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Glencoe High School

Portland, Oregon Area

Working the Recology and Metro Regional government, I am writing a sustainability report and annual report for the company. I am collecting and analyzing data from the 2012 operations of the recovery facility, including financial, social, and environmental issues, sustainability initiatives, and problems. I am also looking at and analyzing the 2012 operations for the company, including economics, processing tonnages, equipment status, etc…

Fir Ridge Alternative High School

Working with at-risk youth. I managed 18 raised-beds: planning, weeding, tilling, and planting vegetables, herbs, and native plants and bushes to create a sustainable garden ecosystem. I worked with the students twice a week, teaching them how to garden and getting their hands into the soil

Student-run cooperative vegan and vegetarian restaurant on campus. Write policies and procedures for front and back of house. Cook, clean, espresso bar. Facilitate meetings with the consensus process and order produce

I worked in a costal town of Ecuador researching Pacific sea turtles. I tagged, measured, and took DNA samples from nesting mothers. This data was used to study their migrational and population patterns. We were working with the Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) and Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) – two globally endangered species. Another big part of my job in Ecuador was to work with local children, teaching them about ocean ecology and conservation.

With this nonprofit subsiderary of the U.S. Forest Service, I worked with children mainly (and some adults), teaching them about the geology and biology of Mount St. Helens, as well as environmental conservation basics. I set up and implemented a Junior Ranger program and was able to learn a great deal about designing and executing an educational framework. I also guided hikes around and inside the crater of the mountain, teaching the hikers about the biology and plant-life of Mount. St… Show more With this nonprofit subsiderary of the U.S. Forest Service, I worked with children mainly (and some adults), teaching them about the geology and biology of Mount St. Helens, as well as environmental conservation basics. I set up and implemented a Junior Ranger program and was able to learn a great deal about designing and executing an educational framework. I also guided hikes around and inside the crater of the mountain, teaching the hikers about the biology and plant-life of Mount. St. Helens. Show less

Nayarit, México

I would patrol five miles of federally protected coastline looking for mother turtles that were laying eggs or nests full of eggs and would collect and incubate them: all to keep the eggs away from poachers. I learned a lot about the causes and effects of anthropogenic stress on fragile ecosystems, and different methods to mitigate these stresses

Elementary school carnival (ran booths) 2004 and again in 2007, Chamber of Commerce (ice cream social),Manitou Springs Business of Art Center (set up galleries), elementary school library (book fair), independentfilm festival (set up, ticket sales) 2005 and again in 2006.