<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><span style="font-size: large;" class="">To SPN list members — Do you know a high school student in the NYC area with an interest in sustainability as a potential career path or likely to enroll in an undergraduate sustainability program? If so, please forward the announcement for this 5-day session in August, see below. <b class="">Registration remains open through July...</b></span><br class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><img class="resp-image" src="http://bbk12e1-cdn.myschoolcdn.com/71/photo/orig_photo393344_4400303.jpg?w=1920"><img class="resp-image" src="http://bbk12e1-cdn.myschoolcdn.com/71/photo/orig_photo393344_4400304.jpg?w=1920"><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="5" class="">Sustainable Societies Academy™</font></b></div><br class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><a href="http://www.polyprep.org/page/News--Calendar/Sustainable-Societies-Academy" class="">http://www.polyprep.org/page/News--Calendar/Sustainable-Societies-Academy</a></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Date: August 15 – 19<br class="">Time: 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM<br class="">Grades: Rising 9th to 12th Grade Students<br class="">Tuition: $550</span><br class=""> <br class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Poly Prep, through partnership with Sustainability Curriculum Consortium™, is hosting Sustainable Societies Academy™ (SSA). SSA provides highly motivated rising high school students with an engaging introduction to and preparation for further studies in sustainability. During this intensive 5-day session led by faculty and leading professionals from Penn, Harvard, CUNY, and other universities, students will learn the basic concepts and principles of sustainability through college-level presentations, small group discussion, interactive workshops, and site visits.<br class=""> <br class="">From the acclaimed Global Sustainable Societies™ curriculum, engineered by Environic Foundation International® (EFI), students will engage in extensive study and practice in human settlements, climate, water, and decision-making. Upon completion of the 5-day program, which includes summer-long access to the online EFI modules, SSA students will achieve the following:<br class=""><br class=""></span><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Understand sustainability issues;<br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Understand the interdependencies among the issues;<br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Know strategies which can be used to tackle sustainability challenges;<br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Know how to analyze the practicality of proposed strategies;<br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Know what it takes to build sustainable strategies yourself.<br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Prior to arrival to Poly Prep’s campus, students are expected to complete a self-paced module and prep assignment to ensure a baseline level of readiness for the Academy’s programming.<br class=""><br class="">By the end of the program, SSA students will be equipped to integrate their interests and concerns to develop solutions to social, economic, and environmental sustainability challenges in their own communities.</span><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Who is this good for? <br class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">The program is right for any rising high school student in the New York City metro area who is a highly motivated/self-starter and who is interested in sustainability, environmental studies, urban planning, climate change, civil engineering, architecture, social justice, and more.<br class=""><br class=""><b class="">If you have any questions, please contact:<br class=""><br class=""></b></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class="">Brian Filiatraut, Director of Sustainability<br class="">(718) 836-9800, Ext. 3120<br class=""></b></span><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Apply Online Now at: <a href="http://www.polyprep.org/page/News--Calendar/Sustainable-Societies-Academy" class="">http://www.polyprep.org/page/News--Calendar/Sustainable-Societies-Academy</a></b></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Teacher/Mentor Recommendation Form</b><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">How to Apply:<br class=""></span><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Complete the online application and ask teacher/mentor to submit a recommendation. </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Expect access to program materials following process of student registration and payment.<br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Round-trip bus service from Manhattan and Brooklyn is provided through DiMino Bus Service, Inc. Please click here and scroll to "Bus Service for Specialty Campers" for more information.<br class=""></span><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span></div><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class="">Below is a growing list of professors and sustainability professionals who will lead a portion of Sustainable Societies Academy programming:</b></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></span><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Ira Feldman - University of Pennsylvania<br class=""></b></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Jess Gerrior - Sustainability Curriculum Consortium<br class=""></b></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• William Godfrey - Virginia Commonwealth University; Environic Foundation International<br class=""></b></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Robert Pojasek - Harvard University<br class=""></b></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• George Smith - CUNY, City College of New York<br class=""></b></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Jaime Stein - Pratt Institute<br class=""></b></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Ashwani Vasishth - Ramapo College of New Jersey</b></span></div><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>