Hi y’all! My name is Mary Ferguson, and I am so honored to be one of the 2026 Eco Digital Storytelling Mentors within the Natural Resources Conservation Academy. I’m a senior studying Earth science with a minor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. I’ve always had a passion for science, but when coming to […]
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Introducing EDS Mentor: Bran Sullivan
Hello! My name is Bran Sullivan, and I’m an Eco-Digital Storyteller Mentor for the 2024-2025 NRCA program. I’m currently a senior at UConn with a major in Digital Media & Design. During my Environmental Storytelling class, working with high school students and helping them express their project ideas as actionable steps, and demonstrating how we […]
Meet Meg, our new Environmental Education Intern
Hello everyone, my name is Meg Sanders, and I am a UConn Extension Environmental Education intern with the Natural Resources Conservation Academy for summer 2020. A little bit about myself, I am a sophomore at UConn studying environmental science with a minor in communication. I was an intern with UConn Extension during the summer of […]
Environmental Justice in the Era of COVID-19
Hi all! This is AJ, one of the spring 2020 NRCA Difference Makers. As an Environmental Studies student, which is a humanities-based environmental major, I am interested in the human dimensions side of natural resource issues. I’m particularly interested environmental justice, and the public’s awareness of these issues. So, my goal for this blog article […]
Meet NRCA Alumna and UConn Undergraduate Hannah Curran
We decided to catch up with alumni after they completed their NRCA programs to see what they are up to now. Today, we are chatting with Hannah Curran (NRCA class of 2016), who is a sophomore studying Environmental Science at UConn. (Left) Hannah presents her independent community project at the Connecticut Conference on Natural […]