Sendzimir Foundation, University of Florida, Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza, Fundacja Partnerstwo dla Środowiska are proud to jointly offer the course

Challenges of Sustainable Development in Poland

The course will be held from 1st to 21st of July 2002 year, in Ośrodek Konferencyjny PAN in Mogilany near Kraków.

Sustainable Development is considered essential for all countries to ensure that the needs of the present population is met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. A three-week course will address all major issues concerned with how to move every sector of our society towards sustainability and the problems that can arise. The workshop includes more than 100 hours of lectures, also field trips, meetings, seminaries, video projections, etc. Some of the issues addressed during the course will be: environmental ethics, ecological economics, systems ecology, resource issues, sustainable community development, sustainable architecture and construction, industrial ecology and metabolism, integration of sustainability into education.

Dr. Charles Kibert (University of Florida), Gisela Bosch and Jan Sendzimir (Sendzimir Foundation) and Andrzej Biderman (PEPF) will conduct the course together with a number of guest lecturers. Participants will receive a Certificate of Participation and will become members of a network designed to share information on sustainable development.

Fee: 300 zl

Language Requirement: English (advanced level)

Application Items: Curriculum Vita and a cover letter stating why you would like to participate

Application Deadline: April 15, 2002

Please visit our web site for additional information about the course: http://www.sendzimir.org.pl/course

Tomasz Bergier Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza Katedra Kształtowania i Ochrony Środowiska e-mail: tbergier@uci.agh.edu.pl tel: (+ 48 12) 6172260, fax: (+ 48 12) 6330717 Al. Mickiewicza 30, pawilon C-4, pokój 122 30-059 Kraków

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