August 7-9, 2008

Presented by the:
Natural Learning Initiative
NC State University College of Design

Hosted by the:
Marbles Kids Museum
201 East Hargett Street
Raleigh, North Carolina

Outdoor activities hosted by:
Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife and Learning
Musuem of Sciences
4301 Reedy Creek Road
Raleigh, North Carolina

Fee:
$275 per person/$300 after August 1, 2008
$150 for FULL TIME university students (proof required/limited seating)

Learn about last year's institute at the National Conservation Training Center with photos, PowerPoints and speaker information.

Registration Form (PDF)

Design Institute Schedule

Presenters

Professional Credit:
The Institute is approved for 16 hours AIA/CES credit. The Institute is seeking approval for 10 hours by the NC Board of Landscape Architects and for to 16 hours from the NC Division of Child Development.

Interested in sponsoring Designing for Children IN Nature?
Please see Conference Sponsorship Form (PDF) or contact Jean Marie Livaudais (see contact information to the right).

The Natural Learning Initiative (NLI) invites you to participate in the 6th annual design institute titled Design for Children IN Nature from August 7-9, 2008. The Institute will be hosted by the Marbles Kids Museum in downtown Raleigh.

The Natural Learning Intitiative is inviting Dr. Martin Maudsley, Leonie Labistour, and Daniel Rees-Jones (UK) to help us rediscover the magic of being in nature. He and expert colleagues will lead two sessions of play and refelctions at the Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife and Learning. Presentations on the importance of contact with nature, design implications and solutions will help conceptualize the interactive day and bring meaning to proposed environmental changes to take to your spaces back home.

The Natural Learning Initiative promotes the importance of the natural environment in the daily experience of all children and families through environmental design, action, research, education, and dissemination of information. The aim of the Design Institute is to assist you and your organization in designing environments that will bring children in closer contact with nature.

Participants include architects, landscape architects, designers, public health professionals, childcare providers, educators, extension agents, master gardeners, parks and recreation professionals, horticultural therapists, and other individuals interested in creating natural environments for children.

To register please visit: http://ncsudesign.org/content/index.cfm/mode/1/fuseaction/page/filename/child.html

For information about the Natural Learning Intiative go to: www.naturalearning.org or send an email to Shirley Varela at shirley_varela@ncsu.edu.