Christopher Weber Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Teach outdoor learning class combining STEM, horticulture, and sustainability for students ages 3-14
• Coordinate summer camp, fishing trips, overnight camping, family hikes, bonfires, film screenings, and public symposia
• Manage three campus gardens totalling 15,000 square feet
• More than a dozen successful grant proposals
• My students and I won second place in the 2022 South Side Pie Competition. We grew the pumpkin for our pie.

• Planned restoration projects for prairie, woodland, and savannah habitats, including large-scale plantings
• Recruited and trained volunteers from teens through octogenarians
• Managed volunteer workdays, school field trips, bird walks, solstice bonfires, speaker series, community meetings, and more

Lincoln Park Zoo Farm In The Zoo

• Planned and led hands-on STEM activities for diverse children and teens
• Managed planting and garden maintenance in large teaching garden
• Led and trained volunteer crews

• Reported and wrote articles on gardening, agriculture, and environmental science
• Articles for the Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Modern Farmer, New Scientist, OnEarth, Grist, and Mental Floss

Chicago

• Wrote more than 100 funding proposals
• Coordinated diverse teams spread across nation
• Produced articles, reports, presentations, and newsletters about environmental infrastructure
• Prepared slides and presentation teams for high-stakes interviews

Mfa, Narrative Nonfiction

Ba, English

Activities and Societies: Concentration in Women's Studies, Bonner Scholar

Associate Of Arts And Sciences - Aas, Horticulture

Sustainable landscapes certificate