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| Begins |
September 21, 2008
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mmcmasters@urbanparks08.org
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Science: Environment
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Health: Environmental
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| Contact |
2000 Technology Drive, Suite 300, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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| Description |
The 2008 International Urban Parks Conference is your chance to learn from experts in the field, hear about cutting edge research and exceptional best practices, connect with colleagues around the globe, discover the latest in parks products and services and share your own experience and knowledge.
Be inspired by a vision of urban parks as centers of physical health and emotional well-being for people of all ages around the world.
Keynote speakers include Teresa Heinz, philanthropist and co-author of This Moment On Earth: Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future; Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder; and Luis Garden Acosta, human rights and environmental advocate and founder of human rights organization El Puente.
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| Additional Information |
Early-bird rate $350; regular rate $400; walk-in rate $450. Special rates are available for students and members of the City Parks Alliance and National Association for Olmsted Parks.
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