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28th Annual Conference in Cincinnati, 1999
29th Annual Conference on South Padre Island, 2000
31st Annual Conference in Boston - August 6-10, 2002

31st Annual Conference

Boston, 2002

2002: The Boston TEE (Total Environmental Education) Party Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts August 6-10, 2002
Conference Registration Information Now Available!
Conference information available to download in pdf format: Welcome Conference Venue Conference At A Glance Conference Program Keynote Speakers Workshops Social Events Field Trips Awards - Call for Nominations Special Events Conference Registration Forms NAAEE and The 2002 Conference Complete Conference Packet
General Conference Information This year's conference is based on the concept of environmental education being a rich education that encourages and encompasses diversity in the pursuit of sustainable futures.
Strand 1: From Nature to Sustainability: Environmental Education Through Time This strand will encompass environmental education as a tool for teaching science and natural history. New innovative programs will be highlighted as well as the impacts EE has had on the formal education system.
Strand 2: Designing and Planning Spaces for People: The Role of EE in Community Character & Community Appearance Referred to as sustainability, sense of place, community character or any other term, a community's identity and livability are essential to its viability. Community design and planning, landscape design, architecture, visual character and pollution, land use and the impacts of sprawl on the environment will be addressed through these sessions.
	Strand 3: Towards the Just City: Environmental Justice and Diversity through Environmental Education This strand will include issues of race, gender, disability, sexual orientation amongst others. The concepts of 'difference', cultural competency and diversity of both audience and providers in environmental education will also be incorporated into this strand.
Strand 4: Leading the Way: The Role of Higher Eduction in Environmental Education Higher education institutions are pivotal in creating the kind of just and sustainable futures toward which we must move. The contributions and impacts of environmental education programs and research in colleges and universities around the world are stressed in this strand.
Session Types This year, the conference will have more than 200 sessions, including Presentation Sessions, Hands-on Sessions, Research Poster Sessions, Workshops, Featured Speakers, Presidential Roundtable, and a Town Hall Meeting.

Conference Accomodations
	The conference venue will be at the historic Park Plaza Hotel. Called a "city within a city" upon opening, today the Park Plaza takes pride in continuing the tradition, serving Boston as a destination itself with some of the city's most famous restaurants and lounges.
The Boston 'TEE' Party Conference Committee: Julian Agyeman, Conference Chair, Tufts University Sandi Ryack-Bell, Program Committee Chair, The Dunn Foundation Ellie Horwitz, Field Trip Co-Chair, Massachusetts Division Fisheries & Wildlife Nina Danforth, Field Trip Co-Chair, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management Katy Chapdelaine, Special Projects Coordinator & Development Committee Co-Chair, Tufts University Greg Swanzey, Development Committee Co-Chair, MV Ernestina Carey Buttfield, Exhibit Hall Coordinator, Crunchtime Liz Barringer-Smith, Exhibit Hall Coordinator, Ohio State University
Committee Members: Anthony Sanchez, Eagle Eye Institute Julie Newman, University of New Hampshire Louise Preissler, Massachusetts Audubon Beverley Perna, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Tim LaVallee, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Tim Rayworth, Massachusetts Department of Forests and Parks Kirk Meyer, Boston Schoolyard Initiative Melissa Griffith, Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Joel Rubin, New England Aquarium Robert McAfee, PKI - Thinking Like a Mountain Institute

Conference Partners: Tufts University The Dunn Foundation Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management
To Register or for more information, email: naaee@nxtevent EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION: MAY 31, 2002
Information on Past and Future Conferences: 28th Annual Conference in Cincinnati, 1999 29th Annual Conference on South Padre Island, 2000 31st Annual Conference in Boston - August 6-10, 2002