Cary Conference VIII Convened: April 27 - 29, 1999 Institute of Ecosystem Studies Millbrook, NY
List of Authors and Titles

Plenary I: The Importance of Understanding Urban Ecosystems

• Francis P. Pandolfi, National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
  What is the current level of public understanding of urban ecosystems?
  
  
• Bunyan Bryant and John Callewaert, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan
  Why is understanding urban ecosystems important to people concerned about environmental justice?
  
  
• Jack K. Shu, Office of Community Involvement, California State Parks
  The role of understanding urban ecosystems in community development.
  
  
• Celestine H. Pea, Education Reform Division, National Science Foundation
  How can teaching about urban ecosystems be a vehicle for education reform?
  
  
• Anne Whiston Spirn, Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania
  How can increased public understanding help urban planning?
  
  
• Steward T.A. Pickett, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
  Why is public understanding of urban ecosystems important to science and scientists?
  

Plenary II: Foundations and Frontiers from the Natural and Social Sciences

• Anthony D. Bradshaw, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool
  Natural ecosystems in cities - a model for cities as ecosystems.
  
  
• J. Morgan Grove, Northeastern Research Station, USDA Forest Service and Karen E. Hinson, Social Studies Department, Western School of Technology and Environmental Science
  Education, social ecology, and urban ecosystems, with examples from Baltimore, Maryland.
  
  
• Nancy B. Grimm, Department of Biology, Lawrence J. Baker, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Diane Hope, Department of Biology and Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University
  An ecosystem approach to understanding cities: Familiar foundations and uncharted frontiers.
  
  
• Martin V. Melosi, Department of History, University of Houston
  The historical dimension of urban ecology: frameworks and concepts.
  

Current Frontiers Forum on Urban Ecosystem Research

• Lawrence E. Band, Department of Geography, University of North Carolina
  Abstracting the fundamentals of watershed form and function: Modeling along the urban to rural gradient.
  
  
• Paul H. Gobster, North Central Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service
  Human dimensions of urban ecosystems.
  
  
• Carolyn Harrison, Department of Geography, University College London
  Models of sustainable development and environmental citizenship.
  
  
• Maciej Luniak, Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences
  Animal wildlife in urban ecosystems.
  
  
• Rusong Wang, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  Understaing the Urban Eco-Complex Concepts and Practics in China.
  
  
• John B. Wolford, Missouri Historical Society
  Urban cultural ecology and anthropology: what they contribute to an understanding of urban ecosystems.
  

Plenary III: Foundations of Urban Ecosystem Education from Education Theory and Practice

• Kathleen Hogan and Kathleen C. Weathers, Institute of Ecosystem Studies Psychological and ecological perspectives on the development of systems thinking.
  
  
• Jo Ellen Roseman, Curriculum Director, and Luli Stern, Research Associate, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  Applying research on teaching and learning to improving ecological literacy: Implications of Project 2061 science literacy reform tools.
  
  
• Louise Chawla, Whitney Young College, Kentucky State University
  Cities for children and children for cities: Learning to know and care about urban ecosystems.
  
  
• Shoshana Keiny, Moshe Shachak and Noa Avriel-Avni, Ben Gurion University
  Teaching systems thinking: A model from Israel.
  
  
• Carol Fialkowski, Field Museum of Natural History
  Approaches to urban ecosystem education in Chicago: Perspectives and processes from an environmental educator.
  
  
• Debra C. Roberts, Durban Metropolitan Council, South Africa
  Development of environmental management systems as a tool for promoting a holistic understanding of urban ecosystems amongst local decision makers and stakeholders in Durban, South Africa.
  

Current Frontiers Forum on Urban Ecosystem Education Practice

• Henry Campa III, Delia F. Reymer and Christine Hanaburgh, Michigan State University
  Ecosystem management education: teaching and learning principles and applications.
  
  
• Bruce W. Grant, Departments of Biology and Environmental Science, Widener University
  "Campus ecology" as a means to urban ecological literacy.
  
  
• Lisa LaRocque, Project del Rio
  How Project del Rio helps teachers and students develop understandings of the local river/watershed as a system.
  
  
• Susan Mockenhaupt, Urban Resources Partnership, USDA Forest Service
  Urban Resources Partnership project models for fostering an understanding of urban ecosystems.
  
  
• Joseph Poracsky, Portland State University, James Gillen, Green City Data Program, Saturday Academy/Oregon Graduate Institute, Kim Wilson, Audubon Society of Portland, and Douglas Saulter, Portsmouth Middle School
  Youth-based tree inventory and GIS analysis for urban ecosystem education.
  
  
• Randall E. Raymond, Department of Strategic Planning and Resource Analysis, Detroit Public Schools
  Urban environmental education in Detroit - connecting the schools and community through the education of students in geographic information systems.
  
  
• Bora Simmons, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Northern Illinois University
  Understanding the local environment.
  
  
• Gary C. Smith, California Department of Education
  The California Guide for Environmental Literacy: Creating sustainable communities and environmental literacy using systems thinking, hope, and developing a sense of place.
  
  
• Daniel Strauss, High School for Environmental Studies, New York City
  The local, urban environment as an integrating context for a school’s curriculum.
  

Plenary IV: How Can the Promise of Urban Ecosystem Education Be Achieved?

• William R. Burch, Jr., Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and Jacqueline M. Carrera, Parks and People Foundation
  Out the door and down the street - enhancing children's play and work environments as if adulthood mattered.
  
  
• Rodger W. Bybee, Center for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Education, National Research Council
  Integrating urban ecosystem education into educational reform.
  
  
• James Kohlmoos, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education
  Urban ecosystem education and school reform: Creating a democracy of excellence in education for the 21^st century