Dame Julia Morton-Marr's Visit to Hawaii

On Friday, December 5, 2008 our chapter will be hosting a visit to Hawaii by Dame Julia Morton-Marr. Julia is the founder and president of the International Holistic Tourism Education Centre (IHTEC) in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. PDK Hawaii will be working with schools and local sponsors (including the Hawaii Science Teachers Association, Charter School Administrative Office, United Nations Association of Hawaii, Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Hawaii, University of Hawaii College of Education's Educational Foundations Department and International Education Advisory Committee) to host a dinner celebrating Dame Julia Morton-Marr's visit to our state.

Date and Time: Friday, December 5, 2008 5:00pm-8:00pm

Location: at the Akoakoa Building on the Windward Community College campus.

Add.: 45-720 Keaahala Rd
Kaneohe, HI 96744

Dinner and Entertainment: $10.00 donation

Space is limited!
RSVP by November 26, 2008: alevine@hawaii.edu
Aaron Levine, UH Manoa College of Education (808) 956-0726

Directions: Please click at the following GOOGLE MAP to get the direction:

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The dinner will provide guests from across the state with an opportunity to share their school’s or organization’s current work and/or goals related to environmental education, peace education, place-based inquiry, curriculum integration, gardens and marine parks, green schools, and other ideas related to global sustainability. Julia-Morton Marr will respond to guests and share her own work to date. The forum provides an opportunity for educators, students, and community organizations to network and envision a more sustainable future.

The menu for the evening will include only food that was grown, raised or caught in Hawaii. With sustainability as one of Julia’s primary focuses, this dinner will serve as a launch pad for many exciting projects and partnerships. The student organizers of this event will demonstrate some of the important reasons to "eat local food" including:

* Locally grown food tastes better and is better for us. Traveling thousands of miles before reaching Hawaii tends to also affect the nutritional value of the food.
* Eating locally grown food supports a cleaner environment and helps decrease our dependence on imported oil.
* It also supports our local agricultural industry and economy and helps maintain open, green space on our islands.

Performances by Youth Speaks Hawaii!

If you are interested in attending and/or helping sponsor this event, please contact John Thatcher at thatche@aloha.net or Aaron Levine at alevine@hawaii.edu.

PDF Flyer File for printing is available here.