

Tel:  608-238-7491   Email:  senn at greencharterschools.org

Web:  www.greencharterschools.org <http://www.greencharterschools.org/>    

* Founding Executive Secretary (2000 - 2007), Wisconsin Charter Schools
Association

 

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