Event Details
When:
Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 4:30pm - 5:20pm
Location:
Online: Zoom
In-Person at WWU:
Academic West 204
Price:
Free
Brought to you by:
College of the Environment, The Foundation for WWU & Alumni
Description
Check out this video to watch the Education: A Key Tool in Challenging Times.
Education a collective endeavor where we define, enact, and identify with the “common good.” That includes the “environment” because environments, social and biophysical, are what connects us-- we are each other’s environments. Education is intentional social influence based on and fostering various values, embedded in a specific social contexts. Education is unavoidably participatory. But what do the participants participate in? How is learning done? That, more that “subject matter,” influences a deeper socio-ecological level of what people learn. For example, how is respect for persons – and other-than-human beings -- enacted in the ways education is done. Since its inception in 1970, CENV not only provides education but also offers preparation for environmental educators. We call it Education and Eco-Social Justice, and it centers on human strengths. This talk will explore educational responses to today’s cultural-political-geographical/ecological environments, with illustrations from research and CENV’s programs & graduates.
The Environmental Speaker Series is free and open to the public. Talks are held each Thursday at 4:30pm in Academic Instructional Center West, room 204. Join us at WWU or online on Zoom!
Featuring:
Gene Myers, (BS, College of the Atlantic / WWU / CENV; & MA & Ph.D., the University of Chicago, Human Development & Psychology) has learned and unlearned a few times - and is still learning - how to integrate human ecology and human development in education in, about and for social and environmental well-being. Dr. Myers has practiced environmental education in many contexts. For over 30 years he has helped CENV students gain understanding and skill as educators for social and ecological responsibility.
His research interests include the roles of animals in child development, human-animal studies, broader applications of psychology to environmental policy challenges, and multi-level social science analysis and approaches. He is a founder of Conservation Psychology, past president of the Society for Human Ecology, and member of the North American Association for Environmental Education for many years.
Questions and Accommodations
- Your point of contact for this event is The Foundation for WWU & Alumni. Call (360) 650-3353 or email Alumni@wwu.edu.
- Advance notice for disability accommodations and special needs is appreciated. Please mention your needs when registering.
- There will be auto-captions for the Zoom webinar.
Visitor Parking at WWU on Weekdays
- Mon-Fri, 7:00am-4:30pm: limited paid parking is available at the south C lots and north 6V and 7G lots.
- Purchase your permit at the lot pay stations or use the Parkmobile app.
- More parking details for campus visitors are available online.
Parking at WWU on Weekdays for Visitors with Disabilities
- Mon-Fri, 7:00am-4:30pm: both a WWU permit and state disability placard are needed.
- Purchase your permit at the pay stations in lot C or 6V or use the Parkmobile app (use Zone 1200). This allows parking in any disability space. If these are full, you can use a non-reserved space nearby.
- More parking details for campus visitors with disabilities are available online.
The views expressed by our speakers do not necessarily reflect those of Western Washington University.