Name it
Offense, not defense
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Still Surprising
When outsiders see it too
This EdTech company wants to learn from environmental educators
Here’s how you can help.
Shelved
The experience you have is already there. The question is what to do with it.
What environmental education looks like today
It doesn’t have to look like what it did yesterday
Second Nature
Stop looking out there for answers
Remember why you started your project
These questions will help you with the decisions you need to make
This isn't a personal problem
I was invited to create an engaging activity for families. Invitations like this usually mean I pack my car with tables, a chair, my 10’x10’ canopy, a hand truck, and supplies. It also means I pay to participate. This time was different. Before the event, arrangements were made for
Insight into a career transition
From traditional education roles to something else
Dedicated or Delusional
The decision to stay or go
Ivón Hassel: The Research Gap
Science communication and building trust
Once upon a time
...there was a bookstore.
Experience
Invisible Costs, Unexamined Skills
I once had an assignment for a publication. It involved a lot of pre-work, also known as pre-reporting. I reached out to prospective sources to ask if I could interview them for an article I was writing. I did research to check the merits of my story. All of this
Living Wage
Your Teaching Niche and Market Visibility
For freelance teachers juggling course creation, marketing, and student acquisition.
Career Growth
Why solutions journalism
Exploring its use in environmental education
Transferable Skills
Tracking Transferable Skills
An easier way to document your experience
Experience
Engagement Just Got Easier
One less step
Identity
The moment that made me question the field
When do you know it's time to explore a new path?
Experience
How to Ask For Testimonials
While social media might get you in front of new strangers, it may not increase your visibility with those you want to engage with. That is, your smallest viable audience (i.e., the core audience of people who will pay for your workshops or services). Your visibility can increase if
Experience
Stay Focused While Growing Your Network
The problem... You're invisible. People don't even know they should look for you. Have you ever felt this way? If so, I hear you and know the feeling. It doesn't feel positive or productive. How might you move past this? I fall back on
Living Wage
Informal science education and the privilege of low-pay
"A higher individual at my institution said being an informal educator is 'a calling' and as such those called to do it should expect not to be paid very much." – Respondent in a survey administered by Rende et al. (2021) Kathryn Rende and her colleagues shared
Identity
Changing Your Mind
How are you with change?
Sensemaking
How to frame the environment in conversation
Why messaging needs to change
Identity
There are Other Ways to Do Environmental Education
What does environmental education (EE) look like for me today? Journalism. I don't do EE the way I used to. I no longer do events, activities, botanical art classes, museum presentations, or travel to events with my bookstore. I do, though, continue to do something I've