Today, Tomorrow, Forever: The Role Living Institutions Can Play in the UN "Decade of Education for Sustainable Development" -- A Conference at the Bronx Zoo, NY, Nov. 4-5, 2004

WCS/Bronx动物园将与美国教育促进可持续发展十年联盟(USCDESD)合作，举办一次为期两天的峰会，目标是为维护活的收藏品的机构(如动物园、水族馆和植物园)工作的专业教育工作者。峰会的目标是提供一个交流最佳做法和制定战略和建议的机会，这些机构可以利用这些战略和建议支持联合国可持续发展教育十年(DESD)。一个关键的重点将是科学在寻找解决可持续发展挑战的办法方面已经并将继续发挥的基本作用。峰会将有来自全国约50个机构的工作人员参加，并将产生一份建议文件和一套行动计划，指导与会者和实地制定侧重于可持续发展和十年的科学教育方案。

The WCS/Bronx Zoo, in partnership with the United States Coalition for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (USCDESD), will host a two-day summit targeting professional educators working for institutions that maintain living collections (such as zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens). The goal of the summit is to provide an opportunity for sharing of best practices and development of strategies and recommendations that these institutions can utilize in supporting the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD). A key focus will be the fundamental role science has played and will continue to play in finding solutions to the challenges of sustainable development. The summit will involve staff from approximately 50 institutions across the nation and will result in a Recommendations Document and set of Action Plans that will guide the work of the participants, and the field, in the creation of science education programming focusing on sustainable development and the Decade.