Say Y.E.S. to Making a Difference in Your Community!
SU’s 3rd Annual
Youth Environmental Summit
Saturday, October 24 2009
1001 East University Avenue
Georgetown, Texas 78626
(http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl)
Now Available! Resources from the Summit!
Training Presentations
- Event Planning
- Framing and Messaging
- Working with the Media
- Starting a Group
- Organizational Analysis Worksheet
SEAK Projects and Resources
- Presentation on Composting and Recycling at SU
- Styrofoam Campaign Presentation
- Styrofoam Legislation for Student Congress
- Documentary on Power Shift 09
Environmental Resources
Films
- The Story of Stuff
- Fast Food Nation
- The Future of Food
- Fuel
- A Crude Awakening
Books
- Living Downstream: A Scientist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment - Sandra Steingraber
- Solartopia!: Our Green-Powered Earth, A.D. 2030 - Harvey Franklin Wasserman
- Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals - Michael Pollan
- Collapse: How Societies Chose to Fail or Succeed - Jared Diamond
- Biophilia - Edward O. Wilson
- A Sand County Almanac - Aldo Leopald
About the Youth Environmental Summit (Y.E.S.)
This one-day event is open to all high school aged students and chaperones. We hope participants will leave with a wide range of perspectives regarding environmental issues, which in turn can be used to affect change in your personal communities and schools. Participants will have the opportunity to meet and talk with passionate college and high school activists who are working to fight climate change in Central Texas! We invite you to join us in working towards a more educated and healthy world!
Schedule
The schedule is subject to change. More details about the speakers and the session topics will be available soon.
10:00 – 10:30 Welcome / Registration / Coffee & Snacks
10:30 – 11:15 Various Perspectives on Environmental Issues
11:30 – 12:15 Discussion on Campus Activism, led by SEAK
12:15 – 12:30 Letter Writing to Congress
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 Concurrent Skills Trainings *
2:45 – 3:45 Concurrent Skills Trainings *
4:00 – 4:30 Next Steps
4:30 – 5:00 Group Picture / Final Thoughts & Farewell
(All events will take place in the F.W. Olin Building.)
*Topics include: Campaign and Event Planning; Messaging, Framing and Working with the Media; Organizational Analysis; Starting a Group
Registration Information
Registration is FREE if you register by October 16!! After October 16, registration will be $5 per participant. All registered participants will receive access to all events during the day, a free lunch, and a free canvas bag.
Download registration form here and return by email to civicengagement@southwestern.edu, fax to 512/863-1535, or mail to Environmental Summit, Southwestern University, Attention: Paige Menking, SU Box 6880, Georgetown, TX 78626.
What to Bring
-- pen and paper for taking notes
-- registration form and/or fee, if applicable
-- a positive attitude
Parking Information
All events will be held in the F.W. Olin Building. Parking will be available in any “Faculty/Staff” parking lot or “Unrestricted” parking lot, including along Southwestern Boulevard. Parking is labeled at the following campus map.
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If you have any questions, please contact Kimberly Griffin at griffink@southwestern.edu, or Paige Menking at civicengagement@southwestern.edu or (512) 863-1215.