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WelcomeThe E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center is an environmental education facility serving students, teachers and professional audiences. Its mission is to educate visitors on theimportance of biodiversity, to promote sustainable balanced ecosystems, and to encourage conservation, preservation and restoration. Developed by Walton County Conservationist and Resident, M.C. Davis, on his 48,000-acre conservation land named Nokuse Plantation, the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center is named after world renowned scientist Dr. Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor Emeritus and Honorary Curator in Entomology at Harvard University, for his life-long contributions to public education about the importance of conserving the world's biodiversity. This two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, spent his formative years and performed his earliest scientific investigations in NW Florida and SW Alabama, and developed "biophilia -- the connections that human beings subconsciously seek with the rest of life." Students in fourth, seventh and tenth grades who visit the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center will have an opportunity to learn about the natural environment through interpretive exhibits as well as an extensive trail system through natural areas undergoing ecological restoration on the nature preserve. By offering five days of curriculum that coincides with the Florida's Next Generation Sunshine State Standards, our young citizens will have a better understanding and knowledge for science portions of the FCAT, while promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic (STEM) subjects, and providing opportunities for inquiry, investigation and innovation so that in long-term we all may become better stewards during our journey on this planet. In addition, this facility will be promoted as a gathering place for local and regional scientists to conduct ecological research and participate in symposia that disseminate this research to the public through it's broadcasting capability via Florida Education Channel FEC-TV. Important Notice: We are serving the schools of the Florida Panhandle; as a result, the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center is only open to the public for special events. Click here to view the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center booklet. (PDF) |
 
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