EXPO '07 PROGRAM, PHOTOS & FEEDBACK

 

EXPO Field Trip Speaker Panelists:

Adam Bradley, New York State Assemblyman

Marie Quintin, Pace Center for Environmental Legal Studies

Sean Dixon, Pace Center for Environmental Legal Studies and Yale School of Forestry

Scott Beall, Sustainability Education Expert, CELF Teacher Advisory Panel

James Eyring, Assistant Director - Pace University Environmental Center

Kelsie Evans, Equal Exchange

EXPO Closing Ceremony:  

Katie Ginsberg, Introductions, Director, The Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation

Andrew J. Spano, Welcome , Westchester County Executive

Dr. Richard Schlesinger, Welcome to Pace, Pace University Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research; Chair, Department of Biology and Health Sciences

Jennifer McConnell, Green Mission Specialist, Whole Foods Market  (Regional Headquarters)

Topic: "Creating a zero waste environment"

Keynote

Michael McDonough, AIA

Award-winning architect and industrial designer

Topic: "The integration of sustainable development themes into our mindsets"

 

EXHIBITORS & SPONSORS
The Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation would like to thank all of its partners, sponsors, supporters, participants and volunteers for their generosity and enthusiasm in helping us to bring the Students for a Sustainable Future EXPO to the students and communities of New York's lower Hudson Valley Region. Their commitment to educating the next generation is paving the way for future innovations in sustainable business and industry. We applaud their efforts and thank them again for contributing to the success of this event.

EXPO PARTNERS:

Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF)

Environmental Business Association of New York, Inc.

Pace University - School of Environmental Sciences

Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES CEE

EXPO CORPORATE SPONSOR:

Whole Foods Markets

EXPO SUPPORTERS:

Alliance for Green Schools and Communities (AGSAC)

Assemblyman Adam Bradley

First Direct Corporation

Michael McDonough, AIA

Peanut Photography/Chappaqua Portrait Studio

CLOSING CEREMONY SPONSORS:

The Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF)

Fresh Company Caterers

Standing Room Only Caterers

Whole Foods Market

CORPORATE and NON-PROFIT EXHIBITORS:

William Abranowicz Photographer

Alliance of Green Schools and Communities (AGCAC)

American Museum of Natural History-Center for Biodiversity

Cameron-Cole LLC

Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF)

Creative Change Educational Solutions

Earth Day New York/Count Down Your Carbon

The Earth Institute at Columbia University

Environmental Business Associates of New York

Equal Exchange, Inc.

Federated Conservationist of Westchester County

First Environment

Flexi-Pave

GoGreen Initiative/New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse and  Recycling (NYSAR3)

Grassroots Environment Education Programs

Green Seal

Heliotronics

Johnson Controls

Juice Energy

Martha Stewart Living

Merril Lynch

NYC Department of Environmental Protection

New York Power Authority

NikeWomen

Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)

Putnam/Northern Westchester Boces

Putnam County - Keep Putnam Beautiful

Shaklee

The Solar Center

Steelcase

Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture

Teens for Planet Earth/Wildlife Conservation Society

US Partnership - Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

Waldner's Business Environments, Inc.

Waterkeepers Alliance

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 High School - Briarcliff

Children's Voices for Change - Micaela Silver

Edgemont High School

Horace Greeley High School - Chappaqua

Pace University Center for Environmental Legal Studies

Portchester High School

Seven Bridges Middle School - Chappaqua

Somers Middle School

Somers High School

Todd Elementary School - Briarcliff Manor

H H Wells Middle School - Brewster

Westchester Environmental Student Coalition (WESC)

Woodlands Montessouri School - New Windsor

EXPO '07 PHOTOS

Over 1,000 students, teachers and community

members packed the Goldstein Fitenss Center at Pace University to hear presentations and tour through ehibits from over 40 exhibitors at the EXPO.
 

Volunteers are seen here preparing to distribute goodie bags generously provided by EXPO Corporate Sponsor Whole Foods Market to over 1,000 visiting students and teachers.
 

Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) grabbed the students attention and interest with fun ways to excite young minds about alternative energy solutions (above and below).

 

Seven Bridges Middle School students (above and below) brought several exhibits from their 8th grade sustainability enrichment course.
 
Cameron-Cole's Eric Melhoff (above) introduced students to environmental consulting and the Green Seal product rating system.
 

Green building concepts demonstrated included

Flexi-Pave, who introduced students with their pourous paving material that elimates stormwater runoff from parking lots and playgrounds
 

Kieran Moran from Johnson Controls brought the concepts of optimizing energy efficiency to life.

JC also co-sponsored with CELF, Philips and the National Energy Foundation, the Igniting Creative Energy Challenge, which presented a $1,000 check to NYS winner Madeline Skallar.
 

Students visited with Equal Exchange and learned about fair trade agriculture and socially responsible fundraising for their schools and community.
 

Robert Preston from Merrill Lynch and NESEA introduced students to socially responsible investing with investments in alternative energy.
 

Westchester County's Green Maps and Mapping Applications for Schools and Communities (MASC) Programs highlighted for the group how to collect and use data to encourage change (Cindy Louie and David Blake).
 

