1st Class, Wednesday, February 1,
2012,
9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Robinson Nature Center, Columbia Introduction to Howard County Legacy Leadership Institute for the Environment (HoLLIE) Welcome and Introductions 1. Coffee & Conversation (9:00 - 9:10) 2. Welcome from the County Executive Branch (9:10 – 9:20) Joshua Feldmark, Director, Howard County Office of Environmental Sustainability; jdfeldmark@howardcountymd.gov Speaker objectives: o Welcome Legacy Leaders. o Explain HoLLIE’s uniqueness as a collaboration of seven partner environmental organizations. o Explain how it fits within the County Executive’s vision for Howard County’s environmental legacy. As a result, participants will be able to explain: o Howard County’s commitment to the environment. o HoLLIE’s unique and valuable role in meeting that commitment. o The challenges and opportunities awaiting Legacy Leaders. 3. Welcome and Introduction to Legacy Leadership Institutes (9:20 – 9:30) Program Coordinators Speakers objectives: o Coordinators will introduce themselves and welcome Legacy Leaders o Present a brief introduction to Legacy Leadership Institutes o Describe how HoLLIE came about As a result, participants will be able to explain: o Who can answer questions about the program. o What a Legacy Leadership Institute is. o How HoLLIE has been developed. 4. Meet Your Fellow Legacy Leaders (9:30 - 10:45) 2012 Legacy Leaders Speakers objective: o Legacy Leaders will introduce themselves and explain why they enrolled (5 min each). As a result, participants will be able to describe: o Who (name) their fellow Legacy Leaders are. o Why they chose to join HoLLIE. Break (10:45 – 11:00) 5. Volunteer Leadership: It’s More Than You Think! (11:00 - 12:00) Tracey Manning, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Center on Aging, UMCP; tmanning@umd.edu Speaker objectives: o Surface and challenge some of the most commonly-held myths about leadership. o Present and apply research on “everyday leadership” to refute leadership myths. o Describe the benefits of taking a strengths-based approach to one’s own and others’ leadership. As a result, participants will be able to: o Explain what “leadership” means in the context of a Legacy Leadership Institute. o Identify and challenge self-limiting elements of one’s implicit leadership theory. o Increase recognition of one’s volunteer leadership potential and willingness to experiment with new forms of non-positional leadership. Lunch (12:00 – 12:45) 6. Introduction to the HoLLIE Program: Walk Through the Syllabus (12:45 - 1:15) Program Coordinators Speakers objectives: o Explain program format, content, and syllabus o Develop norms among Legacy Leaders for program involvement As a result, participants will be able to explain: o Purpose of and scope of the HoLLIE program. o Their own and facilitators’ responsibilities in the program 7. The Volunteer Experience (1:15 - 1:45) 2009 – 2011 Graduates of HoLLIE Speakers objectives: o Legacy Leaders from 2009, 2010 and 2011 will introduce themselves to 2012 class o Leaders will share information on their field experiences. As a result, participants will be able to explain: o Exciting things that Legacy Leaders can do on behalf of the environment. o Challenges and pitfalls that may arise during the mentored field placement. o Whom to ask for advice while planning where to volunteer. Break (1:45 - 2:00) Afternoon Field Experience 8. The Wonder of Nature – Why What We Do Matters! (2:00 – 2:45) Justine Schaeffer, Naturalist, Cromwell Valley Park, Willow Grove Nature Education Center, Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks; justine@cromwellvalleypark.org Speaker objectives: o Introduce concepts of environmental stewardship, biodiversity and interdependence. o Explore the role of science in defining and solving environmental problems. o Show the class examples of environmental adaptations. 9. Guided Winter Nature Walk near Robinson Nature Center (2:45 – 3:30) Brain Campbell, Volunteer Coordinator, Robinson Nature Center, Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks; bcampbell@howardcountymd.gov Speaker objectives: o Introduce concepts of environmental stewardship, biodiversity and interdependence. o Show the class examples of environmental adaptations. As a result of these two presentations and follow-on discussions, participants will appreciate: o Environmental stewardship and importance of biodiversity. o Adaptations of local plants and animals to survive winter. 2nd Class, Monday, February 6, 2012, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm Robinson Nature Center, Columbia Partners and Projects 1. Daily Update with Program Coordinators (9:00 - 9:15) 2. Overview Presentations by Partners Climate Change Initiative of Howard County (9:15 - 9:40) Margo Deusterhaus, Steering Committee; margo@tripleteq.com http://www.hococlimatechange.org/ The Friends of Patapsco Valley and Heritage Greenway (9:40 – 10:05) Betsy McMillion, Executive Director; patapscofriend@gmail.com http://www.patapscoheritagegreenway.org/ Howard County Public School System (10:05 – 10:30) Karen Learmouth, Coordinator, Elementary Science; KAREN_LEARMOUTH@hcpss.org Break (10:30 – 10:45) The James and Anne Robinson Foundation (10:45 – 11:10) Marianne Pettis, Executive Director; mpettis@robinsonfoundation.org http://www.robinsonfoundation.org/
Robinson Nature Center, Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks County (11:10 – 11:35) Stacey Yankee, Director, syankee@howardcountymd.gov http://www.co.ho.md.us/RobinsonNatureCenter.htm
