Dorna Schroeter, BOCES Developer of Environmental Programs
...this program serves some 35,000 students from schools in Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess and Orange counties each year. CEE's programs are diverse. They include; student programs at their nature center, Madden Outdoor Education Center and in schools, environmental kits, a summer program for kids, and marine ecology programs on Cape Cod for elementary groups and in the Florida Keys for middle and high school students. In addition, PNW BOCES is a program site for the JASON Project, an international telecommunication program that brings together students and scientist through live telecast.
Most recently she has been working with the schools to support their efforts toward developing a K-12 sustainability education curriculum. To that end, she co-founded the Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation. She is a graduate of the Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives (ZERI) certification program, a systems-based approach that uses waste as a value-added resource.
Dorna has served on several boards, taught graduate-level courses, authored many articles and her passion for the ocean led her to write a children's story about the ocean.
Most recently she has been an advisor for the DoRight Leadership Corps and is working with the Biomimicry Institute's education program. In summer 2008, she organized the first ever Biomimicry kid's camp and is organizing a Biomimicry teacher institute next summer.
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