Meetings and Events
SWEEP holds twice-yearly meetings for members, which are a great way to network with other environmental educators,
learn what's happening in EE in Vermont and beyond, build
partnerships with EE organizations across the state.
Calendar
SWEEP 2012 Spring
Gathering
April 30, 2012 from 3:30 -6:30
p.m.
at VINS in Quechee, VT
(come early to tour the Center)
Agenda and
details coming soon
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SEE what you
missed:
October
4, 2011
"EDUCATION FOR
SUSTAINABILITY
-- LIVE AND UNPLUGGED!"
Tuesday,
October 4th from 3:30 -6:30
at the Sustainability Academy at
Lawrence Barnes in Burlington, Vermont.
Agenda:
Welcome to The
Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes, the nation's first K-5
magnet school with a sustainability focus!
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What is Education for
Sustainability?
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What
does it look like in a K-5 setting?
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Tour and Program Highlights
from SA teachers, community members, resource providers,
students
Discussion
circles
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What does
Education for Sustainability looks like in other schools and
settings? Share examples from your own programs.
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How can we be
a part of sustainability in our schools and communities?
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Is
sustainability a value? How can we present sustainability
perspectives on an issue in a non-biased way?
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How do you
sustain yourself as a practitioner to be able to hold both the
knowledge of the crises facing the planet and the hope for the
future?
Pulling
together -- key new thoughts from small groups
Some Exciting
Statewide Work!
Highlights and
Updates from the SWEEP Community
Send Off – Safe
Travels
The
Sustainability Academy is at 123 North Street, Burlington. Look for
street-side parking on either North Street, Rose Street, or North
Champlain Street (please not in the school lot as after-school
programming needs the space).
Carpooling is
encouraged! If you want to carpool, email
Lisa Purcell By Sept 30 so we can put together a carpool email list
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