There are Other Ways to Do Environmental Education

What does environmental education (EE) look like for me today? 

Journalism.

I don't do EE the way I used to. I no longer do events, activities, botanical art classes, museum presentations, or travel to events with my bookstore.

I do, though, continue to do something I've done since 2001, and this is interviewing people about their work, conducting research, creating resources I hope are helpful, and bringing attention to what people do to connect the public (or their clients) to the natural world. 

The next step in my evolution is cross-sector work with intention.

Thanks to technology and the tools available, we are each our own production company. Transferable Solutions functions as my media system, reframing how people understand environmental education. Environmental educators do more than nature tours, leaf rubbings, and work with kids, even though stock imagery would lead you to think otherwise.

Environmental educators are science communicators. They work with gateway communities, municipalities, researchers, state and federal agencies, and businesses in the private sector. They might do their work under a different title, but environmental education is what they do. After all, not everyone identifies with the label "environmental educator," at least not as that role is often portrayed.

What type of cross-sector work have you done over the years?

What type are you doing now?

I am showcasing the diverse ways environmental educators enhance and inform people's relationship with nature.

Are you open to a short 20-minute interview about what you do? 

Reach out to me at leader@talaterra.com.