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Access to Environmental Education - Growing Up Green Ep. 7
In this episode, Vanessa interviews UW student Sammy Bellman, an Environmental Science Terrestrial Resource Management and Comparative History of Ideas dual major who is doing her senior thesis project on racial justice and a lack of access to nature-based education. They discuss different types of nature-based schooling, the barriers to access, the opportunities that come from environmental education, and environmental justice. Sammy explains her passion for the environment and for her project, and what she has learned from her work and research.
EPA definition of environmental justice: https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice
Racial justice definition from the Annie E. Casey Foundation https://www.aecf.org/blog/racial-justice-definitions?gclid=CjwKCAiA9NGfBhBvEiwAq5vSy_Xe3dVoZaNzwndZaQidKx6wjsuLMsTWGAzh_MghD1suRw742gjwkBoCD64QAvD_BwE
Redlining definition: “illegal discriminatory practice in which a mortgage lender denies loans or an insurance provider restricts services to certain areas of a community, often because of the racial characteristics of the applicant’s neighborhood” -https://www.britannica.com/topic/redlining
Chicago Botanical Gardens https://www.chicagobotanic.org/education
Islandwood https://islandwood.org/
Fiddleheads Forest School https://botanicgardens.uw.edu/education/youth-family/fiddleheads-forest-school/
Tiny Trees Preschool: https://tinytrees.org/
Contact us at [email protected] or [email protected]
Follow Campus Sustainability Offices: on Instagram @uwbsustainability or @sustainabilityatcascadia
Check out our websites www.uwb.edu/sustainability or www.cascadia.edu/bassp
Image art by Sarah Blechner
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In this episode, Vanessa interviews UW student Sammy Bellman, an Environmental Science Terrestrial Resource Management and Comparative History of Ideas dual major who is doing her senior thesis project on racial justice and a lack of access to nature-based education. They discuss different types of nature-based schooling, the barriers to access, the opportunities that come from environmental education, and environmental justice. Sammy explains her passion for the environment and for her project, and what she has learned from her work and research.
EPA definition of environmental justice: https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice
Racial justice definition from the Annie E. Casey Foundation https://www.aecf.org/blog/racial-justice-definitions?gclid=CjwKCAiA9NGfBhBvEiwAq5vSy_Xe3dVoZaNzwndZaQidKx6wjsuLMsTWGAzh_MghD1suRw742gjwkBoCD64QAvD_BwE
Redlining definition: “illegal discriminatory practice in which a mortgage lender denies loans or an insurance provider restricts services to certain areas of a community, often because of the racial characteristics of the applicant’s neighborhood” -https://www.britannica.com/topic/redlining
Chicago Botanical Gardens https://www.chicagobotanic.org/education
Islandwood https://islandwood.org/
Fiddleheads Forest School https://botanicgardens.uw.edu/education/youth-family/fiddleheads-forest-school/
Tiny Trees Preschool: https://tinytrees.org/
Contact us at [email protected] or [email protected]
Follow Campus Sustainability Offices: on Instagram @uwbsustainability or @sustainabilityatcascadia
Check out our websites www.uwb.edu/sustainability or www.cascadia.edu/bassp
Image art by Sarah Blechner