Mar 27

Written by: Dave Bauer
3/27/2010 5:44 PM

March 2010 Environmental Youth Summit

The Environmental Youth Summit, scheduled for March 26- 27, 2010 will bring together ten regional high schools with teams of 5-8 students and their teacher advisors to investigate an environmental challenge they face in their school or community. The conference is being hosted at Rich’s Atrium in Buffalo. Dave Bauer, president of Sustainable Earth Solutions, Inc. (www.sustainableearthsolutions.org), is delivering the training during the two day conference. Among the sponsors is the International Center for Studies in Creativity (ICSC) at Buffalo State College, an active partner providing 10 graduate students to assist in the facilitation during the conference and post conference coaching. The intent of this conference is to use creative thinking and leadership skills that are applied to the plans of action that teams create while attending the conference. This unique conference brings together urban, suburban and rural students to collaborate during the design and implantation phases of the training. The primary outcome for each team attending is the commitment to carry out its designed plan of action that was developed during the Summit. After a period of 45 days of support and coaching from Bauer and the graduate students, each team submits a “45 Day Report” with measurable data to demonstrate the team is moving forward and is assessing its progress. After the reports are reviewed by Bauer and checked for sustainability, each school is awarded $200 of Seed money for costs involved in their projects. Increased funding from sponsors including the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo has made it possible for 10-12 schools to participate. For information on the Summit or questions contact: Dave Bauer dbauer102@yahoo.com. 

 

http://inlandz.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-2010-enviro-news-from-daemen.html

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