STEM Ed Announcement: Summer Environmental Civics for HS Students

["Mort Sternheim" <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>]

This is not a UMass program.
 Contact information is below.
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 Center for Environmental Civics: Summer Institutes for High School  
 Students
 
 The Center for Environmental Civics (CEC) is a local, nonprofit,  
 educational organization dedicated to inspiring citizens to engage  
 in what we call environmental governance, that is, the process, at  
 all levels of government, of deciding how we treat our environment.   
 This summer we are offering two week-long institutes designed for  
 high school students with the goal of getting them to become active  
 participants in environmental policy and issues.  We are nonpartisan  
 and focus on having students learn how their governments (town,  
 state, national) make, enforce, and evaluate laws and regulations  
 that guide our behavior with regard to our environment.  This  
 includes having area elected officials interact with them, explain  
 how government actually works, and give them feedback on the  
 projects they will undertake during the week (projects including  
 drafting their own legislation and/or lobbying for or against  
 current, pending bills).  We believe the week will be an eye- 
 opening, real- world experience that will complement what many  
 schools are currently offering for environmental studies curricula.   
 We are seeking well-motivated students whom you feel would  
 contribute to and benefit from such a program.
 
 Our first institute is at Smith College from Monday July 9 through  
 Friday, July 13.  The other workshop goes from August 6-10 at  
 Amherst College.  The cost for the week is $275.  The sessions are  
 not residential, meaning students will need to provide their own  
 transportation.  The day begins at 9 am and goes until 4 pm.  A  
 completed application form and deposit of $75 must be received a  
 week before the session in order to reserve a place.  More details  
 and application form are available at the CEC website:
 http://www.centerforenvironmentalcivics.org/programs/summer-institutes
 
 The sessions will be run by Chris Bathurst and Paul Newlin.  Chris  
 is national canvas director for Clean Water Action and has been  
 working with nonprofit environmental organizations for over twenty  
 years.  Paul has been a high school physics teacher (Longmeadow) and  
 has taught environmental science and policy related courses at  
 Amherst College, Greenfield Community College, Smith College,  
 Westfield State, and UMass.
 
 Center For Environmental Civics, Inc.
 P.O. Box 60456
 Florence, MA 01062-9998
 413-665-3741/h
 www.centerforenvironmentalcivics.org
 
 
 
 
  
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