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Retired from, Veterinary medicine, I now volunteer seasonally at the NC Zoo educating various ages on aspects of conservation and animal welfare.  I am married with 2 dogs, 2 cats, and caregive my 96 year old Mother.

Professor Emeritus, Environmental Studies & Natural Resources, University of Vermont http://www.uvm.edu/rsenr/profiles/thomas_hudspet 

Founder and Co-coordinator, Greater Burlington Sustainability Education Network  http://www.gbsen.org
802-578-7792  
Thomas.Hudspeth@uvm.edu

Heather joined the KEEP team as a Project Assistant in October of 2022 and took on the role of Resource Specialist in June 2023. She engages high school green teams around the state through the Mini-Grant program and supports sustainability efforts in their schools. She also lends kits with hands-on materials to educators around the state and manages the WCEE kit collection.  Before joining the WCEE team, Heather worked with the Dane County Office of Energy and Climate Change as a youth librarian and taught English in the Philippines and China. 

I am a few years into my professional career in environmental education. I have been involved in EE for 10+ years starting as a teen volunteer at my local zoo. Informal education is important to community success.

I love learning about our Earth and sharing that knowledge with everyone I meet. If you're between three and 103, you're my favorite audience! My two favorite areas of environmental education - both to learn about and teach - are foraging for wild edible plants and entomophagy (the practice of eating bugs!). That's right ... I eat bugs!