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Peter Blaze Corcoran
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Professor, Environmental Studies and Environmental Education, Florida Gulf Coast University

Peter Blaze Corcoran, Director of the Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education, is Professor of Environmental Studies and Environmental Education at Florida Gulf Coast University. Dr. Corcoran serves as a Senior Fellow in Education for Sustainability University Leaders for a Sustainable Future. He is a Senior Advisor the Earth Charter Initiative in San Jose, Costa Rica. He is a member of the President Council of the National Wildlife Federation. His book, "Higher Education and the Challenge of Sustainability Problematics, Promise, and Practice", was published in The Netherlands Kluwer Academic Press (2004).

Dr. Corcoran is past President of the North American Association for Environmental Education and a past board member of the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation.

Dr. A. James Wohlpart
Assistant Director
Associate Professor of English, Chair of the Division of Humanities and Arts, Florida Gulf Coast University

Dr.Wohlpart has been an advocate of environmental and sustainability education across the University curriculum from its founding. In his courses, he emphasizes the role of ethics in sustainable development. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Estero Bay Buddies, a regional citizen support organization. Dr. Wohlpart is a scholar of the poetry of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman.

Board of Advisors Mary Evelyn Tucker Chair, Forum on Religion and Ecology David Orr Chair, Environmental Studies, Oberlin College Lawrence Jay Amon Executive Vice President. National Wildlife Federation Armand Ball Former President, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation Larry Byrnes Dean, College of Education, Florida Gulf Coast University Richard M. Clugston Executive Director, University Leaders for a Sustainable Future Jack Crocker Dean, Graduate Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University Alison Hawthorne Deming Poet, Professor, Creative Writing, Arizona State University

Carolyn Gray Former Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University Maxine Greene Professor Emeritus, Teacher College, Columbia University Paul G. Irwin President Emeritus, The Humane Society of the United States Loiuse M. Johnson Former Mayor, City of Sanibel June Lacombe Environmental Artist, Curator, Maine Oannes Arthur Pritzker Director, Yat Kitischee Native American Center Jacob Scott Environmental Educator, National Wildlife Federation, FGCU Alumnus Joe Shepard Vice President, Florida Gulf Coast University Terry Tempest Williams Environmental Writer, Activist

 

 

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