THE FUTURE NEEDS YOU!

Ignite student interest in 21st century career opportunities in the global green economy! Across industry, careers are emerging for those with the skills to bridge the divide between the old, fossil-fuel-based economy and the new, energy-efficient one. Corporations are partnering with nonprofits and hiring corporate social responsibility managers. They are finding that reducing their impact guarantees a win/win/win offering the satisfaction from making responsible decisions, substantial profit and resource restoration. 

Join corporations, non-profits and NGOs across industries alongside students as they showcase the best practices in sustainable development to middle and high school students from across the New York's Lower Hudson Valley and Manhattan and surrounding regions. Exhibit topics range and must demonstrate the interconnectedness of environmental, economic, and societal considerations into programs, products and practices.

THINK "WORLD'S FAIR" OF SUSTAINABILITY

The most powerful approach to advance sustainability is to ensure the next generation has the intellectual tools necessary to design effective products, processes, and systems. Bring an exciting hands-on exhibit demonstrating leading innovations and methods; demonstrate how sustainable lifestyles and economies impact both human and non-human species. Participate in EXPO'08 and be a catalyst for change among future architects and designers, builders and scientists, craftsmen and computer wizards, policy makers and corporate leaders!

Interactive exhibits engage visitors in a multi-sensory ‘conversation’ on a variety of levels. The EXPO inspires visitors to feel that they are part of the exciting shift in our thinking and design for communities. The interactive experience draws students in visually and the exhibits are conceptually compelling. Within this multi-sensory, multi-mode dialogue resides a true and interesting challenge for students as exhibits engage them in real problem-solving and stimulate creativity.

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EXHIBIT TOPICS

Hands-on, highly interactive, and engaging science, cultural and design exhibits are the core of the EXPO.

Student participants view the world not as one filled with obstacles but as one inspired by possibilities and innovation. Exhibits that resonate and are remembered best are those which are created for stimulating interaction, rather than passive display. Think out-of-the-box and demonstrate your organization's products or practices or your school's programs relating to one of the following sustainable issues or submit topics of your own for approval.

~Alternative energy ~Clean or energy efficient   transportation ~Climate Change, mitigation   and adaption ~Eco-justice ~Ethics and law ~Global Health ~Green building ~Green schools ~Green printing ~Innovative design and   product life-cycle

~Literacy ~National Security ~Peak Oil and its implications   for energy sources ~Risk analysis: environmental,   social, governance risk factors ~Socially responsible banking ~Sustainable and/or Fair Trade   agriculture ~Sustainable communities ~Sustainable economics ~Sustainability education ~Zero waste