Dorna Schroeter, of the P/NW Boces Center for Environmental Education, lit up the students' creativity with ideas about reducing their ecological footprints.
 

Students from Horace Greeley High School's STOP club educated the crowd about the advantages of compact flourescent bulbs, including White Plains City Councilman Dennis Powers.

 
Waterkeeper Alliance's Emily Eggington explained their role as advocates patroling and protecting 156 local waterways worldwide fighting for our rights to clean water.
 

Clayton Handelman demonstrates how eliotronics is bringing the Photovoltaic (PV) technology into the classroom through their easy-to-use software  that captures the school's data in graphical format.
 

Middle and/or High School groups visited on class field trips and/or as exhibitors. Returning for a second year in a row were Seven Bridges Middle School students.

Robert E. Bell 8th gradestudents exhibited the results of their investigations into the effects of idling and research into related legislation.
 

Scott Beall and Madeline Skaller from the HH Wells Middle School relayed highlights of the youth-run consulting firm organized by Beall, DoRight Enterprises.
 

Portchester Middle School teacher Charles Fulco and his class attended for a field trip tour through the EXPO and stayed on to experience the exciting

"Birds of Prey" demonstration.
 

Erika Harvey, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, brought highlights of their unique educational experience direct from the farm.
 

Almost 800 students worked together to complete their EXPO Quest questionnaires and kept track of field trip highlights for future classroom discussion.
 
 

Sustainability education supporter New York State Assembleyman Adam Bradley welcomed the students to the EXPO and shared with them his hope that they take to heart the real-world lessons they gain from their visit to the CELF EXPO.

Mr. Beall brought along with him MadelineSkaller (below), an 8th grade student in his sustainability enrichment class at HH Wells Middle School (Brewster). Madeline participates in Mr. Beall's DoRight Enterprises program, where students serve as environmental consultants for businesses throughout the community.

 

Sean Dixon (below), Pace Law School and YaleSchool of Forestry, captured the students interest explaining how his work as a marine biologist on crab fishing boat in the Bering Strait brought him to the field of law.
 

"I was particularly impressed by the level of eloquence, knowledge and passion displayed by the student presenters. Their level of commitment to their causes showed, and reflects the level of commitment of their teachers. My hope for the future was restored."

Eileen Gallagher

Briarcliff Middle School Teacher
 

Students gathered data from exhibitiors on their EXPO QUEST questionnaires to return to their classrooms for further dialog and investigation into sustainability.

 

NikeWomen explained the product-life cycle through their ReUse-A-Shoe Program where old sneakers are ground down and the materials are turned into playgrounds donated to  underpriviledged children. At the EXPO, over 1,200 sneakers were collected, which were sorted into reusable shoes (360) for local shelters and non-reusable shoes for reprocessing.
 

Shaklee representatives surprised students with their research and product development, which has resulted in worldwide attention for the company gaining the first ever certification by the Climate Neutral Network for Shaklee's net zero impact on climate change.
 

At a booth from the World Foundation for Original Human Development (WFOHD), students tested water and learned about programs designed to stimulate their vision and motivation to learn.

 

"Thank you Katie and crew for all that you are doing. The County Executive (Andrew Spano) clearly knows what an impact your organization and the EXPO are having. I really enjoyed the event and was impressed!"

Dennis Powers

White Plains City Councilman
 
Lee Leitner-Streisfeld of The Solar Center is seen here explaining the econonmic and environmental benefits of photovoltaic energy to parent chaperones.
 

Sobeida Cruz highlighted the New York Power Authority's role in bringing clean energy solutions to customers across the state.

 

Pace Law School Environmental Legal Studies students (Marie Quintin, left) explained to students how careers in environmental law span from environmental justice to habitat and species protection to development related issues and much more.
 
 
 
James Eyring, Assistant Director of the Pace Environmental Center, treated students to two live "Birds of Prey" demonstrations during the day
EXPO CLOSING CEREMONY
 

Below, from left: Jennifer McDonnell (Whole Foods Green Mission Specialist Northeast Region), Patti Bressman (CELF EXPO Program Chair), Katie Ginsberg (CELF Executive Director), keynote speaker Michael McDonough, AIA, Melanie Lester (CELF Board Member), Scott Beall (CELF Director of Curriculum and Professional Development.

 
Westchester County Executive andrew Spano welcomed the audience to the EXPO Closing Ceremony with a passionate plea for everyone to take part, at least in some small way, in making a difference in our future.

Pace University Biology Department Chair and Dean of Academic Affairs Dr. Richard Schlesinger welcomed the EXPO Program back to Pace, stressing the importance of events that introduced students to the concepts of a sustainable future.

Whole Foods Market's Northeast Green Mission Specialist Jennifer McDonnell (above) introduced the concept of creating a zero-waste environment, citing numerous ways the corporation is working to reduce each stores output.
   

 

 

Award-winning architect and designer Michael McDonough marveled the audience with practical green building solutions and guidance. He provided real world examples of how to reduce energy consumption by up to 90% with proper attention to design and material usage.