Event Recap

Go Botany! A Behind-the-Scenes Tour with Switzer Fellow Elizabeth Farnsworth (Switzer Foundation Webinar Series)

Fellow(s): Elizabeth Farnsworth
Topic(s): Conservation Science

How do you develop consumer-oriented websites that both inform and inspire sustainable action? Find out from Switzer Fellow Elizabeth Farnsworth as she takes us inside Go Botany!, a new website designed to help you identify over 1,200 of the most common native and naturalized New England plants. It includes interactive features that allow users to find friends, collaborate on field surveys for plants, and make maps; teaching tools to encourage education in botany; and advanced ID tools to assist experienced botanists with complete identification.

Originally broadcast April 18, 2012.

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Meet the Fellows in this Story

Elizabeth Farnsworth

1990 Fellow
Elizabeth Farnsworth was a Senior Research Ecologist with the New England Wild Flower Society (NEWFS), and a biologist, educator, and scientific illustrator. She was also senior editor of the botanical journal, Rhodora. She was principal...