PROJECT NATURECONNECT Greenwich University Applied Ecopsycology/Integrated Ecology ORIENTATION COURSE

ORT 502 Elements of Global Citizenship: The Science of Connecting With the Web of Life The Art of Thinking With Nature   Prerequisite Activities Please Note: In order to become an active participant on this course, items B, C, and D, below must be completed and the following statement sent to the course administrator:   REGISTRATION STATEMENT:     . Please complete and send to this mailing address when you have finished the prerequisite activities on this page. Dear Course Members, Facilitators and Faculty, Please note that I have -completed the prerequsite activities for the Elements of Global Citizenship Course (B, C), -become familiar with the Course Instructions (D) -made an appropriate financial or other donation to support the course, I am prepared to become involved and contribute to the course and be of assistance to its participants. Name Email address Postal Address Telephone .   A. Once you obtain the email addresses of the course participants make a list of all of the interact group members in your e-mail address book, or use whatever batch/group/alias mail system that works for your email program. All course-related e-mail should go to your entire interact group. B. If you have not done so, write a 1-2 paragraph letter of introduction to your interact group. Include a brief biographical sketch and the reasons you are taking this course. Save this statement and share it with your interact list on the starting date. Please verbalize in this statement the social contract that you are making with the remaining course members. Please assure them that they can trust you to supportively participate and complete the course with them. C. Visit the Survey of Participants and select what you think are the two most important subject areas identified in the questions and statements found in parts two through six of the survey (select the statements as you read through parts 2-6 , select two statements from each part, 10 statements total.) Write a paragraph that integrates these statements with respect to them being a reflection of some of your desires, beliefs and values. On starting date, Post the paragraph to your interact group after you have posted your introduction. Then respond to the introductions of the other participants. D . Upon completing the Survey of Participants (C above) study and gain a working knowledge the Course Instructions page. It is a compilation of questions and answers from the past seven years of this course. It also contains a model of the course in action. The Instruction Page(s) are actually the beginning of the course and are key to having you know how to help the course run smoothly. Additional optional readings are suggested there, time and interest permitting. E. Reminder: This course, including the Instructions, uses articles and activities in public use elsewhere on our website. If you have already read or done material it presents, skim the article or activity for anything you find anything additionally attractive in it. Repeating attractive activities always brings about new growth. One thing to learn from repeated material is what purpose it serves for you and how you can find it again, or bring others to it, later.   F. You have, or will shortly receive, the names of your interact study group. To participate in this course, complete the REGISTRATION STATEMENT letter at the top of this page Thank you for your interest in this work and the course. Michael J. Cohen, Ed.D. Chair, Applied Ecopsychology/Integrated Ecology Greenwich University Director, Project NatureConnect, Institute of Global Education

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