Education Events http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu The keyword for this page is Education: Events weekly 1 2007-06-29T06:00:49Z Summer Institute: Ag-Librarians and Scientists Working Together http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu/members/michellewander/summerinst GSLIS is hosting a four-day Summer Institute on Data Curation and Ag and Earth Sciences are used as a Case Study No publisher Melissa Cragin Education: Events 2008-06-02T14:49:07Z Event eXtension webcast on market-based conservation http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu/members/michellewander/webman Conservation practices by farmers may have value to others in society. That’s market-based conservation. Farmers may be able to generate income by implementing conservation practices. No publisher eXtension Education: Events 2008-05-15T21:26:11Z Event Bioenergy Conference in Kirksville, MO http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu/members/frediutzi/mobioenergyconf Truman State University hosts a bioenergy conference "to highlight agriculture's role in a sustainable energy future," targeted especially to ag educators. No publisher frediutzi Conference Bioenergy Education: Events 2008-08-29T17:23:20Z Event Step it up event on Climate change http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu/members/michellewander/climate Step It Up is a national campaign calling for leadership on global warming. The goal is to empower the grassroots climate movement, take action locally, and call for national change. Join in this event. No publisher Misty Barron Education: Events 2007-10-30T13:33:15Z Event Focusing on Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Production in High Tunnels http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu/members/michellewander/hightunnel08 No publisher michellewander Broadcast Education: Events 2008-11-03T20:52:11Z Event The Illinois Student Environmental Coalition hosts UIUC Environmental Coalition Meetings http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu/members/michellewander/the-illinois-student-environmental-coalition-hosts-uiuc-environmental-coalition-meetings Come network with others to discuss campus initiatives, community initiatives, the Illinois statewide coalition, and just socialize and have a good time. No publisher pom Education: Events 2008-01-26T14:57:48Z Event Biofuels in the world food situation http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu/members/michellewander/mcom08 MillerComm lecture: Joachim Von Braun, Director General of International Food Policy Research Institute No publisher michellewander Education: Events 2008-01-29T16:17:16Z Event Sustainability: What You Can Do http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu/2008/sustainability-what-you-can-do A public forum sponsored by American Association of University Women, City of Urbana, City of Champaign, Farm Bureau, & AmerenIP. Panelists: Leslie Cooperband: Extension Specialist in Sustainable Agriculture and Community Development , John Marlin: former Chair Illinois Pollution Control Board, Brandon Bowersox: Urbana Alderman No publisher Demeter Seminar Education: Events 2008-02-14T01:24:17Z Event New and Alternative Crops http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu/members/michellewander/INHS%20semac Win Phippen Department of Agriculture, Western Illinois University No publisher campus calendar Education: Events 2008-02-14T16:15:01Z Event 2007 National Conference on Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture Education http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu/members/michellewander/saged One of the primary goals of this conference is to model innovative approaches to teaching and learning with the conference design. The unique, participatory format for this year’s conference is a learning exchange. Based on the outcomes and feedback of the 2006 conference, this year’s conference will be organized around the following theme areas. These theme suggestions are intended to serve as a springboard. Participants are encouraged to identify new and different themes, should their needs and interests not be represented in general terms by those listed. € Pedagogies for sustainable agriculture (e.g., interdisciplinary, experiential, & systems approaches) € How to start and sustain a sustainable agriculture education program € Developing a curriculum for sustainable agriculture € Ways of knowing: putting educational theory into practice € Student farms No publisher michellewander Conference Education: Events 2007-07-09T22:43:47Z Event Workshop: Ecologies of Consumption: Markets, Sustainability, and Consumer Culture http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu/members/michellewander/workshopec This one day workshop brings together scholars from across the UIUC campus for an exchange of ideas on consumption and the environment. No publisher michellewander Education: Events 2008-03-30T20:33:20Z Event Slow Food Convivium in Monticello http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu/members/johnemarlin/junegoosecreekslowfood Slow Food meeting, potluck and an executive chef's presentation on lamb. No publisher Constance Caveny Education: Events 2008-07-25T14:31:03Z Event