The EnviroAlums
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The EnviroAlums was
approved by the Executive Board in spring 2002 as the Alumni Association's
tenth self-defined group. It serves to foster communication with all elements
of the Oberlin community on issues of environmental interest, to encourage and
support environmental education on and off campus, and to raise funds for
environmental education. A representative serves on the Alumni Council.
http://www.oberlin.edu/envs/oeeaa/
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The OBERLIN ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (OEEAA)
Charter
Founding Committee:
Corinne Alexander '94
Eric Davidson '78
Karen Florini '79
Elizabeth Hart Frazier '36
Peter Kirsch '79
Carl McDaniel '64
John Petersen '88
John Shordike '78
Name:
Oberlin Environmental Education Alumni Assocation (OEEAA)
Background:
Oberlin is noted for being a community where unconventional ideas are tolerated
and mainstream conventions are questioned. The wisdom of Oberlin may be in its
capacity for enabling unconventional ideas to find expression in actions and
deeds. We believe Oberlin is in a unique position to focus higher education on
the central question of the twenty-first century: How shall we create durable
patterns of habitation in our global culture?
Over the past three decades Oberlin has nurtured an environmental education
agenda that over the past decade under the leadership of firt David Egloff and
then David Orr has gained prominence on campus and beyond. The Adam Joseph
Lewis Center
for Environmental Studies and its associated programs embody an unconventional
idea: "All education is environmental education." We believe the
Oberlin community has a unique opportunity to set a standard for environmental
education, as well as a responsibility to seize this opportunity.
Purpose:
As alumni/ae who have concerns about environmental issues like biodiversity
loss, climate change, consumption, equity, pollution, population, and social
justice, we have formed an alumni affiliate group to assist with, and to
advocate for, environmental education within the Oberlin community. Although
the nature and extent of this assistance and advocacy will emerge as the OEEAA
becomes functional, we envision providing advisory input, encouraging and
supporting environmental educational venues on and off campus, encouraging and
nurturing support from all elements of the Oberlin community, and raising funds
for environmental education.
Membership:
Membership is open to any alumnus/a of Oberlin who wishes to support
environmental education in the Oberlin community. We will strive to seek
membership that reflects the diversity within Oberlin's alumni body.
An initial mailing will be made in June 2002 to all environmental studies
graduates, to the Alumni Association list of supporters of environmental
studies, and to the Environmental Studies Program list of supporters. Members
of the Founding Committee will also seek input from the Alumni Association's
Executive Board and others to provide additional names who will also receive
this initial mailing. We will work to achieve a broad distribution of the
mailing to encourage participation in the development of OEEAA from diverse
alumni. The mailing will include: 1) this charter, 2) a brief assessment of
environmental education at Oberlin and the unique opportunity Oberlin has, 3) a
preliminary listing of things the OEEAA might do, and 4) a form to be returned
to the Alumni Office by those who wish to join the OEEAA.
Leadership:
Carl McDaniel '64 has coordinated the formation of the OEEAA with input from
the Founding Committee. He will work first with the Founding Committee and then
with the Steering Committee to coordinate OEEAA functions until Officers have
been selected and administrative procedures have been established.
The Founding Committee will create from itself and from the persons who join in
response to the initial mailing a Steering Committee that will reflect
Oberlin's diverse alumni population and principles of inclusion and social
justice. The Steering Committee will meet in Oberlin during the fall 2002
Alumni Council weekend to establish the administrative organization for the
OEEAA and to propose the activities of the OEEAA for the next year.
Approved 4/18/02
Executive Board
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If
you have any questions/comments, please email: Carl
McDaniel '64
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