[ACT] ACT Webcast

[Jared Liu]

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	September 18, 2008	 	
		
  	

Session

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Second Segment

Network Exchange

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ABOUT US
  	Alliance for Community
Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of Americans  
live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national  
network of members have planted and cared for 7.8 million trees with  
help from 450,000 volunteers.	

ABOUT WEBCASTS
The Brown Bag Lunch Series is a monthly webcast held at the lunch  
hour. The goal is to create informal trainings for local urban and  
community forestry organizations. The trainings leverage local  
successes by amplifying to a larger audience the model organizations'  
methods, materials, and approaches.

NATIONAL SPONSOR



CONTRIBUTOR
	
  	

Urban Forestry Partnerships in Education
September 18, 2008
1:00- 2:00pm EDT

There are many reasons to partner urban forestry with traditional  
education, but probably they all come back to laying the foundations  
of future citizens who are learned, capable, and responsible. Such  
experiences are valuable to our students. But there's also something  
in it for you. Community partners can benefit from collaborative  
arrangements with schools by gaining visibility and recognition for  
contributions, pre-screening summer workers, influencing curriculum,  
and improving the community's quality of life and economic development  
in general.

  	
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SESSION TOPICS
Brown Bag attendees will learn:
* Planning and commitment.
* Partnerships and funding.
* Curriculum based teaching.
* Educating in schools versus educating in communities.
* Hands-on environmental education as a powerful tool.
* Benefits of environment-based learning applications.

  	
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NURSERY TRAINING- STUDENTS
Nancy Wolf, Magnolia Tree Earth Center (New York, NY)

Started by the NY State U&CF Council, John Bowne High School in  
Flushing, NY operates a Grow Out Nursery based on the National Tree  
Trust model. Using Arbor Day seedlings, students care for the trees  
for at least three years prior to distributing containerized trees to  
other schools in the region as well as New York City. The nursery is  
tied into the plant science curriculum, and also developed a manual  
for how other schools can start and operate a similar nursery. As an  
extension of the program, Bartlett sponsors one student each summer,  
and trains him/her in the arboriculture field.

  	

  	

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WORKSHOP TRAINING- TEACHERS
Peggy Davis, Executive Director, LSU Hilltop Arboretum (Baton Rouge, LA)

While the Education Director at Baton Rouge Green, the organization  
ran about 10 in-service Saturday workshops for classroom teachers each  
year. Each session was 2-3 hours, and utilized the Project Learning  
Tree curriculum. The program was run through the local school board  
and also included a tree planting aspect. Now the Executive Director  
at Friends of LSU Hilltop Arboretum, Peggy is developing a similar  
program using Project Learning Tree and partnering with the LSU  
Forestry Department.

  	



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NEIGHBORWOODS NETWORK EXCHANGE
Extended Learning- On the Ground

There is so much more that can be learned in a week than in an hour,  
and on the ground as opposed to on a webcast. So here is your chance!  
Join the webcast to learn more about the NeighborWoods Network  
Exchange and how you can spend a week shadowing another ACT member.

  	



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REGISTER FOR THE WEBCAST:

actrees.org/site/stories/urban_forestry_partnerships_in_education.php

  	
  	
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urban forestry, but with this copyright notice intact. Send a copy of  
the cited publication to:
Alliance for Community Trees • 4603 Calvert Road • College Park, MD  
20740 • info at actrees.org
Copyright (c) 2008 Alliance for Community Trees

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