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| What: | GIVING A VOICE TO THE TIGER: A writing workshop in India |
| When: | December 5 - 14, 2011 |
| Where: | Jaipur, India |
| Description: | Have you dreamed of traveling to exotic places--then writing about your journey, maybe even for publication? Then this workshop is for you. As you bounce along the dirt tracks of Ranthambhor National Park (a Project Tiger Sanctuary) or sway on the back of an elephant en route to the palace of a Maharajah you will be gaining the in-depth background so helpful to aspiring writers interested in creative nonfiction as it applies to tourism, wildlife, and conservation writing. During the workshop you will develop your writing skills as we blend relevant, reality-based instruction in writing (and use of other media such as blogs) with immersion in the local tourism and wildlife scenes. You will also receive advice and instruction in techniques for marketing your writing. Perhaps it will be a piece that you craft at the workshop that will help give a voice to the tiger--a voice that will promote tiger conservation locally and internationally. |
| Audience: | The workshop is intended for those who are interested in developing their writing skills whether it be for personal use or for commercial markets. Emphasis will be on travel and tourism writing, journaling, communication through blogs and podcasts, and on various other topics and communications methods linked to tourism, tigers, and conservation in India. |
| Contact: | For a course brochure click here. |
| Information: | You can find a workshop ininerary, fact sheets on money, food, internet access, etc. and a course application here |
| What: | SPECIES and HABITAT CONSERVATION through EDUCATION |
| When: | January 5 - 25, 2013 |
| Where: | Assam, India. The course will be based at the headquarters of Aaranyak in Guwahati Assam, INDIA. Field trips to reserves with populations of tigers, rhino, and elephant are planned. |
| Sponsors: | The 20 day course will be sponsored and conducted by Aaranyak and Environmental Education and Conservation Global (EECG) in cooperation with the Satpuda Foundation. |
| Description: | Your “classroom” is the jungles of northeast India. The subjects are the Bengal tiger, the Indian Rhino, and the Asian Elephant—up close and personal. Just moments before you and your colleagues from around the world were learning techniques and strategies on how to use education to help save these magnificent species. Now, a tiger is padding softly across the jeep track in front of you while hog deer bark their alarm calls. . Whether your concern is charismatic mega-fauna like the tiger, rhino, or elephant or a particular environmental issue such as water pollution, education can be a powerful conservation tool. But these education techniques are not the ones your parent’s knew. Today they build on current research in effective education, borrow from the best social marketing and communication efforts, and incorporate the techniques used to sell you breakfast cereal. This course will teach you the theory behind effective education, immerse you in planning and implementing education programs and campaigns, and provide you with the resources and skills to be successful. |
| Contact: | For more information on the course, send an email to emccrea@eecg.org. |
| What: | Workshops on the Guidelines for Environmental Education developed by the North American Association for Environmental Education |
| When: | As mutually agreed to |
| Where: | At your site |
| Description: | The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) developed the Environmental Education Guidelines Project as part of efforts to promote excellence in environmental education. The goal of this quality initiative is to further an environmental education process that leads to environmentally literate citizens who can complete in our global economy; have the skills, knowledge, and inclinations to make informed choices; and exercise their rights and responsibilities as members of the global community. EECG is part of the Training Bureau for the Guidelines and can conduct half day and full day workshops on the Guidelines Program as a whole or on specific guidelines in the series. |
| Contact: | For more information on the Guidelines, visit http://eelinked.naaee.net/n/guidelines or to discuss scheduling a workshop contact Ed McCrea at 814 260-9138 or emccrea@eecg.org. |