Eco Fair at the 2017 Finkelstein Memorial Lecture - October 25, 2017

Speaking at the 2017 Robert and Augusta P. Finkelstein Memorial Lecture Series in Adelphi University’s Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom, David Sobel—an instructor at Antioch College New England—presented a model called “place-based education” which emphasizes hand-on class projects and lessons grounded in the school’s community. The model also employs a strong ecological component, teaching students to care about, and care for, the place they live. Booths outside the Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom formed a sort of information market with people passing out information about sustainable agriculture and environmental responsibility.