Objectives for each speaker: o Introduce the organization; describe its mission and environmental role in Howard County. o Describe how participants can help increase capacity and ability to meet the mission. o Offer in-depth presentation reviewing individual partner organization’s mission and vision, and describing possible Legacy Leader projects or roles along with further training available on site or needed for a successful field experience. o Give the participants a good sense of how your organization operates and who or what receives your services or products. o Describe how a Legacy Leader and the partner organization can, together, define mutually valuable projects, meeting the needs of the partner, matching the interest and skills of the participant. o Give participants an understanding of how your organization can nurture the relationship so that at the end of the field placement the new Legacy Leader will be committed to remain an exceptionally active and useful volunteer member of the organization. As a result, participants will be able to explain: o Who the HoLLIE partners are. o What they do for the environment. o In-depth, for each partner, the individual partner organization’s vision, current goals, Legacy Leader projects, roles, and further training required by the partner organization to gain site-specific skills for successful completion of the mentored field placement. Lunch (11:35 – 12:30) . Poster Session with all Partners (simultaneous, all afternoon, (12:30 – 2:30) Climate Change Initiative of Howard County The Friends of Patapsco Valley and Heritage Greenway The James and Anne Robinson Foundation Robinson Nature Center, Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks/ Howard County Public School System
Speaker objectives: o Offer in-depth presentation of individual partner organization’s vision, mission, goals, needs, Legacy Leader projects or roles, and further training that may be available or needed for a successful mentored field experience. o Give the participants a good sense of how your organization operates and who or what receives your services or products. o Describe how a participant and the partner can, together, define suitable projects, meeting the needs of the partner, matching the interest and skills of the participant. o Give participants an understanding of how your organization can nurture the relationship so that at the end of the field placement the new Legacy Leader will be committed to remain an exceptionally active and useful volunteer member of the organization. As a result, participants will be able to define: o Which partners will provide a satisfying mentored field placement, including possibilities reaching far beyond the formal HoLLIE program. o A preliminary field placement choice by filling out form. 4. History of Environmental Activism (2:30 – 3:15) Tim Titus, Senior Executive, USEPA (retired) and 2010 HoLLIE Graduate; w1trt@aol.com Speaker objective: o Outline the development of the modern environmental movement in the United States. As a result, each participant will be able to describe: o Past events and environmentalists that have shaped our outlook on the environment today o Aspects of environmental activism that are important to each individual. Q & A (3:15 – 3:30)
3rd Class, Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Building 33, Room H114, GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD.
What Informed Citizens Need to Know about Earth Systems Science Understanding the Tools and the State of Art in Earth Science 1. Daily Update with Program Coordinators (9:00 - 9:15) 2. The Role of Satellites in Understanding the Earth System (9:15 - 10:30) Claire Parkinson, Ph.D., Aqua Project Scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC); claire.l.parkinson@nasa.gov Speaker Objectives: o Provide an overview of satellites’ uses for Earth system science, including examples of past scientific achievements (e.g., determination of the extent and changes in the Antarctic ozone hole). o Provide an overview of the importance of satellites for recognizing and addressing current and future environmental challenges (e.g. Arctic sea ice decreases, global warming, etc.). Break (10:30 - 10:45) 3. The NASA Aqua Satellite and its Contributions to Earth Science and Applications (10:45 – 12:00) Claire Parkinson, Ph.D., Aqua Project Scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC); claire.l.parkinson@nasa.gov Speaker Objectives: o Discuss NASA’s Aqua satellite, its capabilities and information it provides. o Describe scientific and practical applications of Aqua data. As a result of these two presentations and follow-on discussions, participants will appreciate: o The motivations behind space based observing and the technological advances that have enabled satellite observing of environmental processes and effects on local, regional and global scales. o The value of satellites in enabling the Earth to be properly viewed as it is -- an “Earth System” comprised of interacting atmosphere, oceans, land, ice, and biological systems operating across multiple scales. Q & A (12:00 – 12:15) Lunch (12:15 - 12:45) Understanding the Science of Earth’s Cycles 4. Land-based Hydrological Cycle (12:45 – 1:45) Christa Peters-Lidard, Ph.D., Branch Head, Hydrological Sciences Branch; NASA’s GSFC; christa.d.peters-lidard@nasa.gov Speaker objectives: With an integrated system perspective, use examples drawn from current research in the field of hydrology to o Explain the basic underlying science and interactions. o Discuss outstanding issues and challenges (e.g., Chesapeake Bay watershed). o Illustrate the state of art in earth observing technologies and strategies for environmental monitoring, assessment and prediction. As a result of the presentation and follow-on discussions, participants will: o Understand fundamental hydrological cycle components and interactions. o Understand some of the major advances and challenges in hydrological sciences, and their relevance to detecting, understanding and predicting environmental changes on regional to global scales. o Have a better appreciation for the importance of satellite observing and Earth system computer models to environmental prediction and response. Q & A (1:45 - 2:00) Break and travel by cars to Lab (2:00 – 2:30) From Satellite Data to Computer Models 5. Site Visit to GSFC Scientific Visualization Studio and Remote Sensing Labs (2:45 – 3:45) Horace Mitchell, Ph.D., SVS Director; Horace.G.Mitchell@NASA.gov Speaker objectives: o Illustrate how environmental observations are locally and globally acquired, processed, analyzed and integrated with computer models. o Illustrate how large-scale environmental observations are visualized in ways that enable new scientific insights.
As a result, participants will: o Gain an appreciation of how understanding complex environmental phenomena is being advanced through combined use of satellite remote sensing and computer models. Q & A (3:45 – 4:00) |
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