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My name is Amber R Good and I am entering my 19th year of teaching. Pior to moving into the STEM Faciitator postition, I had taught prek, kindergarten and 1st grade. My ability to teach math and reading through science and social studies was a big factor in aquiring the postion. I now work with prek-6th grade and learn something new and exciting every year. The units that we are encouraged to buid and explore with the students enriches what the stuents are learning by giving them real world applications with content knowledge practices embedded. 

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!

I am Amanda Dzifa Alokpa. On May 11, 2024, I graduated from  Duke University School of Law with a Master of Laws and a Certificate in Environmental & Energy law. I will be working in the summer with the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development as a summer clerk.

I am passionate about combatting climate change, and contributing to this by educating young students and leaders about how they can influence environmental policy change.

Rachel is the CEO of Gaia Scholastic and the PK-8 Coordinator of Environmental Education for the Garrison School District. For both of these roles, her mission is to cultivate a generation of environmentally-literate global citizens by integrating nature and environmental concepts into the learning experiences of students of all ages and abilities. She builds interdisciplinary content in a way that challenges students to make connections - with themselves, with each other, and with nature, across content areas. A former outdoor educator, She trains teachers across the country on how to re-shape their curriculum through an environmental lens. Her educational and professional pursuits focus on bridging the gap between Mainstream and Environmental Education.

I have more than 20 years experience teaching middle school, high school and college-level interdisciplinary science courses while acquiring science skills outside the classroom in environmental education, the National Park Service, and Bioinformatics. My newest venture is owning a nature-based early childhood education school in North Carolina.

Michele Archie leads Harbinger Consulting’s public deliberation, economic analysis, and Geotourism work. Michele holds a Master’s Degree in environmental studies from the University of Montana.

Michele has been involved with NAAEE’s Environmental Issues Forums program from its inception, contributed to the Environmental Education Community Engagement Guidelines, and has developed curricula and conducted trainings related to community engagement in public deliberation.

Since 2003, Michele has led Harbinger’s work engaging communities and public lands managers in understanding and expanding economic relationships between national parks and other public lands and their gateway communities. Harbinger has conducted more than 25 of these economic studies, where effective engagement has frequently spurred collaborative sustainable tourism and economic development efforts.

  I am a student of the environment, my goal is to help others see the beauty and importance of the resources we have around us.