YOU ARE INVITED to create a diverse, intergenerational, multi-disciplinary, cross-sector exploration of the intersections of Civic Engagement, Leadership, Education, and Sustainability!

National Sustainability Education Week: Educating for Citizen-Leadership

Kick-Off:  Leaders of the Next Generation

Monday, November 9, 2009

1:30-3:30pm

Portland State University

Smith Memorial Student Union

MCC 228

Go Green:  Bring Your Own Mug!!!!

Be part of Portland State University’s kick-off for the inaugural year of National Sustainability Education Week: Educating for Citizen Leadership.

Hear President Wim Wiewel's welcome and perspectives on National Sustainability Education Week.

Learn about local, regional, national, and global models of Education for Sustainability and the Leaders of the Next Generation Program from Douglas Cohen, Chair of the National Youth Initiatives of US Partnership for Decade for Education for Sustainable Development.

Explore the context of Education within the Sustainability framework. 

Reflect upon your role as a Citizen-Leader for a Sustainable Future.

Co-Hosted by Students for Leadership in Ecology, Culture & Learning

and The US Partnership for Decade for Education for Sustainable Development