The 2009 Tufts Environmental Literacy Institute (TELI) is now over! Thank you to all of this year's participants.
Click here to see a photo gallery from this year's workshop.
If you would like to learn more about TELI please visit the 2008 TELI site or contact Antje Danielson, TIE Program Manager, at antje.danielson@tufts.edu or 617-627-5521.
2009 Program Description
TELI 2009, the Tufts Environmental Literacy Institute, was a four-day faculty development workshop that took place from May 18-21, 2009. Participants from all departments across the Tufts campuses participated. The goals of the workshop were to enhance faculty literacy on climate change and climate justice and to inspire participants to incorporate these themes into an existing course or to create a new course. Ultimately, the purpose is to increase the ability of all our students to engage with issues that will shape their generation. Emphasis was placed on recruiting faculty participants from a wide range of disciplines. The workshop included interactions with experts, access to resources, and a field-based learning experience.
Workshop topics and presenters:
Lawrence Bacow President, Tufts University
Climate Change Basics: Science and Policy
- Overview of Science and Policy Presenter: William Moomaw Fletcher
- A New International Climate Change Agreement Presenter: Sivan Kartha Stockholm Environment Institute
What Climate Action Really Means: The Campus as a Learning Laboratory
- Greening the Ivory Tower Presenter: Sarah Hammond Creighton Office of Sustainability
Uneven Effects and Equity Issues
- Climate Justice and Gender Presenter: Mike Meldonian Oxfam America
- Climate Change and Social Disruption Presenter: Peter Walker Feinstein International Center
Risk and Climate Change
- What is the Best Future We Can Hope For? Presenter: Neva Goodwin Global Development and Environment Institute
- How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity Presenter: Eric Chivian Harvard's Center for Health and the Global Environment
Liz Ammons English
Kathleen Blanchard President, Intervale Associates
Hazel Bright English
Luisa Chiesa Mechanical Engineering
Steven Cohen Public Health and Family Medicine
Chiyo Crawford English
Anne de Laire Mulgrew Romance Languages
Bruce Hitchner Classics
Shari Litch-Gray Chester College of New England
Lisa Neal Gualtieri Public Health and Family Medicine - Health Communication Program
Kate Risse Romance Languages
Zach Smith Wright Center for Science Education
Nino Testa English
Tina Woolston Office of Sustainability
Resources for Learning and Teaching:
A blackboard site was created for the workshop and used as the repository for a wide range of resources. Papers, powerpoint presentations, and photographs of the event were posted and participants will remain enrolled so they can access materials at any time.
For More Information:
If you would like more information about TELI, or are interested in being a participant in future sessions, please contact Antje Danielson, the Program Manager at TIE.
