From: Karen Mendelow Nelson (karenm@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Mon Oct 14 2002 - 11:31:55 PDT
Message-Id: <l03130303b9d0be10842e@[192.174.3.212]> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 11:31:55 -0700 From: Karen Mendelow Nelson <karenm@exploratorium.edu> Subject: Student Env. Training Weekend, Nov 9 & 10, Marin Headlands, Scholarships Available
>Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 19:06:43 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Bay Area CREEC EE Network - sheilah fish <sheilahfish@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Student Env. Training Weekend, Nov 9 & 10, Marin Headlands,
>Scholarships Available
>To: Karen Mendelow <karenm@exploratorium.edu>
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>From: Bay Area CREEC EE Network - sheilah fish
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>This incredible weekend is a great way for your students to become
>inspired, learn alot and have a great time. Last year's training was a
>phenomenal success. Only $60 for room and board and scholarships are
>available.
>
>***STUDENT ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING WEEKEND AT MARIN
>HEADLANDS, NOV 9 & 10***
>
>The EarthTeam Youth Coalition and the National Sierra Student Coalition
>invite Bay Area teens to their second annual Student Environmental
>Leadership Training Weekend at the beautiful Marin Headlands
>Conference Center, Sat. Nov. 9, 8:30 am through Sun., Nov 10, 5 pm.
>This very successful weekend will have a variety of workshops
>including how to plan a campaign, how to work with the media,
>environmental issues, how to be more effective in meeting your goals,
>and much more. All of the workshops will be run by trained college
>students and will be highlighted by inspiring speakers, hikes, and
>Saturday night entertainment.
>
>The terrific guest speakers and guest workshop leaders are:
>
>ï The inspirational and accomplished Ocean Robbins will be returning.
>At 15, Ocean was co-founder of the Creating Our Future environmental
>speaking tour, where he spoke to 30,000 students, gave a presentation
>to2,000 at the United Nations and opened for the Jerry Garcia band.
>At 16, he founded and still directs Youth for Environmental Sanity
>(YES!)
>
>ï The title of Van Jonesí presentation is ìGreen Jobs ñ Not Packed
>Jailsî. This young, motivating attorney has won the Rockefeller
>Foundationís ëNext Generation Leadershipí Fellowship, Reebok Intíl
>Human Rights Award for activists in their 20ís, has appeared on CNN &
>NPR and much more. What an honor for the weekend.
>
>ï YUCA (Youth United for Community Action) ñ an East Palo Alto youth
>group- will lead a workshop on environmental justice.
>
>
>
>The weekend is $60 and includes room and board with a number of
>scholarships available. Space is limited. Deadline is November 4.
>For an application go to www.earthteam.net, click on Calendar and the
>application is in the Environmental Leadership Training Weekend
>section. For further information call (925) 274-3669 or
>1-888-JoinSSC, email info@earthteam.net or go to www.earthteam.net A
>downloadable flyer is on the EarthTeam website. This weekend will be
>terrific! Join us!
>
>Quotes from last year - ìMy students loved it and want to go
>again.î Geoff Chandler, Pinole Valley HS teacher and member of PVHSís
>Environmental Academy.
>ìThe TEAMS students had a great time and the activities taught them new
>ways to think about the environment.î Shy Bradford, Manager of
>Lawrence Hall of Sciences TEAMS Program.
>ìOcean Robbins is my new hero.î Student.
>ìI wish it had been longer. It was great.î Student.
>
>The EarthTeam Youth Coalition is the teen-run arm of EarthTeam, a free
>environmental education, action and resource network for teens,
>teachers and youth leaders. The Sierra Student Coalition is the
>college student-run arm of the Sierra Club based in Washington, DC.
>
>Along with the Sierra Club, EarthTeamís partners include UC
>Berkeleyís Environmental Sciences Teaching program, California Regional
>Environmental Education Consortium, Save the Bay and many others.
>
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Karen Mendelow Nelson
Program Manager and Science Educator
Exploratorium Teacher Institute
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
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