EENC's 16th Annual
Conference: Renewing A Sense of Wonder
November 2-5, 2006, Fort Bragg, NC
Renew your Sense of Wonder with Environmental
Educators of North Carolina.
Broadway actress and television star, Kaiulani Lee, will inspire you with her captivating portrayal of Carson
in her original play, “A Sense of Wonder”. (EENC) at the Annual EENC
Conference November 2-5, 2006 at Fort Bragg, NC. The 2006
Conference theme, “Renewing a Sense of Wonder”
celebrates the centennial of Rachel Carson (born May 27, 1907),
“the patron saint of the environmental
movement”.
On the program are two
experts cited in Richard Louv’s popular book, Last
Child in the Woods. Dr. Paul Dayton of Scripps
Institution of Oceanography at the University of California in San
Diego, CA and Robin Moore, Interim Department Chair, Professor, and
Director of The Natural Learning Initiative, College of Design at North
Carolina State University, will lead a dinner table conversation about
children’s “nature-deficit
disorder”.
Larry Earley, NC author of Looking
for Longleaf, the Fall and Rise of an American Forest, will
challenge attendees to make a commitment to the survival of native
longleaf pine trees as they disperse into the woods on unique field
trips. He will be joined by naturalist and award-winning
author, Janisse Ray, who shares her sense of wonder about Longleaf
forests in Ecology of a Cracker Childhood.
This is your chance to see two
recent documentary films about environmental issues. Thursday night,
we'll go
to the movies to confront “An Inconvenient Truth”
along with a panel of experts
and a dessert reception! Saturday afternoon, “Kilowatt
Ours” will be screened. This film journeys
along the power grid to coal and nuclear plants and on to new energy
sources
from wind and sun. Learn to save $600 on your annual energy bills, and help the environment too!
This 16th annual Conference will be the
first ever held in the Sandhills by EENC. Conference attendees will
have a rare opportunity, not available to the general public, to visit
the unique Longleaf Pine Forest ecosystem, including plant communities
of Carolina Bays and Sandhills Seeps, plus the habitat of five
endangered species and 30 species-of-concern, which are managed and
protected at Fort Bragg.
Plan to attend the 2006 EENC Annual
Conference for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in a unique habitat! This
gathering promises to renew your sense of wonder with outstanding
professional development, celebrating excellence in environmental
education and the richness of biodiversity in the NC Sandhills.
