2022–2024 Cohort

Favorite Hobby: Hiking and getting out on the water.​

What does environmental education mean to me? Environmental education is engaging children through connections with their local resources and providing the knowledge and tools they need to appreciate and protect the natural world around them.

What does environmental education mean to me? Environmental education is the key to learning about and teaching those around us the wonder and beauty of our world. When someone understands the natural world we live in then they will take care of it and that’s what we’re here for.

Favorite Hobby: I love cooking and trying new recipes, taking walks with my two dogs (Behr and Pnut).

What does environmental education mean to me? It means a way to ensure a future for our earth through educating students about the earth. It means providing a better future for those to come through education. It means hands on education to excite and get students excited about taking care of the earth locally and nationally though adulthood.

Favorite Hobby: Hiking and exploring national park system.

What does environmental education mean to me? To me, environmental education means gaining a better understanding of how nature’s systems work, and the importance of their roles in human, animal, and vegetation existence. This understanding provides a foundation for becoming stewards for our local and global environment.

Favorite Hobby: Playing the piano, cuddling with my Kitty.​

What does environmental education mean to me? To me, environmental education means teaching others to explore, appreciate, and understand the world around.

Favorite Hobby: I enjoy hiking and woodworking.

What does environmental education mean to me? To me environmental education means fostering positive relationships between people and the natural world.

Favorite Hobby: Hiking with my family and gardening.

What does environmental education mean to me? To me, environmental education means a greater understanding and appreciation of the natural world which empowers people to conserve, protect and restore the world around us.

Favorite Hobby: Explore the natural world (ie. I love to walk in the woods, ID fungi, bird watch, snorkel, fish, and be outside), Garden.

What does environmental education mean to me? To me, environmental education means preparing learners how to be informed decision makers who routinely make sustainable choices.

Favorite Hobby: Camping, kayaking and working in my yard.

What does environmental education mean to me? To me, environmental education means educating students and adults about the environment, the importance of protecting, preserving and conserving our world for future generations.

Favorite Hobby: Camping, kayaking, and cooking when I’m not busy shuttling my two kids around.

What does environmental education mean to me? To me, environmental education means JOY!! It’s the joy expressed in my students’ faces when they discover something new. The joy in their realization that nature isn’t scary or dangerous and that it is, in fact, fun! It brings me joy to share my love of nature with my community and to know that I am part of a network working to save special places and the wild things that live there for future generations.

Favorite Hobby: From hiking to kayaking I love to be outside exploring and learning about the natural world.

What does environmental education mean to me? As an environmental educator, my goal is to foster an empathy and understanding of the natural world by providing a safe space for students to engage and learn with nature.