Diane and all: As per Diane's question below, the Maathai talk at the University of South Florida next thursday will be available live via webcast <www.netcast.usf.edu> at 7 pm Eastern time. It'll also be up for a few weeks after that.
If anyone knows of OS 'cafes' similar to what Diane mentions below that are in central or west coast Florida, let me know - I'll be here on delicious grand-baby duty, with considerable flexibility, and will return to Ithaca mid-April. thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: Diane Brandon <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:02:06 -0500 Subject: Re: Patricia: 1 p.m. in which time zone?! > Patricia, it was great to join the phone call yesterday (thanks for > getting the word out there, even at the last minute), and get a > person-to-person sense of the Education for Sustainable Development > work going on, and how OS is being used in that work. If our > conversation gets too ESD, and not enough OS, someone on the list > please let us know! > > I wonder if any of the Wangari Mathai meetings in Florida that were > mentioned yesterday will be taped, and whether we could listen to a > clip of that - or have her live on the call - for some inspiration? I > think she is often in the US. > > I am too new to the ESD conversations at the national level to have > ideas for national speakers. But a little group of us are going to > start have cafe conversations about ESD, with our first gathering in > Portsmouth NH on March 25th at 11am, cafe yet to be selected. And there > will be an OS on Teaching Peace, with Steve Cochran (Director of the > Partnership for ESD, if I have that right) facilitating, on April 1 in > Durham NH at the public high school, open to all. (I'm sure that the > connections between sustainable development and peace will be in the > fore that day!) I will bring with me, that day, this new video: Growing > Together: Consensus Building, Smart Growth, and Community Change > http://efc.muskie.usm.maine.edu/ > > Hearing your intro on the call, I thought "we'll have to talk!" -- Like > you, my work is with adults and community. One of my closest work > partners is our U. Maine Extension agent, who also talks about the > Danish Folk Schools. (And he's an OS user, sometimes facilitator, with > Extension.) My graduate degree was in parent education and support. And > I just turned 60 last fall, and have three young grandkids, so we even > share life stage! (For those not on the call, Patricia's grandkids were > in the background during the call.) I wish you could come to the OS > event April 1 in NH -- any chance? > > Diane Brandon > Eliot, Maine > www.keysregion.org > > > On Mar 17, 2006, at 7:34 AM, Patricia Haines wrote: > > > so sorry! several folks alerted me to how I'd left that out - I > > apologize for my east > > coast-centeredness! > > > > The next Partnership Phone Forum will be Thursday, April 20th, 1 pm > > Eastern Time. Same phone number > > and pass code. > > > > We will be starting a series of visitors in April, key voices from the > > national sustainability arena > > who will say a few words and then field questions. If any of you have > > thoughts on folks you'd like > > to hear from in future months, let me know. > > > > Patricia > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Tree Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:21:07 -0800 > > Subject: Patricia: 1 p.m. in which time zone?! > > > >> On 3/16/06, Patricia Haines <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> At the recent 1st anniversary convocation, members of the US > >>> Partnership > >>> agreed to explore > >>> possibilities for creating some kind of Open Space training as a > >>> tool for > >>> sustainability education. > >>> Since this is part of the global UN Decade initiative, and you all > >>> are > >>> leaders among practitioners, > >>> I'm hoping that you'll considering joining us for this afternoons > >>> phone > >>> forum (free - see below) and > >>> sharing your thoughts. - Patricia > >>> > >>> INVITATION TO MONTHLY US PARTNERSHIP PHONE FORUM > >>> Thanks for passing this along: > >>> > >>> Want to learn what others across the country are doing to further > >>> education for sustainable > >>> development? want to add your ideas to the growing conversation? > >>> share > >>> what you're up to? > >>> findcollaborators? > >>> > >>> Please join us this afternoon at 1 pm for the US Partnership's > >>> monthly > >>> phone forum - free (thanks > >>> tothe US Dept of Agriculture - your tax dollars at work!) and open to > >>> everyone. > >>> Call in 866-918-5492 - passcode of 479945. > >>> > >>> These calls last 1-2 hours generally, and you're welcome to come and > >>> go as > >>> your schedule allows. > >>> Members of the Partnership leadership team will fill us in on what's > >>> going > >>> on in k-12, higher > >>> education, interfaith initiatives,and community-level action - and > >>> on the > >>> 1st anniversary > >>> Convocation that took place in Raleigh, NC earlier this month. > >>> > >>> Everyone is invited to share what they're up to - and we're looking > >>> for > >>> suggestions for monthly > >>> special visitors - key voices from across the country and all > >>> aspects of > >>> "sustainability" - that > >>> you'd like to hear from in the future. > >>> > >>> If the Partnership is new to you, check <uspartnership.org>. > >>> > >>> This is the US response to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable > >>> Development, launched March > >>> 2005. It is unique on the global scene - a totally voluntary and > >>> fast-growing network of partners > >>> ranging from middle school youth to Ford Motor Company, from > >>> colleges and > >>> universities to grassroots > >>> organizations, the White House Environmental Executive, the American > >>> Planning Association, and many > >>> more. > >>> > >>> Serving as a "switchboard" for sharing information and fostering > >>> collaborations that strengthen our > >>> individual effectiveness through collective commitment, the > >>> Partnership's > >>> mission is to leverage the > >>> UN Decade as impetus for integrating the values and knowledge > >>> essential > >>> for creating a sustainable > >>> world into formal and non-formal education. > >>> > >>> You'll see on the website that the Partnership is loosely structured > >>> into > >>> interest communities, > >>> 'sectors', for k-12, higher education, business, faith, living > >>> institutions (zoos, nature centers, > >>> aquariums etc), and adult/community learning. Cross-sector action > >>> teams > >>> weave youth, the arts (just > >>> emerging), funding, and marketing the vision of sustainability > >>> throughout. > >>> > >>> The Partnership Phone Forum takes place on the 3rd thursday of every > >>> month, 1-3 pm. If you can't > >>> join us this month, mark your calendar for April! > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> "Never doubt that a group of committed citizens can change the world > >>> - > >>> indeed, it's the only thing > >>> that can." - Margaret Mead > >>> > >>> -- > >>> This email was brought to you by Kaxy Mail > >>> http://www.kaxy.com/free_email_account.htm > >>> > >>> * > >>> * > >>> ========================================================== > >>> [email protected] > >>> ------------------------------ > >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > >>> view the archives of [email protected]: > >>> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > >>> > >>> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > >>> http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Warmly, > >> Tree Fitzpatrick > >> Hearthkeeper > >> > >> * > >> * > >> ========================================================== > >> [email protected] > >> ------------------------------ > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > >> view the archives of [email protected]: > >> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > >> > >> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > >> http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > > > "Never doubt that a group of committed citizens can change the world - > > indeed, it's the only thing > > that can." - Margaret Mead > > > > -- > > This email was brought to you by Kaxy Mail > > http://www.kaxy.com/free_email_account.htm > > > > * > > * > > ========================================================== > > [email protected] > > ------------------------------ > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > > view the archives of [email protected]: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist "Never doubt that a group of committed citizens can change the world - indeed, it's the only thing that can." - Margaret Mead -- This email was brought to you by Kaxy Mail http://www.kaxy.com/free_email_account.htm * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
