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/布朗克斯动物园与美国教育促进可持续发展十年联盟（USCDESD）合作，将举办为期两天的峰会，目标是为维护活体收藏品（如动物园、水族馆和植物园）的机构工作的专业教育工作者。峰会的目标是为这些机构提供一个分享最佳做法、制定战略和建议的机会，以支持联合国教育促进可持续发展十年（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发挥并将继续发挥的基础作用。首脑会议将涉及全国大约50个机构的工作人员，并将产生一份建议文件和一套行动计划，这些文件和行动计划将指导与会者和该领域的工作，以创建以可持续发展和“十年”为重点的科学教育规划。

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.