(NAME-MCE) Invitation: April symposium on 'green' arts as sustainability education

[Patricia Haines]

Since any definition of what a 'sustainable' world would look like includes multicultural cooperation, I send along an invitation to an event in Ithaca, NY that will be laying groundwork for a global initiative growing out of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.
   
  GREENING THE ARTS, a Symposium to Explore a Role for the Arts in Creating a Sustainable World - April 25 & 26 in Ithaca, NY - is part of the participatory design/planning stage for ARTS AT THE HEART OF A SUSTAINABLE WORLD, co-hosted by Ithaca's Level Green Institute and Earth Charter USA. The next such gathering will be international, in New York City in April '09.
   
  I'm patching the short, share-able version of the invitation in below - please pass it along to anyone you think might be interested. I'm also attaching a longer summary, which gives more of a sense of the symposium's purpose, program, and intended outcomes.
   
  I also attach the text of the Earth Charter, which we're using as an ethical and action frame for Arts at the Heart. It's an extraordinary document, generated over a ten-year period from interviews with children, villagers, and grassroots as well as top educators and government leaders, under leadership from Steven Rockefeller and Mikhail Gorbachev. It's being used by school teachers, community organizations, even corporations, all over the world, as the starting point for a wide range of programming. <earthcharter.org>
   
  I've been lurking on this listserv and very much appreciate all I'm learning - thank you.
   
  Patricia Haines, Level Green Institute, Ithaca, NY (607) 339-9472
   
  Invitation:
     GREENING THE ARTS, a symposium to explore collaborative ways to increase involvement with the arts across the sustainability movement, invites artists, educators and activists to gather in Ithaca, NY, April 25 & 26. Part of the participatory design/start-up stage of a global initiative – ARTS AT THE HEART OF A SUSTAINABLE WORLD, associated with the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development and International Earth Charter – this event will review the current state of thinking and activity, and lay groundwork for local/regional (NYS) next steps, and for an international gathering in New York City in March 2009. For information and registration, contact artsattheheart at yahoo.com, If you cannot attend, we invite you to send your own thoughts as an MSWord attachment to be included in the ’08 program, and in planning for ’09.



- fostering sustainable community through collaborative initiatives in hospitality, education and the arts, in the 150 year-old democratic  spirit of the Danish Folk School
       
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