Sustainability in the Garden State:
Local Projects as Learning Opportunities
Auditorium, Meadowlands Environment Center
(2 DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst NJ 07071)
July 12 - 16, 2004, 9 AM - 4 PM
FREE admission
FREE breakfast and lunch
FREE lodging for presenters, technical experts and faculty that live far away
Sponsored by Middlesex County College and the New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability
(Click here for Registration Form.)
A new New Jersey higher education curriculum project, funded by the National Science Foundation, is underway, and will soon produce sustainability-infused course modules. Through engaging WebQuest curricula, students will learn about real-life sustainability scenarios and will play the roles of real-life actors participating in resolving each scenario's issues. The first 4 modules will focus on green energy, the Hackensack-Meadowlands Commission, the Highlands Protection Act, and sustainable development in Highland Park.
Sustainability in the Garden State is being offered to educate the general public, to help New Jersey educators touch base with local sustainability issues and sustainability education methodologies, and to inform the project's technical experts and faculty curriculum writers about the issues to be explored in the modules.
AGENDA OUTLINE
July 12th, AM: Sustainability and Sustainability Education
- Tony Cortese, President of Second Nature (higher education and sustainability leader)
- Panel: Education for Sustainability in New Jersey Higher Education
July 12th, PM: Green Energy in New Jersey and New Jersey Higher Education
- Energy Panel and Presentations
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July 13th, AM: Watersheds in Public Policy and Higher Education
- State Senator Bob Smith, Highlands Protection Act
- Community Watershed Issues and Projects
- Panel: Watersheds in New Jersey Higher Education
July 13th, PM: Making Sustainability Relevant and Meaningful through WebQuests
- Dr. Angela Cristini, Professor of Biology and Director of the Master of Science in Educational Technology Program, Ramapo College
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July 14th (AM & PM): Sustainable Development in New Jersey
- Sustainable Development in Highland Park and other municipalities
- The New Jersey Sustainable State Institute: Helping New Jersey Develop on a Sustainable Path
- New Jersey State Government and Sustainability (including Martin Rosen, Chief of the Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Sustainable Communities and Innovative Technologies)
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July 15th and 16th: Research and Curriculum Development Days for technical experts and faculty curriculum writers producing the sustainability modules.
REGISTER by filling out the Registration Form below, or contact Andre Sharrief(973/596-5850, sharrief@njit.edu) with:
- The date/times you plan to attend;
- A request for on-site lodging;
- Your desire to be involved in the curriculum project as either a technical expert or a faculty curriculum writer (there are stipends available).
Registration Form
Please fill in the requested information. There is a "Reset" button at bottom to start over, and a "Submit" button to press when done.