EXPO '08 PHOTOS, FEEDBACK & PARTICIPANTS
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| 1,160 students, 120 teachers and parent chaperones packed Pace University's Goldstein Fitenss Center for field trips to hear presentations from CELF Learning with Leaders panelist and tour through exhibits from over 52 exhibitors. |
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Marilyn Imbimbo, Steelcase Inc., with students completing EXPO Quest questionnaires and participating in product lifecycle surveys |
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| Jen Lavazza, Aveda |
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Mia Schipiani, Waldners Business Solutions |
"It was an honor to be a part of the Expo.
I’ve spent the last 30 years trying to get people to listen about sustainability. The interest expressed by the students was truly heartwarming."
Craig Norsted, AIA, LEED AP
Perkins Eastman
US Green Building Council-Green School Advocate
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Rosi Kerr, JUICE Inc. |
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| Erika Harvey, Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture |
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Craig Norsted, Perkins Eastman & USGBC |
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John Jay High School Environmental Club Exhibitors |
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| Fritz Jardine, Printing Responsibly+ |
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Emily Keating, Jacob Burns Film Center |
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| Seven Bridges Middle School Exhibitors |
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Charles Fulco, Port Chester Middle School |
“Getting kids motivated about the environment ripples far beyond them. It means they will discuss it with their friends, and also with their parents, and that’s how you get real and sustainable change, when you have children teaching adults.”
Westchester County Executive Andy Spano neatly summed up his view about the importance of the recent Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation, proclaiming |
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"I found it to be very interesting and enjoyed having the opportunity to speak with the children. We also made some good contacts among the adults who were on hand for the event. The morning and early afternoon hours were quite busy, at times even overwhelming as the waves of students descended on our booth. Providing questions for the EXPO Quest to the students ahead of time was a very good strategy."
John Halenar
NYSAR3
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Eric Chung, Mercury Solar
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Learning with Leaders Panelist Valerie Poggioli, Steelcase LLC |
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| US Green Building Council & Synergis Zero Waste Group |
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Dr Paul Mankiewicz, Director of the GAIA Institute |
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| Better School Food |
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Lance McGinnis, Smith Barney |
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Ben Pullman, The Vertical Farm
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Melanie Lester, CELF Board Member, interviews student exhibitor Beth Gladstone, Horace Greeley High School |
Scott Beall, DoRight Enterprises & Brewster Central Schools |
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"The teachers and students enjoyed the expo. Looking forward to going again next year!"
DJ Colella
Somers Middle School |
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Chevrolet Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle
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Hands-on opportunities for learning about sustainability make the topics address more relevant. |
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Westchester County Veggie Van
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Clayton Handelman, Heliotronics |
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| Scarsdale Middle School Garden Club |
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Scarsdale Middle School Technology display |
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| Students toured the EXPO floor with their Whole Foods Market bags. |
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EXPO Student Volunteers |
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GoRISEUp |
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Sue Prazenka, Shaklee and Ben Pullman, The Vertical Farm |
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| Volunteers received organic cotton Students for a Sustainable Future EXPO T-shirts for event organizer, CELF. |
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Mark Watkins,
Voltaics' Solar Backpacks |
"Thanks for including us in your program. Congratulations - It was such an action packed day! We really enjoyed speaking with the students. They all seemed very enthusiastic and interested in learning."
Maria Ghiso
Rainforest Alliance
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"Congratulations on a great event! It was so well organized and interesting. My students were really excited about it. Many of them even spent the bus ride home looking at the material in their bags."
Laura Meyerson
The Claremont School |
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James Eyring, Assistant Director of the Pace Environmental Center, treated students to two live "Birds of Prey" demonstrations during the day.
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Learning with Leaders panelist: Whole Foods Market's Green Mission Specialist Jennifer McDonnell |
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EXPO '08 PROGRAM
EXPO Learning with Leader Panelists:
Jennifer McConnell, Green Mission Specialist, Whole Foods Market
Valeria Poggioli, Steelcase Inc.
Craig Norsted, AIA, US Green Building Council and Perkins Eastman
Maria Ghiso, Rainforest Alliance
EXPO Closing Ceremony:
Katie Ginsberg, Executive Director, The Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation
Andrew J. Spano, Westchester County Executive
Panel Discussion: "Working Together to Create a 21st-Century Thinker"
Chris Hall, CELF Board Member, Executive VP Mizuho Corporate Bank (Moderator )
Steve Apkon, Founder & Executive Director, Jacob Burns Film Center
Duncan Wilson, Assistant Principal, Scarsdale Middle School
Nic Ecarius, New York Manager, Steelcase Inc.
EXPO PARTNERS:
Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF)
Pace University - School of Environmental Sciences
EXPO CORPORATE SPONSOR:
Aveda
Con Edison
Printing Responsibly+
Steelcase Inc.
Waldner's Business Environments
Whole Foods Markets
EXPO SUPPORTERS:
Alliance for Green Schools and Communities (AGSAC)
The GAIA Institute
Jacob Burns Film Center
Rainforest Allaince
Westchester County Department of Environmental Facilities
CORPORATE and NON-PROFIT EXHIBITORS:
Alliance of Green Schools and Communities (AGCAC)
Better School Food
Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF)
Con Edison
Creative Change Educational Solutions
Federated Conservationist of Westchester County
The GAIA Institute & GAIA-Soil
Global Horizons
GoRISEUp
Grassroots Environment Education Programs
Heliotronics
Jacob Burns Film Center
Jewish Council of Yonkers
Juice Energy
The Junior League of
Lance McGinnis, Smith Barney
Mercury Solar
NYC Department of Environmental Protection
New York Power Authority
PowerSmiths
Printing Responsibly+
Shaklee
Steelcase Inc.
Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture
Synergis
Waldner's Business Environments, Inc.
Westchester County Department of Environmental Facilities
Westchester County GIS and Green Maps Program
Whole Foods Market
World Foundation for Original Human Development
SCHOOL & STUDENT GROUP EXHIBITORS & PARTICIPANTS:
Robert E. Bell Middle School (Chappaqua)
Briarcliff Middle School
Briarcliff High School Science Research Class
Claremont School
College of New Rochelle
Croton-on-Hudson High School
DoRight Enterprises
Edgemont High School
Beth Gladstone, Horace Greeley High School (Chappaqua)
Horace Greeley High School (Chappaqua) - Silent Earth Club
Horace Greeley High School (Chappaqua) - STOP Club
John Jay High School
The Masters School
Pace Law School - Environmental Legal Studies
Pace University
Portchester High School
Ben Pullman (Scarsdale High School)
Rye Country Day School
Scarsdale Middle School - Garden Club
Seven Bridges Middle School (Chappaqua)
Somers Middle School
Somers High School
Techno Girls - Heart of Hudson Girl Scouts
Todd Elementary School (Briarcliff Manor )
The Wampus School (Armonk)
H H Wells Middle School - Brewster
Westchester Environmental Student Coalition (WESC)
