[sese-l] SCU SEE Research Cluster Public Dialogue on Childhood - Nature

[Amy Cutter-Mackenzie]

SCU SEE (Sustainability, Environment & Education)  Research Cluster Public Dialogue Series


Public Dialogue on Childhood - Nature



Is nature fading in Australian childhood?



Friday 6th February, 2015 at SCU Gold Coast (Beachside)

Southern Cross Drive, Bilinga Queensland

(Access via Terminal Drive, Gold Coast Airport)

10.00 am to 3.00 pm (Eastern Standard Time) Level 3, B Block (Reception Area)



 Register for the Dialogue at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/scudialogue


Abstract
Some 20 years ago Payne (1992) argued that "children's lives are hardly natural anymore (p.20)".  Richard Louv (2005), Louise Chawla (1999; 2002), David Sobel (1996), Peter Kahn (1999) and Stephen Kellert (2002) have echoed similar concerns.   In more recent times, Kahn and Hasbach (2013) contend:

Many people who currently advocate for the importance of nature in human lives focus on what's close at hand: domestic, nearby, everyday nature. It might be a local park, one's own garden, one's dog, a nearby walking trail, or birds finding sustenance in urban feeders. But domestic is only part of what we need. The other part is wild nature. For as a species we came of age in a natural word far wilder than today, and much of the need for wildness still exists within us, body and mind (p. iv).

There is little Australian and international research focussed on children's modern day nature experiences. There is also an absent of dialogue between researchers and the public on this important subject. As such, we invite people from all walks of life to join us for a whole day dialogue with leading researchers from Australia, the UK and Canada, including Associate Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie (SCU), ProfessorKaren Malone (University of Western Sydney), Dr Sue Elliott (UNE), ProfessorElisabeth Barratt Hacking (University of Bath) among many others.

At the end of the day, please join us at 3:30pm for an optional dialogue walk on Kirra Beach meeting at the beach entrance close to the 'round about' at the intersection of Pacific Parade and Musgrave Street (Coolangatta).


Register for the Dialogue at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/scudialogue



Cost: FREE

BYO Lunch or purchase lunch from the nearby café.

The Public Dialogue Series is an initiative of the SEE (Sustainability, Environment & Education) Research Cluster (of the School of Education). For futher details please contact Assoc/Prof Amy Cutter-Mackenzie. For further details about the SEE Research Cluster see http://scu.edu.au/education/index.php/45.

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Associate Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie
Director of Research, School of Education
Academic Director, School of Education  (Gold Coast Campus)
Research Leader, <http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/edu/index.php/45> Sustainability, Environment & Education (SEE) Research Cluster<http://www.scu.edu.au/education/index.php/45>

Southern Cross University
School of Education
Gold Coast Campus
Office B3.17
Locked Mail Bag 4, Coolangatta, QLD, 4225

Phone:  +61 07 5589 3130
Mobile: +61 0418 801 893
Email: acutterm at scu.edu.au<mailto:acutterm at scu.edu.au>

Website: http://works.bepress.com/amy_cutter-mackenzie/
Editor - Australian Journal of Environmental Education<http://journals.cambridge.org/AEE>
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