Steve Van Matre
Encyclopedia
Steve Van Matre is an American environmental activist, author and educator. He is the founder of the Earth Education movement and chair of the Institute for Earth Education
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and interpretation at George Williams College
(later Aurora University).
Institute for Earth Education
The Institute for Earth Education was set up in 1974 by Steve Van Matre and others to promote Earth Education. It is a not-for-profit organization with branches in several countries, including Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United...
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Biography
Van Matre was a professor of environmental educationEnvironmental education
Environmental education refers to organized efforts to teach about how natural environments function and, particularly, how human beings can manage their behavior and ecosystems in order to live sustainably. The term is often used to imply education within the school system, from primary to...
and interpretation at George Williams College
Aurora University
Aurora University is a private, not-for-profit, co-educational liberal arts college located in Aurora, Illinois, 40 miles west of Chicago, Illinois. Additional university locations include the George Williams College campus in Williams Bay, Wisconsin and the Woodstock Center in Woodstock, Illinois...
(later Aurora University).
Published works
- Acclimatization (1972)
- Acclimatizing (1974)
- Sunship Earth (1979)
- "Earth Magic" and "Snow Walk" with Kirk Hoessle (1980)
- The Earth Speaks (1983)
- Conceptual Encounters I (1987)
- Earthkeepers with Bruce Johnson (1988)
- Conceptual Encounters II (1990)
- Earth Education: A New Beginning (1990)
- SUNSHIP III (1997)
- Rangers of the Earth (2004)
- Interpretive Design...and the dance of experience (2009)