Environmental Education

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Brittani Orona

2019 Fellow
Brittani R. Orona is an enrolled member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and received her Ph.D. in Native American Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Human Rights at UC Davis in Spring 2022. She is currently an Assistant Professor of American...
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Ardoin named new director of Stanford's interdisciplinary program in environment and resources

Fellow Nicole Ardoin has been named director of Stanford's Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER) and is also the inaugural Emmett Family Faculty Scholar. From Chris Field, director of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford, where she holds a join appointment with the Stanford Graduate School of Education:
December 1, 2018
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Ardoin wins Everhart Award for work on environmental learning and sustainability practices

The William C. Everhart Award was presented to Fellow Nicole M. Ardoin for recognition of sustained achievements that illuminate, provide creative insights, and that foster an appreciation of our natural and cultural heritage.
November 10, 2018
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Dylan Harris

2018 Fellow
Dylan M. Harris is an Assistant Professor of Geography & Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). His work is on the stories we tell (and don't tell) about climate change, focusing specifically on...
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Kathryn (Katey) Lesneski

2018 Fellow
Originally from Massachusetts, Katey graduated from Brown University in 2012 with a BS in Geo-Biology. She always had a passion for conducting science that produces tangible outcomes to support knowledge that communities have of the state...
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Erik Grijalva

2018 Fellow
Erik Grijalva completed his PhD in restoration ecology at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), where his research revolved around understanding restoration and conservation approaches within highly modified ecosystems. His...
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Kristen Goodrich: Flood resilience in the U.S.-Mexico border region

How can we how can we learn from communities to understand risk and support resilience planning? Kristen Goodrich brings a social ecological approach to characterizing natural hazards when developing flood modeling by studying the human experience with and response to flooding.
May 29, 2018
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Micheli named Local Hero by Bay Nature

Bay Nature’s Local Hero Awards recognize three individuals in our community whose efforts foster understanding and preservation of the natural world of the San Francisco Bay Area. The 2018 awards will be presented at Bay Nature’s Local Hero Awards Dinner in San Francisco on Sunday, March 25, 2018. Dr. Lisa Micheli is our 2018 Local Hero for Environmental Education.
October 11, 2017
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Building bird-friendly communities and climate-resilient initiatives in South Carolina

Fellow Heather Hulton Van Tassel and Audubon South Carolina teamed up under this Switzer Leadership Grant to develop programs to build bird-friendly communities, and to advance climate-resilient initiatives in South Carolina that focus on native plants, community outreach and education, and community-based conservation activities.
September 12, 2017
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Becky Cushing: A birder who oversees protected land

Becky Cushing, Mass Audubon’s Berkshire Sanctuaries director, is soaring. She is supervising six properties, hosting bird walks and organizing concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She says of her new home, "I feel like the Berkshires has all these hidden places to explore that make you feel like the first person to have found them."
August 20, 2017