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Environmental education expert to address mini-conference in Bendigo

Respected and widely published academic, Professor John Chi-kin Lee will today be a guest presenter at a mini-conference on outdoor and environmental education research for sustainability.

Professor Lee is the Dean in the Faculty of Education at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Director, Centre for University and School Partnership. He has long-standing research interests in environmental education and recently co edited, with Michael Williams, Environmental and Geographical Education for Sustainability: Cultural Contexts.

As well as adjunct professorial roles in many Chinese universities, Professor Lee was a consultant for UNESCO on environmental education in China.

The mini-conference will include brief reports on relevant recent and current research activities by La Trobe staff.

Photo opportunity

Professor Lee is available for interviews prior to the conference commencement.

When? 10.00 am to 10.30 am, Monday, 23 June 2008
Where? Ironbark Centre Foyer, La Trobe University, Edwards Road, Bendigo
(Car park 18, access via Gate 3, Edwards Road)

To arrange an interview or for further information, please contact:

Zerin Knight, La Trobe University, Media Liaison, Bendigo Campus
Phone 03 5444 7375
Mobile 0428 463 161
Email z.knight@latrobe.edu.au
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/bendigo