March
8, 2008
8:30 am to 4:30pm
Southwestern University (map it)
(Open to all High School students or students ages 14 to 18.)
This one-day event is open to
all interested high school age students
and their chaperons. Developed by a team of Southwestern University
students, staff and faculty, the purpose of this summit is to further
environmental education and awareness as well as make
Southwestern’s resources more accessible to the larger
community.
This team has
drafted key Southwestern faculty and local leaders to develop an
environmental summit that would be targeted primarily to a high school
audience. The summit will feature sessions designed to approach
environmental education from a variety of disciplines (geology,
biology, anthropology, philosophy, etc) as well as offer opportunities
for students to network and learn about activism opportunities and
organizing techniques.
Go here for
desciptions.
Saturday, March 8
| 8:30 –
8:55 |
Welcome/ Registration
(Olin Lobby) |
| 9 –
9:50 |
First Session |
|
"The Environment: The
Problem of the 21st Century" Dr. E Loomis |
|
"How Sustainable is GDP?"
Dr. E Northrop |
|
"The Dirt on Community
Gardening: A look at sustainability and community participation" Sue
Mennicke & Suzanna Pukys |
| 10 –
10:50 |
Second Session |
|
"Thinking About Food:
Factory Farming and Global Warming" Dr. L Hobgood-Oster |
|
"How Sustainable is GDP?"
Dr. E Northrop |
|
"The Dirt on Community
Gardening: A look at sustainability and community participation" Sue
Mennicke & Suzanna Pukys |
| 11 –
12 |
Picnic Lunch on the
Campus Mall |
| 12 –
12:30 |
Campus Tours |
| 12:45
– 1:30 |
Keynote Speaker (Olin Rm#
110) |
| 1:30
– 2:15 |
Q&A with Keynote
(Olin Rm# 110) |
| 2:30
– 3:20 |
Final Session |
|
"Thinking About Food:
Factory Farming and Global Warming" Dr. L Hobgood-Oster |
|
"The Environmental
Movement: A Brief History" Dr. E Loomis |
|
"Overconsumption,
Environmental Crisis and YOU!" Dr. M Johnson |
| 3:30
– 4:30 |
Casual Farewell reception
(Olin Lobby) |
Registration Information
Registration is $8.00
and opens December 3, 2007. This fee covers all
events and includes lunch. Scholarships are available.
(contact copelana@southwestern.edu with inquiries) Download our
registration form in Microsoft
Word format (30KB).
Download our registration form in PDF form (40KB).
Please send completed
forms to:
Environmental Summit
Southwestern University
Attention: Ansa Copeland
P.O. Box 770
Georgetown, Texas 78627 |
or |
email:
copelana@southwestern.edu |
Parking
Information
For those unfamiliar with the Southwestern University campus, here
is a
campus map (1MB pdf). Event is located in Olin, #10 on this map.
Parking
for Saturday (link to a
jpeg campus map showing available
parking in red). Event is located in Olin, #8 on this map.
Parking will be
permitted at the
Physical Plant/Arts Studio, the Finch
Plaza parking lot, and along Southwestern Blvd. Guests may also park at
both Cullen Bldg and Fine Arts Center.
Questions
&
Comments
Please email Kimberly Giffin, student coordinator, at griffink@southwestern.edu
or
Ansa Copeland, staff coordinator, at copelana@southwestern.edu
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