On today’s episode, Akil speaks with Dr. Chiara D’Amore and Veronica Adler from the CEI about their experiences in environmental work and connecting with nature.

Dr. D’Amore is the Executive Director at the CEI, and Veronica is the Community Engagement Coordinator.

For more information about Dr. D'Amore, check out her website and Instagram!

To learn more about Veronica, check out her Instagram!

• Community Blooms brings you refreshing, inspiring, and hopeful stories from real people in different communities working to protect the environment, educate those around them, and improve the health of their communities.
• In each episode, we’ll talk with local leaders, organizers, and other community members from diverse backgrounds, to discuss their positive work, organizing, and experiences in the environmental field. Through these conversations, we hope to inspire you to take action so you can connect with nature (and your neighbors)!
• Community Blooms is a podcast by the Community Ecology Institute, a non-profit organization based in Columbia, Maryland. The mission of CEI is “cultivating communities where people and nature thrive together”.
• Each season, we will highlight the work of a particular community. For the first season of Community Blooms, conversations will be with folks from environmental organizations in Howard County, Maryland, where the CEI is located.
• If you are part of a community whose environmental work you’d like featured on our podcast, send us a message!
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