SUNDAY, August 9

08:30-09:00

Registration

09:00-09:40

Inauguration / Welcome, Mayor Heartwell, conference Emcee and Dean Anne Hiskes, Brooks College, GVSU (presentation)

09:40-10:00

Break

10:00-10:30

Updates of the Global RCE Network: Strategic Plan of the ESD Programme UNU-IAS, Philip Vaughter and Kyoko Shiota (presentation)

10:30-11:00

Global trends on ESD (Updates on the GAP on ESD, Charles Hopkins (presentation)

11:00-11:30

ESD West Michigan, Mayor Heartwell (presentation)

11:30-12:00

RCE Curitiba – Parana (Brazil): Biodiversity meetings: Sharing Knowledge and Seeds for Urban Agriculture, Eloy Casagrande Jr. (presentation)

12:00-13:30

Lunch and Learn Tour of Museum

13:30-14:00

West Michigan Environmental Action Council: Inclusion and Development of Environmental Allies and Leaders I.D.E.A.L., Anne Marie Hertl (presentation)

14:00-14:30

RCE Greater Portland (USA): Empowering Communities through the Heroic Imagination Projects, the Social Sciences, and Education for Sustainable Development, Kim Smith (presentation)

14:30-15:00

Break

15:00-15:30

RCE Shenandoah Valley (USA), Using the Benefit Corporation Model to Develop a More Sustainable Region, Joe Sprangel (presentation)

15:30-16:00

RCE Saskatchewan (Canada): 

Mobilizing the Voluntary Sector to Advance ESD: A Partnership with Higher Education in Saskatchewan, Canada, Roger Petry (presentation)

Fort Qu’Appelle Ecomuseum, Jonathan Yee (presentation)

RCE Saskatchewan Update, Lyle Benko (presentation)

16:00-16:30

RCE Western Jalisco (Mexico): Lessons for sustainability, Salvador Garcia Ruvalcaba (presentation)

16:30-17:00

RCE Tantramar (Canada): Education for Sustainable Development through the Efforts of RCE-Tantramar: The Development of an Outdoor Wetlands Environmental Science Classroom, Michael Fox (presentation)

17:00-17:30

RCE Toronto: Charles Hopkins and Kira Hennricks (via Skype)

19:00 

Dinner and Conversation

MONDAY, August 10

08:30-09:00

Welcome, Leslie Bellavance, President of Kendall College of Art and Design

9:00-10:30

Youth Session, Jon Yee and Ryan Huppert

10:30-11:00

Break

11:00-11:30

RCE Greater Burlington (USA): WEEC in Gothenburg, Sweden, and Greater Burlington updates, Thomas Hudspeth (presentation)

11:30-12:00

RCE Mauricie/Quebec (Canada): Mauricie/Quebec updates, Steven Roy Cullen (presentation)

12:00-13:30

Lunch and Learn Museum tour: ESD Through Place Based Design at the Museum School  Michael Posthumas

13:30-14:00

RCE Grand Rapids (USA): Building Sustainable and Resilient Communities, Haris Alibasic (presentation)

14:00-14:30

RCE Bogota (Colombia): RCE Youth ownership of water resources through education for sustainable development programs, Adriana Jimenez-Patino (presentation)

14:30-15:00

RCE Lima-Callao (Peru): Traditional Knowledge in Peruvian Central Andes for Protection of Biodiversity and Water, Teresa Salinas and Magaly Tejada (presentation)

15:00-15:30

Break

15:30-17:00

Strategic Position / Joint Projects of the Region, Norman Christopher (presentation) and Roger Petry (presentation)

17:00-17:30

Grand Valley Metro Council: Grand River Restoration Project, Wendy Oglivie (presentation)

17:30-18:00

Break and Walk to Dinner

18:30

Cocktail reception and Dinner

Keynote: The Blue Economy, John Austin, Brookings Institute (presentation)

TUESDAY, August 11

08:30-09:00

Welcome

9:00-9:30

Western Michigan University:

BSc Freshwater Science and Sustainability, Northwestern Michigan College (presentation)

Urban Watershed Restoration, Gail Heffner, Deanna Geelhood, and Christa Fernando (presentation)

09:30-10:30

RCE Strategic Session, facilitated by Kim Smith and Salvador Garcia Ruvalcaba

10:30-11:00

Break

11:00-12:00

RCE Strategic Session cont.

12:00-13:30

Lunch and Learn Tour of Downtown Market

13:30-14:00

Wrap up of the RCE Strategic Session

14:00-14:30

Closing

14:30-15:30

Return to Hotel

16:15

Depart for Grand Haven 

17:00-19:00

Lake Michigan reception

19:30

Sunset dinner in Grand Haven