People

I am the Director of America Adapts Media and host of America Adapts – The Climate Change Podcast. I previously worked on climate adaptation issues with the National Park Service, FL Fish and Wildlife Commission and in Queensland Australia. I'm dedicated to highlighting the issue of adaptation.

I currently work to support leadership and best practices at nature centers throughout North America. In my role with the Association of Nature Center Administrators, I create and share content about the issues that nature centers face, and how they can overcome their challenges.

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I am Brian McAllister and I am a Phys. Ed. teacher at Capitol Heights ES. I've worked there for 10 years and have worked in the district for 12. 

This is my 36th year of teaching.  I am a Delaware resident and taught in Delaware for 33 years.  I am new to Cecil County education.  I have taught Science for many years but am currently teaching fifth grade math only.  

Hello! I am a senior at CU Boulder and I study environmental studies and Arabic. I have a focus in sustainable agriculture (especially permaculture and biodynamics) and have traveled to many parts of the world to study its unique implementations. 

Isabella is a student majoring in Integrated Physiology with a minor in Philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is a third year who is hoping to gain experience through her love for science and the environment to work in coral restoration. Isabella has taken three classes so far that involve real-world environmental concepts, recently took an Environmental Education course which fueled her passion for environmental awareness and sustainability. Isabella has 6 years of scuba diving experience, she wants to pursue her masters in coral reef ecology after obtaining her bachelor's degree.

The San Francisco Waldorf School was founded in 1979 and serves more than 400 students across a parent-child program, a Preschool program, Kindergarten, and the First through Twelfth grades. Our grade school campus (Preschool through Eighth grade) is in the Pacific Heights neighborhood and is easily accessible via Muni lines.

Megan Fink serves as the Partnerships & Policy Manager for the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE). Working in the field of Environmental Education for over a decade, Megan brings a robust, place-based, outdoor education background to the NAAEE team. She has built enduring working relationships across the Chesapeake Bay watershed and the Mid-Atlantic region. As a graduate of Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Science and Biology, Megan began her career as an Environmental Educator at the North Carolina Aquariums before joining the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) in 2011. Through several program management positions with CBF she led students, teachers, school administrators, and environmental professionals on ecological, cultural, and historical investigations of the Bay. She also managed a statewide leadership program for high school students, teaching them how to become environmental advocates at the local, regional, and national levels.

Megan earned an Executive Master of Natural Resources from Virginia Tech’s Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability in 2020. In 2022-23, she served as Education Director for the Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park, supervising 15 Environmental Education Programs and expanding their reach to 14,000 participants annually. She also initiated and managed a project to launch a brand-new, nature-based preschool and served on the Maryland State Department of Education’s Workgroup to develop statewide Outdoor Preschool licensing standards. 

Throughout her career, Megan has designed programs that inspire participants to act on behalf of their local natural resources and enhance people’s understanding of and connection to the natural world through compelling environmental education experiences. In her spare time, she can often be found hiking, gardening, paddling, and spending time with her loved ones, including her dog, Ruby, splashing around the Bay watershed!

Bug Hartsock is a graduating Master's student in an Entomology lab. When he's not staring at small critters, he spends his time reading, making art, and going on hikes (as well as playing plenty of Dungeons & Dragons). Bug is passionate about scientific outreach and communication, creating zines and comics designed to make science accessible to everyone. He's also spoken at conferences, on public radio, and at a variety of school outreach events. It's his hope to encourage the rest of the world to fall a little bit more in love with its tiny, many-legged residents.

Professor of Environmental Education at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point;  Director of the Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education