Ecology is Everywhere: Episode 2, Gabby Queenan (Massachusetts Rivers Alliance)
“The number one environmental justice, climate change-related concern is flooding because so many of our urban centers are built around rivers. They were built on places that, arguably, shouldn’t have been built on in the first place because they are flood plains.”
Gabby Queenan (Fall 2015, Spring 2016 Term Educator) shares how her experience teaching outside gave her the skills to succeed as Policy Director for the Massachusetts Rivers Alliance.
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Ecology is Everywhere is a podcast about environmental education and the places it takes us. Host Philip Mathieu speaks with guests who share a common experience: teaching one or more seasons of outdoor, experiential environmental science at The Ecology School, an non-profit based in Saco, ME. Hear how an experience teaching can impact lives and careers in interesting and sometimes unexpected ways.
Gabby Queenan, former Ecology Educator and current Policy Director at Massachusetts River Alliance.
Gabby teaching a watershed lesson on the beach during her Spring 2015 term.