Our Places Tell Stories 2010 Presentations
February 24-27, 2010 in Las Vegas, NV
"Lead the Way: Engage, Empower, and Embrace through Environmental Literacy"

Wednesday February 24th

• Lead the Way: Nevada’s Environmental Literacy Plan by Richard Vineyard, Ph.D.
• Service Learning by Alyssa Hawkins, EarthForce
• Keynote Address: Richard Louv

Thursday February 25th

• Keynote Address: Kevin Coyle
• Make Yourself Tall, Make Yourself Small by Betsy Blair
• Language Arts Resources for Children
• Creative Movement Poem
• Mojave Desert Creative Movement Poem
• Make Yourself Movement Poem Handout
• Music/Dance Resources
• Las Vegas Science Festival 2011 by John Good
• REVolution: Engaging Audiences in Stewardship by Amanda Rowland, Elizabeth Barrie and Josh Hoines
• Education Worksheet
• REVolution
• Meet EMMA & Friends: Sustaining Your Programs by Aligning Your Mission with Partners by Art Wolf
• EMMA Partnership Definitions and Partnership Matrix
• Green Prescription: Health and the Environment by Mindy Meacham, Deb Reardon and Nicole Williams
• Green Prescriptions Resource List
• Fact Sheet : Children's Health and Nature
• Talking Points: Children and Nature Initiative
• Proposal: Creating Nature Champions among Healthcare Providers
  Connecting Children with Nature for Better Health
• Improving Children's Health through Nature: Be a Nature Champion!
• Improving Children’s Health through Nature: How National Wildlife
  Refuges, Nature Centers, and Parks Can Help
• Green Prescription for Health
• Green Prescription: Health and the Environment by Nicole W. Bungum
• Built Environment and Physical Activity by Tim Bungum
• Existing Initiatives: Local and National examples
• Diabetes Health Outcomes by Rayleen Earney
• Are You Listening? Volunteer Management by Marilyn Lynt
• Telling Our Stories in Our Places by Harriet Cole
• Anecdote to Story Exercise
• Storyboard
• Story Prompts – questions to help you fish for People, Place, Problem, Progress, and Point
• Useful Books
• THE FIVE P’S: A STORY RUBRIC DEVELOPED BY DONALD DAVIS
• Clark County Wetlands Park
• At a Glance
• Volunteer Hiring Process
• Trailkeeper Checklist
• Volunteers
• Volunteer Interview
• West Nile Facts
• Equipment Inventory
• Mission & Goals
• Visitor Guidelines
• Volunteer Procedures Update

Friday February 26th

• Keynote Speech: Richard Vineyard
• GeoCaching by Dan Chase & Daphne Sewing
• Let’s Make a Plan: Strategies for Planning Programs by Jonathan Mueller
• Project Learning Tree: Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood by Laurie Gray
• Families in Nature: Inclusivity and Community Partnerships by Amanda Rowland, Irma Varela Wynants and Wilisha Daniels
• Recycling by Tara Pike
• The Nature Exchange: A Novel Approach to Self-Motivated Nature Education by Chris Sakmar
• So you want to make a Nature Exchange?
• Nature Exchange - Plants
• How to Press Plants
• Ensuring Success with Program Reflection by Daphne Sewing
• The Role of the FE Facilitator
• Summary – Philosophy of Forever Earth Program
• Utilizing an After-School Nature Club to Strengthen Environmental Identity by Ryan Brock
• Powerpoint
• Research Article
• Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights by Daphne Sewing and Allison Brody
• Environmental Justice by Michelle Chino
• Design, Develop, and Implement an AmeriCorps program to Build Organizational Capacity by Jonathan Mueller
• Where Wheel We Go from Here? by Jerry Duke and Lisa Roof

Saturday February 27th

• Keynote Speech: Richard Vineyard
• A Framework for 21st Century Service Learning by Alyssa Hawkins
• Seeing Art in Science by Sharon K. Schafer and Allison Brody
• Graphic Novels: An Innovative Approach to Connecting Students to Nature by Paula Garrett and Amy Page
• Environmental Issues: Alien Invaders by Emily Austin and Carrie Norman
• Nevada Department of Agriculture's Noxious Weed List
• Arizona Department of Agriculture's Prohibited, Regulated and Restricted Noxious Weeds
• Threats to Arizona's Native Species: Fountain Grass
• Fountain Grass Fact Sheet
• Grow Native
• Invasive Species: Facts and Figures
• Invasive Weed Identification for Nevada
• INVASIVE WEEDS: What are they and why should we care about them?
• Tamarisk Coalition Newsletter
• Effects of floristics, physiognomy and non-native vegetation on riparian bird communities in a Mojave Desert watershed
• What the heck is an invasive plant?
• Weed Story
• Plants of the Mojave by Paula Garrett
• Geology of Southern Nevada by Steve Rowland
• Project Learning Tree: Classroom Resources that Excite and Empower Students by Laurie Gray
• Water in the Mojave by Becky Blasius
• Animals of the Mojave by Margie Klein
• People of the Mojave by Kevin Rafferty
• So...You Want to Take a Field Trip? by Missy Giannantonio and Mary Weisenmiller
• Healthy Environments, Healthy Students by Cheryl Wagner and Shannon LaNeve
• CHOLLA by Amanda Rowland
• Nevada Naturalist by Denise Parsons
• Nevada State Resources by Ivy Santee and Mary Kay Wagner
• Exploring Your State Parks and Museums by Stacy Irvin, Mandy Keefer and Dawn Andone
• Southern Nevada Agency Partnership by Angelina Yost
• Funding Your Field Trips by Jenelle Hopkins and Laurie Gray
• GreenPower by Faythe Ross