[SustainableTompkins] EVENT: Education for Sustainable Development: the Role of Faith Communities

[Daniel Roth]

Please join us for the upcoming talk and discussion with visiting speaker,
Peter Adriance.  All are welcome!
  
Education for
Sustainable Development:
the Role of Faith Communities
  
October 9, 2006
7:30 - 9:00 pm  
at Cornell Cooperative Extension

615 Willow Ave, Ithaca NY

* Why is there a UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
(2005-2014)? 
* What are Faith Communities doing about it?
* How can YOU play a part?

Our speaker:
 
Peter Adriance has served as non-governmental organization (NGO) liaison for
the National Spiritual Assembly since 1990, with a primary focus on issues
of the environment and sustainable development. He represents the U.S.
Bahá'í community at U.N. fora and conferences on the environment, social
development and sustainable development.
 
He is a founder of  the U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable
Development, serves on its board of directors and co-chairs its Faith Sector
Team. He is also a member of the Governing Board of the International
Environment Forum­a Bahá'í-inspired organization addressing the environment
and sustainable development.
 
Sponsored by the Ithaca Bahá’í Community
in collaboration with
The U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
 
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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
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Shira Adriance
Community Development Special Projects Coordinator
 <http://ccetompkins.org/energy> Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins
County

615 Willow Ave.
Ithaca, NY  14850
t. 607.272.2292, ext 157
f. 607.272.7088
sma38 at cornell.edu