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SENSE: Sustainability Education

Meetings

SENSE MEETING IN TOWN OF LOCKEPORT

Monday, June 7, 2010
Crescent Beach Centre, Town of Lockeport

Agenda and Meeting Notes


The Green Roots Symposium 2010
Community Action on Sustainability, Education & Partnerships

Prince George Hotel, Halifax

Friday, March 26, 2010 Strategy Session, Mindshift Performance and Wine & Cheese

Saturday, March 27, 2010 Symposium with Mikmaq Elder Albert Marshall, workshops, panels & Minister's Lunch

See documents for more details. Friday events are free. Saturday registration fee is $20. Must RSVP. Register on-line.

Strategy Invite
Strategy Agenda
Symposium Agenda
Registration
Strategy Session Notes & SENSE Action Planning






COMMON SENSE SUMMIT

Friday, October 2, 2009
9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Oak Island Resort, Chester
Agenda
Common SENSE Meeting Notes
Common SENSE Visioning Event Graphic Report



SENSE: SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION IN NOVA SCOTIA FOR EVERYONE MEETING

Friday, March 6, 2009
10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish

SENSE Antigonish Meeting Agenda
SENSE Antigonish Meeting Minutes
Julie Stinson Key Note Presentation Antigonish Sustainable Development
Sister Brady's Key Note presentation Environmental Education Rooted in Spirituality



SENSE: SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION IN NOVA SCOTIA FOR EVERYONE MEETING

Wednesday, February 18, 2009
10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs, Halifax

The keynote speaker was Lynn Hartwell with the Nova Scotia Department of Community Services who spoke on the Social Perspectives of Sustainable Prosperity (linking environment-economic-social). More information cab be found at www.gov.ns.ca/coms/department/documents/Weaving_the_Threads.pdf and available here Sustainability education focuses on three pillars to form a sustainable society: environmental, social and economical. At this networking meeting we concentrated on the sustainability of the social pillar.

SENSE Halifax Meeting Minutes



SENSE: SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION IN NOVA SCOTIA FOR EVERYONE MEETING

Friday, January 23, 2009
10:00-3:00 PM
NSCC Lunenburg campus, 75 High Street, Bridgewater

Come to hear what local organizations, community groups, schools and businesses are doing regarding sustainability education in and around Bridgewater. Speakers include Leon de Vreede, Sustainability Planner for the town of Bridgewater, Jim Drescher with Windhorse Farms, Andrea Cleland with Global Education Association, The Nodding Group, Rosmarie Bradley with Helping Nature Heal, Amanda Lavers with Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute, and Bettina Grunwald with Claussen Walters Real Estate. Delicious lunch and more!

SENSE Bridgewater Meeting Agenda
SENSE Bridgewater Meeting Minutes
Leon de Vreede's Key Note presentation




SENSE: SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION IN NOVA SCOTIA FOR EVERYONE MEETING

Monday, November 3, 2008
8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m
Nova Scotia Teachers’ Union, 3106 Joseph Howe Drive, Halifax

Key Note Speaker: L. Ron Farrell, Dean, School of Trades & Technology Nova Scotia Community College Special Screening of the film “First Annual Sustainability Education Symposium in Nova Scotia” Presentations by NSTU President Alexis Allen and the NS Department of Education. Help advance an action plan for sustainability education in Nova Scotia. This meeting is free and open to the public. Please RSVP by Thursday, October 30 to attend to ensure a seat and lunch.

SENSE General Meeting Agenda November 3
SENSE General Meeting Minutes November 3
SENSE Advisory Meeting Minutes November 27
The Start Up of 4-Credit Integrated Programs
SENSE Overview

To RSVP and for more information about SENSE, please contact:
Tamara Lorincz, Coordinator (SENSE) /Executive Director (NSEN)
Nova Scotia Environmental Network
55 Willowbend Court
Halifax, NS
B3M 3L3
Phone: 902-454-6846
Fax: 902-454-6841
Email: nsen@cen-rce.org / esd_novascotia@lsf-lst.ca


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