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A Symposium on Global Environmental Issues - November 2007
The American School of Doha (ASD), Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) and HSBC formed a partnership to start an awareness campaign activating local and regional thoughts on processes to think and act more environmentally friendly.
During the two day symposium, held on the 23rd and 24th of November at ASD and Qatar Foundation, the audience had the opportunity to listen to specialists in fields of environmental education and service learning.
10 local schools and 7 schools visiting from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Hong Kong were treated to presentations by Kim White, Kenney Peavey and Judy Hallinen. The three experts were very enthusiastic to share their international knowledge to ensure that all delegates had something to take home and make environmental service a reality in their own communities.
HSBC contributed with a presentation about the impact of individual carbon footprints and how to minimize the effects with an adjusted lifestyle. The topics for the second day (hosted by ROTA and held at Qatar Foundation) included service learning, ROTA's Knowledge Network, past project's discussions and getting the schools together to collaborate on creating measurable goals.
Press Releases
Need for environment education stressed (Gulf times - 24th November 2007)
American School jumps on EduCare bandwagon (Gulf times - 24th November 2007)
Symposium on environmental education opens (The Peninsula - 24th November 2007)
Visit the Downloads and resources pages for
- Symposium Agenda
- Presentations
- Organizations in Qatar and Gulf Region
- Book Recommendations
- Website Recommendations
Guest Speakers
- Kenny Peavey
- Kim White
- Sheldon Fernandes
- Judy Hallinen
Judith Hallinen is the Assistant Vice Provost for Educational Outreach at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In this position she works with university faculty, staff and students who design and implement programs to enhance and improve the educational programs for children in elementary and secondary schools in southwestern Pennsylvania and beyond. The work includes activities for children, on campus or in their schools, and professional development programs to develop content knowledge in teachers and provide them with knowledge about careers and study options that are available to their students. Ms Hallinen has worked at Carnegie Mellon for 23 years and in that time she has provided educational experiences for a wide variety of learners - from children in preschool to senior citizens. She has also been an Adjunct Instructor of Elementary Science Teaching Methods and a Student Teaching Supervisor for students in the Masters level teacher certification program at Chatham College.
Mike Johnston and Adam Dodge from the American School of Doha setting the scene for a productive symposium.