Steve Van Matre

Steve Van Matre (born March 20, 1941) 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. [cite news |first=Kirk |last=Johnson |title=In Schools, New Emphasis on Environment |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE1DE113CF932A15752C1A96F948260 |work=New York Times |date=1989-11-21 |quote=...Steve Van Matre, chairman of the Institute for Earth Education of Warrenville, Ill. ]

Biography

Van Matre was a professor of environmental education and interpretation at George Williams College (later Aurora University). [cite news |title=People, Places and Things |url=http://www.lib.niu.edu/1986/ip860334.html |work=Illinois Parks and Recreation |date=March/April 1986 |page=34]

Published works

*"Acclimatization" (1972)
*"Acclimatizing" (1974)
*"Sunship Earth" (1979)
*"Snow Walk" with Kirk Hoessle (1980)
*"The Earth Speaks" (1983)
*"Earthkeepers Keys" (1987)
*"Conceptual Rncounters 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)

References

External links

* [http://www.eartheducation.org/ Institute for Earth Education]
* [http://www.nancho.net/advisors/vanmatt.html Interview with SVM]
* [http://envigogika.cuni.cz/rservice.php?akce=tisk&cisloclanku=2008010012 Interview with SVM about Earth Education vs. environmental education]