People

Betsy Bertram is a writer, speaker, certified Kripalu yoga teacher, and NC Environmental Educator Candidate. She offers group classes, workshops, and customizable one-on-one sessions. In all of her work, she aims to optimize health, increase well-being, and support people living life in harmony with the natural world and fully in alignment with their values. She also is the Director of Education and Outreach at Outdoors By Owner. 

I am a professor of Science Teaching and Learning at the University of Washington. My research interests deal with teaching climate change and studying the early career development of science teachers—in particular, their trajectories toward ambitious and equitable pedagogy. This is my new book: Teaching Climate Change: Fostering Understanding, Resilience, And A Commitment To Justice. By Harvard Ed Press.

Former ichthyologist and Aquarium husbandry specialist with a focus on riverine fishes, marine fishes and elasmobranchs, sea turtles, and other native NC wildlife species. Current nature lover and striving become an effective evironmental educator to reach beyond our urban areas.

I grew up hiking and exploring the Montana wilderness and from an early age I knew I wanted to work with children. I attended the University of Montana to pursue a degree in Elementary Education and Environmental Studies and spent many summers working at outdoor education facilities including; the Teton Science School, Montana Natural History Center and the Glacier Institute. After completing my first teaching position in Montana I hopped on my bike and pedaled to Alaska with my sister. I fell in love with Haines, Alaska and founded a place-based summer camp, Haines Science Camp that I ran for 3 years before handing off the camp to a local museum and beginning a teaching position at the Haines School. Eventually, the pull to be working with kids outdoors drew me out of the classroom and back into the environmental education field. I currently works for Takshanuk Watershed Council as the Education Coordinator and provide watershed education to preschool through high school aged students in Haines, Klukwan, and Mosquito Lake in Alaska.

I have been in the EE field for over 27 years. I am currently the Education and Outreach Manager and I oversee our classroom and adult education programs, website, social media, and marketing efforts. 

I'm an economist working with undergraduates in the Department of Statistical Science at Duke.  I'm beginning the EE certification program and hoping to join the NC Extension's Master Naturalist training class next year.  I grew up in Kentucky, have lived all over the US, and traveled the world while in the Navy. I'm a trained facilitator of the CIMER Project's Entering Research and Entering Mentoring programs. Becoming certified in EE will improve my ability to connect students in statistics and data science with meaningful research projects in support of environmental researchers and nonprofits.