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Dr. Teka Bekuma is an Assistant Professor at Wollega University, Ethiopia, currently serving as the Head of the Department of Environmental Science and the University Climate Action Focal Person. He is also the President of the Ethiopian Environmental Science and Education Professionals Association (EESEPA).

Dr. Teka holds a PhD in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, an MSc in Geography and Environmental Education, and a BSc in Geography and Environmental Studies. His academic and professional work focuses on climate change, environmental sustainability, environmental education, and community resilience.

At Wollega University, he is actively engaged in leadership, teaching, research, and community service, contributing to environmental science education, climate action initiatives, and professional development in Ethiopia.

I am a preschool teacher at a half-outdoor, half indoor preschool in Washington state called Nature Vision Preschool. I've worked at NV preschool for 2 years and will continue on my third year starting in August. Before working at Nature Vision, I was an English teacher at a preschool in South Korea for 3 years. I graduated from Western Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese Language and Culture and a minor focus on Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. 

I am a 4th grade teacher in Berkeley County, WV and I have students that work with the Watershed group here. 

Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness instructors are professionals who develop a wide variety of skills: outdoor living, motivational interviewing, risk management, group facilitation, and mindfulness– to name a few. We emphasize a relational approach that provides students with the support, awareness, and skills needed to achieve their goals. Simply put: Field Instructors are role-models for a healthier way of life.

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Environmental Education has always been a passion of my life. I am trying to be environmentally responsible myself and want to teach others. I take my students on field trips into the woods for science lessons. I use my school backyard as part of my classroom. You will often see my students outside with their science journals making observations and hypotheses, conducting research, making discoveries and exploring the world around them. Together we tend to our small garden and this year we incubated some chicks.

I am trying to bring outdoors to my classroom as well. We have a special place in class where we collect things found in nature. Students often use a magnifying glass to explore objects in every detail. It peaks their curiosity, makes them ask questions and together we look for answers.

I like to challenge my students by presenting real life problems. I want to see what they would do to cure world hunger, to fight droughts, to find new sources of energy. We just recently had a debate on AI and the kids discovered many environmental issues that it causes they were not aware of. They surprised themselves!

I would like to continue my environmental education to become a better teacher and human being.

My name is Jennifer Queen.  I have been a teacher for 18.5 years.  I have taught kindergarten, first, third and fifth grades.  I find that there is something special about the students in each of the grades I've taught that makes learning with them fun.  

In my free time I enjoy spending time outdoors engaging in activities with my family, but I also appreciate being in the outside space going for walks by myself.  My family owns one dog, one guinea pig and one leopard gecko.