<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><b class=""><u class=""><font size="4" class="">SYMPOSIUM</font></u></b><br class=""><div><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>
<br class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><b class=""><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><b class="" style="color: rgb(4, 50, 255);"><font size="4" class="">Sustainability Literacy: Faculty, Staff, and Students as Agents of Change</font></b></div></b><div class=""><div style="text-align: left; caret-color: rgb(4, 50, 255);" class=""><font color="#0432ff" size="4" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></font></div></div><div class=""><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><b class=""><font color="#0432ff" size="4" class="">College of Charleston</font></b></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><b class=""><font color="#0432ff" size="4" class="">Charleston, South Carolina</font></b></div><b class=""><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div></b></div><div class=""><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class="">Wednesday, February 12th and Thursday, February 13th, 2020</font></b></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><br class=""></div><font size="4" class=""><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><br class=""></div></font></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" color="#ff2600" class=""><font size="4" class="">Observer registration is now OPEN. </font><span style="font-size: large;" class="">Presenter registration and Abstract Submissions are </span><font size="4" class="">CLOSED.</font></font></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></b></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class="">The updated Symposium Agenda and information on Observer Registration is available at: </font></b></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: large;" class=""><br class=""></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: large;" class=""><font color="#0432ff" class=""><<a href="http://www.curriculmforsustainability.org/" class="">www.curriculmforsustainability.org</a>>.</font></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: large;" class=""><br class=""></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: large;" class="">More detailed conference information and venue details are also posted on the website.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><u class="">Background</u></font></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font size="4" class="">It is widely accepted that there is a perceived need to foster literacy about sustainability, both within and outside higher education institutions. By doing so, we can foster a deeper awareness of sustainable development and its many ramifications for both professional and personal behaviours. However, the extent to which sustainability literacy exists, or is being practiced, has not been sufficiently exploited. The Symposium <i class="">“Sustainability Literacy: Faculty, Staff and Students as Agents of Change”</i> will address this gap. It will focus on the means, methods and processes via which sustainability awareness and literacy may be fostered and deployed, as tools via which we can promote and support sustainability efforts, both within higher education and beyond. Promoting participatory and inclusive approaches to sustainability, towards the use of literacy, may provide a sound basis for a broader engagement of faculty, staff, and students into matters related to sustainable development. A broader sustainability literacy may lead not only to increased awareness, but also to improvements in both teaching and research programmes. The transdisciplinary Symposium will bring together lecturers, researchers and practitioners from a wide spectrum of the Social and Natural Sciences, the Humanities, and other domains of higher education, representing sustainability in the widest sense.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><b class="">We have a limited space for Observer (non-presenter) attendees. Observer registration is at a discounted rate and available on a first come, first served basis. Please use the registration form at <font color="#0432ff" class=""><<a href="http://www.curriculumforsustainability.org/" class="">www.curriculumforsustainability.org</a>>.</font></b></font></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><b class=""><font color="#0432ff" class=""><br class=""></font></b></font></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font class=""><b class=""><font color="#0432ff" class="" size="4"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" class="">Observer attendance includes access to all sessions, reception, lunches, and coffee breaks. This event will include a bookstore with sustainability and sustainability education books for sale. The Symposium is a great chance for faculty and sustainability directors to network, and also an opportunity for grad students/early professionals who want to learn more about sustainability in higher ed.</span></font></b></font></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><u class="">For any additional inquiries, please contact the Symposium Co-Organizers</u>:</font></div><div class=""><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><br class=""></div></div><font size="4" class=""><div style="text-align: left;" class="">Dr. Todd LeVasseur</div></font><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font size="4" class="">College of Charleston, Sustainability Literacy Institute</font></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><a href="mailto:levasseurtj@cofc.edu" class="">E-mail: levasseurtj@cofc.edu</a></font></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><font size="4" class=""><div style="text-align: left;" class="">Prof. Ira Feldman</div><div style="text-align: left;" class="">Founder and managing director of Sustainability Curriculum Consortium.</div></font><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font size="4" class="">Current research and teaching affiliations: George Mason University, City University of New York, University of Waterloo</font></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><a href="mailto:ira@greentrack.com" class="">E-mail: ira@greentrack.com</a></font></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-size: large;" class="">Prof. Walter Leal</span></div><font size="4" class=""><div style="text-align: left;" class="">Director, European School of Sustainability Science, Germany</div></font></div><div class=""><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-size: large;" class="">E-mail: </span><span style="font-size: large;" class=""><a href="mailto:esssr@ls.haw-hamburg.de" class="">esssr@ls.haw-hamburg.de</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><br class=""></div><u class=""><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><br class=""></div></u></div><div class=""><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""></body></html>