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Program participants meet at the Center for Conservation at our Rowe Woods location.
Hosted by Cory Christopher, Director of the Center for Conservation at Cincinnati Nature Center, this new series promotes science with solutions by sharing information about conservation research and initiatives and by connecting like-minded people who want to help make a difference.
Children and the Future of Conservation with Dr. Louise Chawla
How do we prepare future generations to become conservation-minded citizens? And what is at stake if we don’t? Rachel Carson once wrote that we must “prepare the soil” in childhood if we are to grow adults who value nature. Join Dr. Louise Chawla to learn how we can all help empower children to become civic- minded adult conservationists.
About the Presenter: Louise Chawla, Professor in the Environmental Design Program in the University of Colorado Boulder. She is Associate Director of the Children, Youth and Environments Center for Community Engagement (CYE Center) and Co-editor of the journal Children, Youth and Environments. As a member of the Executive Committee of Growing Up Boulder, she helps lead a partnership between the CYE Center, Boulder Valley School District, and the City of Boulder’s Departments of Community Planning and Sustainability, Parks and Recreation, and Transportation, along with numerous community organizations, to integrate the ideas of children and youth into urban planning and design. As International Coordinator of the Growing Up in Cities program of UNESCO from 1996-2006, she revived an initiative that has involved young people in cities around the world in evaluating and improving their urban communities. She has written two books and many book chapters and journal articles on children and nature, children in cities, and the development of active care for the natural world.
Following the lecture, Dr. Cory Christopher, Director of the Center for Conservation will moderate an open discussion between the presenter and the audience. Moving beyond the traditional Q&A, audience members will have the opportunity to network with each other about local initiatives relevant to the topic, and share ways that everyone can contribute.
Free for Cincinnati Nature Center members. Daily admission fee for nonmembers is included in ticket price. Please preregister to reserve a seat.