Exploring a Little-Known Planet with E.O. Wilson
 
Dr. Paul Mankiewicz will be on a panel of first commentators/questioners at this free and open to the public event.
 
Nature Network And its Co-Sponsor, the NYU Wallerstein Collaborative For Urban Environmental Education invite you to attend
“Exploring a Little-Known Planet”
EDWARD O. WILSON
Wednesday, January 3, 2007   2:30-4:30 p.m.
New York University’s Kimmel Center
60 Washington Square South, Room 914
RSVP required: by e-mail only to Mary.Leou@nyu.edu
 
Dr. Wilson, Pellegrino Research Professor in Entomology, Harvard University, has published 21 books and won two Pulitzer Prizes.  He put the concept of Biodiversity into human calculations.  His most recent book, The Creation, will be available for sale and book signing. 
 
Come hear Dr. Wilson and join us for an open public meeting of Nature Network.
 
Nature Network is a consortium of 51 organizations dedicated to nurturing a healthy, sustainable natural environment in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut Metropolitan Region.  Nature Network inspires ecological citizenship by creating and disseminating knowledge and fostering dialogue on critical environmental issues.  It is a framework within which member organizations can work together on research, education, public information and scientific assistance for community organizations and others working on public policies. www.nature-network.org   
 
The Wallerstein Collaborative for Urban Environmental Education at the Steinhardt School of Education, New York University is a founding member of Nature Network. The Collaborative provides classroom teachers with professional development opportunities in environmental education and works with faculty to integrate environmental literacy into undergraduate and graduate pre-service teacher education programs in the Department of Teaching and Learning. The Collaborative fosters environmental literacy through education and stewardship. www.nyu.edu/wallerstein.
Wednesday, January 3, 2007