AGENDA
The activities of the Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education (WCEE) Summer Institute on
Climate Education will be aligned closely with the WCEE programming areas in energy, forestry, and
elementary/early childhood environmental education. Sessions will feature experts in related
education practice and science content.
Draft Agenda: Subject to change
Day 1: Tuesday, June 14
Time
Details
8:00 AM
Arrive, Check-in
8:30 AM
Getting Started: Overview and Expectations
8:45 AM
Welcome: Dave Barbier – UW-Stevens Point’s Commitment to Curbing
Climate Change
9:15 AM
Keynote Speaker: John Greenler, Ph.D. – Sustainable Energy Systems:
Mapping the Past, Present and Future with an International Perspective
10:15 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Group Interactive: Climate Education Across the Spectrum
11:00 AM
Keynote Speaker: Tia Nelson – Empowering People to Take Climate
Action
Noon
Lunch Provided – DUC Food Court
12:45 PM
Lesson 1: Move to Curriculum Session
Track 1 - Wisconsin’s Changing Forests
Track 2 – Sustainable Energy Futures
Track 3 – Sun, Wind, Forest: Connecting Young Children to the World
Around Them
1:00-4:00
Afternoon Content Breakout Sessions
Track 1: Project Learning Tree’s Secondary Climate Change Module
Presenter: Nicole Filizetti
Draft Agenda: Subject to change
Track 2: Fueling the Future – Facing the Future & Climate Change
Presenters: Susan Schuller and John Greenler
Track 3: Children on Earth – Guiding Children to Become Planetary
Citizens
Presenters: Lori Barian, Bente Goldstein, and Dana Burns
4:00 PM
Wrap Up & Daily Reflection
4:30 PM
Adjourn
Day 2: Wednesday, June 15
Time
Details
8:30 AM
Arrive
9:00 AM
Keynote Speaker: Cathy Techtmann – G-WOW Changing Climate,
Changing Culture Initiative
10:45 AM
Break
11:00 AM
Keynote Speaker: Joey Zocher, Ph.D. – Ecopedagogy: How Shifting to a
Critical Pedagogical Approach Can Empower our Students to Transform
the World
Noon
12:45 PM
1:00-4:00
PM
Lunch Provided – DUC Food Court
Lesson 2: Move to Curriculum Session
Track 1 - Wisconsin’s Changing Forests
Track 2 – Sustainable Energy Futures
Track 3 – Sun, Wind, Forest: Connecting Young Children to the World
Around Them
Afternoon Content Breakout Sessions
Track 1: Monitoring Forest Health: Hands-On Learning for Students
Presenter: Michael Hillstrom
Draft Agenda: Subject to change
Track 2: Small Actions Add Up: Investigations in Energy Efficiency for
Students
Presenter: Annie Baker
Track 3: Love the Land and Nature
Presenter: Tara Von Dollen
4:00 PM
Wrap Up & Daily Reflection
4:30 PM
Adjourn
Day 3: Thursday, June 16
Time
Description
8:30 AM
Arrive
9:00 AM
Keynote Speaker: Alan Haney, Ph.D.
10:00 AM
Facilitator: Susan Schuller
Group Process Facilitated Workshop on Climate Choices
Noon
Lunch Provided – DUC Food Court – Extended lunch for individual work
and discussion with workshop leaders.
2:00 PM
Peer Sharing of Ideas
3:00 PM
Final Reflection
3:30 PM
Final Thoughts / Evaluation
4:00 PM
Adjourn
Draft Agenda: Subject to change