New Roots Charter School hosts panel to discuss the imperative to go "Beyond Green" to prepare youth for a sustainable 21st century.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Sustainability Center 111 N. Albany St. Ithaca N.Y. A panel of educators and students will explore the “paradigm shift” in education our youth need to meet 21st century challenges. Responding to climate change, fossil fuel dependency, and economic trends requires curriculum that goes “beyond green” to develop students as community leaders and entrepreneurs who respond to emerging challenges and opportunities as systems thinkers that take both human and ecological needs and limits into account. The evening’s panelists are trustees, staff, and students who are founders of New Roots Charter School, Ithaca’s charter high school for education for sustainability and justice. Chartered by the State University of New York in 2009 to provide a “living laboratory” of education for sustainability at the secondary level, New Roots Charter School was inspired by the research-based State Education and Environment Roundtable’s Environment as Integrating Context for Education model. The New York Department of Environmental Conservation named New Roots Charter School the Top Green High School in 2011-2012, just two years after it opened. Panel participants include: - Dr. Jason Hamilton, Chairman of the New Roots Charter School Board of Trustees; Associate Professor & Chair, Environmental Studies & Science, Ithaca College - Dr. Peter Bardaglio, Vice Chair of the New Roots Board of Trustees; Senior Advisor, Second Nature; and Coordinator, Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative - Tina Nilsen-Hodges, Principal and Superintendent of New Roots Charter School - David Streib, Science Teacher & Education for Sustainability Program Coordinator - Rosemary Gloss & Ben Purdy, Current and Former New Roots Students Community members, educators and students interested in learning more about sustainability education are welcome to attend. The panel discussion will be hosted by Sustainability Center, a community inspired gallery and meeting place located in downtown Ithaca. http://newrootsschool.org/ _______________________________________________ FingerLakesPermaculture mailing list FingerLakesPermaculture@lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/fingerlakespermaculture Visit http://FLXpermaculture.Net to manage your subscription.
