The Center for Children's Literature and Culture at the University of Florida, the Howe Society, the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida with the Public Interest Environmental Conference (PIEC) and the National Association of Environmental Law Societies (NAELS) present:
Transforming Encounters III: Children and the Environment
Date: March 8-11, 2006
Location: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Wednesday, March 8, 2006 |
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Location: Phillips Center for Performing Arts
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| Doors Open at 7:00 PM | Keynote Speaker: Robert Kennedy, Jr. Free and Open to the Public |
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Thursday, March 9, 2006 |
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Location: Emerson Alumni Hall
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6:30-9:30 PM |
Reception Keynote Speaker: Richard Louv
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Friday, March 10, 2006 |
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Location: Grand Ballroom, Reitz Union
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| 8:30-10:00 |
Auditorium Morning Plenary: Introduction to the Tracks |
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| 10:00-10:30 |
Break |
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10:30-12:00 |
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder: A Conversation with Richard Louv Richard Louv and Robert Hutchison |
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| 12:00-1:30 |
Lunch (on your own) Paul Bunyan Mock Trial in the Auditorium |
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| 1:30-3:00 |
Earth, Wind, and Fire: Nature, Science, and Art Annie Whittaker Pais, Stewart J. Thomas, Mike Spranger |
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| 3:00-3:30 |
Break |
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| 3:30-5:00 |
Exhibiting Nature Kathy Lehnhardt, Donald Forgione, Nancy Feresten |
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Location: Savannah Grande
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| 7:00-10:00 |
PIEC Evening Banquet Keynote Speaker: Philippe Cousteau By Registration Only |
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Saturday, March 11, 2006 |
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Location: Grand Ballroom, Reitz Union |
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| 9:00-10:30 |
Auditorium Morning Plenary Persuasive Speaking Workshop/ Grassroots Success Stories |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
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| 11:00-12:30 |
Wild Things: Children's Culture and Ecocriticism Susan Jaye Dauer, Sid Dobrin, Michelle H. Martin, Kenneth B. Kidd |
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| 12:30-1:30 |
Lunch |
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Location: Auditorium |
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| 1:30-3:30 | Grand Finale
Carole Browner, Rena Steinzor, and John Cech |
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