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het a~ Community Water Education for Youth <br />e~~5 ~y~ Focus on Watersheds <br />f~PQ~i~ May 1, 1997 <br />12:00-3:30 PM <br />St. Paul Student Center, Minnesota Commons <br />Name: <br />Organisation: <br />.-lddress: <br />Daytime phone: <br />Make check for $12 payable to Water Resources Center <br />Many people, like you, care about water and want to find ways to inspire personal action to address water <br />issues. By using local resources and building on community watershed effons, you can help young people <br />understand the connection between people's actions, community decisions, and environmental quality. <br />What will I Learn? <br />Video conference activities will help you: <br />• Identify community water education goals. <br />• Integrate local water issues into youth programs. <br />• Locate and choose appropriate curriculum materials. <br />• Facilitate team building for community education planning. <br />• Measure the success of a program. <br />What's my role? <br />As a participant, you will have the opportunity to interact with panel members, plan and evaluate your <br />own local program, and share ideas with your group. To help, with the planning process, your facilitator <br />will supply the booklet, "Educating Young People About Water: A Guide to Program Planning and <br />Evaluation." <br />Who should attend? <br />Educators, natural resource managers, youth leaders, and watershed planning teams are invited to <br />pazticipate. You are encouraged to attend as a team to better suppon your planning efforts. <br />Topics <br />Panelists and pre-taped interviews of managers and youth at eight sites around the country will focus on: <br />• Having fun while learning about water EDUCATING <br />• Connecting to the community YOUN~c PEOPLE <br />• The role of the instigator <br />• Evaluating to improve <br />Host °' <br />Larry Meiller, Wisconsin Public Radio <br />~ ~ <br />Gzzests and Panel Members <br />Bob Robinson, Director USDA Cooperative State Research Extension and Education Service (invited) <br />Eddy King, Director, Brooklyn Avenue Family Center, Kansas Ciry, Missouri <br />Bazbara Liukkonen, University of Minnesota Water Resources Center <br />Kadi Row, Coordinator, Give Water A Hand <br />David Schmidt, Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN) <br />Kelly Warren, Coordinator, Educating Young People About Water <br />To find out more about the conference, ~~isit our ~veb site at <br />http:/ /cvunv.mes.umn.edu/-water/water.html <br />:Materials and information provided in this program were developed through a <br />grant from USDA CSREES <br />