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(4) Living Sustainably: It’s Your Choice
Catherine Elliott, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Orono, ME; Leslie Hyde, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Lincolnville, ME.
Session: Skills building workshop - Concurrent Session II
Earth’s capacity to sustain populations and communities of humans and other species is being altered by changes in global climate caused by human activities. Living Sustainably – It’s Your Choice is a 20-page booklet that has been developed by ANREP’s National Network for Sustainable Living Education (NNSLE). It is the first in a series of booklets designed to support the work of educators in the area of sustainable living education.
Focusing on why living sustainably is important, the booklet includes information and a series of activities that guide participants through developing a personal plan of action. Along the way, participants learn about concepts related to sustainable living, the barriers that get in the way of living more sustainably, and how to use the sustainability triangle to make lifestyle choices and incorporate sustainable behaviors into everyday life. Participants in this workshop will receive a copy of the booklet and experience many of the activities. Participants will also learn how to use the booklet to design a sustainable living program that is tailored to the needs and circumstances of their clients.
Catherine Elliott
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Forestry & Wildlife Office
107 5755 Nutting Hall
Orono, ME 04469-5755
Phone: 207-581-2902
Fax: 207-581-3466
email: celliott@umext.maine.edu
Leslie Hyde
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center
1 Tanglewood Rd
Lincolnville, ME 04849
Phone: 207-789-5806
Fax: 207-789-5220
email: lhyde@umext.maine.edu