Virginia Tech Center for Economic Education
Mar 06, 2023
9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Registration Deadline: February 15, 2023
The Inn at Virginia Tech
901 PRICES FORK ROAD
BLACKSBURG, VA 24061
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Grade Level: High School, Middle School, Post-high School
Potential Recertification Credits: 6
The One Day Fundamentals of Environmental Economics seminar is designed to familiarize middle and high school teachers and curriculum specialists with a non-biased approach that introduces the basics of environmental economics and provides effective simulations to introduce the concepts into the classroom.
The program will include classroom-tested activities, as well as a variety of interactive lectures and case studies focusing on the following:
- Overview of environmental economics concepts
- Tragedy of the Commons
- Water use policies
- Climate change policies
- Priorities for global spending simulation
- Land use case study
Fee: NO CHARGE
Instructor: Mr. Don Fell, FTE Director
Contact Person:
Cheryl A. Ayers, Ph.D., Co-Director
Center for Economic Education
Virginia Tech
434.258.2380
cheryl42@vt.edu
OFFERED BY:
SPONSORS
This program is offered at no cost with support from Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE) .
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