Environmental Education

Back on that elementary school playground, the girls win one day, the boys another. Whichever is the more sustainable sex, it behooves us all to evaluate our life choices carefully in order to reduce our collective environmental footprint. After all, as Stanford professor of science education Nicole Ardoin points out, “Perhaps environmental impact has less to do with gender and more to do with the roles we play in life.” Read the full article

Just a short walk separates F&ES from the Yale Divinity School (YDS) campus at the top of Prospect Street. Yet it took Stephen Blackmer ’83 more than 20 years after graduating to make the journey up the hill from F&ES. The long circle that brought him back to Yale shows the ways in which environmentalists are seeking a deeper moral and spiritual grounding for their work and how believers are applying their faith to environmental advocacy. Read the profile

Dr. Jeff Dlott is the father of one of the students (Chloe Dlott) where I am teaching this year. We connected early in the year when he realized we are both Switzer Fellows and have been in communication. Jeff did his Ph.D. in entomology, but now runs a sustainable agriculture company. I asked Jeff if he was willing to come and run two lab sessions with junior biology students.

The Environmental Education Research Bulletin is a project of NatureBridge in partnership with Dr. Nicole Ardoin at Stanford University. It is designed to inform NatureBridge educators about recent relevant research, so the emphasis is on field science, stewardship behavior, and residential settings, among other topics. Other environmental educators might also find this bulletin useful, though, again, it does not cover all aspects of environmental education. Download the bulletin

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Early in December when a lot of us were frantically planning hectic holidays, the Morgan family of Glen Ellen was out and about educating the world about the oceans, the land and how to conserve and save both. Angela Nardo-Morgan wears many hats, among them: Bouverie docent and coordinator of their Quercus Quarterly events, secretary of the Glen Ellen Historical Society and much more. In December, she planned a talk for the Bouverie Preserve featuring nationally recognized speaker Dan Imhoff on organic farming and environmental protection, through encouraging biodiversity.

The subtle rust and charcoal hues of the robin’s plumage told me it was a female, and her feathers shone fresh and porcelain smooth in the sunlight. She cocked her head, hopped, and then lunged forward to root at something in the soil. Tilting upright again, she suddenly launched skyward, turning sharply around a fence post and swooping up at an impossible angle to land on an alder branch. Perched there, the robin shook her tail and fluffed up her body feathers before letting everything settle back into place.

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