People

Yue Li, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of educational sustainability in the School of Education at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Her research focuses on professional development for formal and non-formal educators, interventions to enhance learning and action, and community-engaged learning to address environmental and sustainability challenges. She collaborates with scholars across disciplines and bridges quantitative and qualitative methods to conduct interdisciplinary research in both online and face-to-face settings, and in different cultural contexts. Her recent collaborative research projects centers on nature-based environmental education, sense of place, transformative learning, and generative AI in teaching and learning. She has taught environment and sustainability courses at Cornell and UWSP, which have provided high quality and equitable learning opportunities for students, environmental and sustainability educators and other professionals from all over the world.

Michael Zanetti grew up in Connecticut. He is an author and a proud environmentalist. He has been a member of The Nature Conservancy for almost 20 years. Michael enjoys creative writing and music. He taught piano for many years and studied literature at Fairfield University. Michael's stories reflect his love for animals and nature.

Joe E. Heimlich, Ph.D. is Co-Director for the COSI Center for Research and Evaluation, and a Senior Researcher in the Center’s Lifelong Learning Group.  His research and evaluation work focuses on projects related to informal learning and capacity building for zoos, nature centers, parks, gardens, science centers, and other museums.  He is also an Academy Professor Emeritus with The Ohio State University where he was an Extension Specialist in museums and organizational capacity building, served as Leader, Environmental Science for OSUE, and held appointments in the School of Environment and Natural Resources, the Environmental Science Graduate Program, and the College of Education and Human Ecology.  Joe has been engaged in environmental free-choice learning for over 35 years and is the author of over a hundred academic journal articles, chapters, and books, and has written more than 350 reports, fact sheets, bulletins, white papers, and popular publications.  

Experienced Science Teacher and Teacher Leader with a demonstrated history of engaging students, teachers, and community members in sustainability initiatives. Nature and Forest Therapy guide committed to healing connections with nature, others and ourselves. Interdisciplinary scholar at Antioch NE.

New Hampshire Environmental Educators is a network of individuals and organizations working to inspire connection to our natural world by supporting high quality environmental education and advancing environmental literacy.

I am Evan Willeke and I study Natural Resources Management at Ohio State

I am a lifelong advocate for the natural world and focus on building relationships between nature and humans to develop inclusive engagement, appreciation, understanding and respect.  As the Education Lead at the University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum, I work toward collaborative, inclusive engagement that catalyzes knowledge sharing, environmental awareness and love of nature. Our team is dedicated to  environmental education, nature play, experiential learning, UM student engagement and research and wonder.