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Protecting America’s Environment: Priorities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Water and Toxins
(Poltava Oil and Gas College of National University "Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic", 2020-03-24)
In the mid-1900s, the environment in the United States was polluted and unhealthy for humans and other species. By the 1970s, it was clear that environmental laws and regulations were necessary to protect the public and ...
Learning about the Environment through Art
(Art Congress, Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, 2020-04)
Art is an invaluable means of expression and can also be a learning tool. This presentation introduces art as a way to include all learning styles, bring art into classrooms that may have experienced reduced art funding, ...
Greening Our Minds: Benefits of Nature for Health and Creativity
(Project Central, 2019-04-16)
This presentation was delivered to psychology classes at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University and V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University in Kyiv and Poltava, Ukraine, in April 2019. The presentation discusses the ...
Forestry Programs in the U.S. and Current Changes in Forestry Management
(Project Central, 2019-04-25)
Forests hold a special place for most Belarusians as sources of food, fuel, material products, and respite from everyday life. This presentation, given in April 2019 to a class in forestry at the Belarusian State Technological ...
Citizen Action and Environmental Law in the U.S.
(America House Kyiv, 2021-06-08)
Did you know that rivers in the United States used to catch on fire as a result of pollution? Thanks to the work of passionate eco-activists and researchers across generations, we now know the how’s and why’s of cause, ...
Integrating Biodiversity into Urban School Grounds through Transdisciplinary Curriculum Design
(7th International Conference of the Network URBIO – Urban Biodiversity & Design, Leipzig, Germany, 2022-11-28)
As a teaching ecologist and doctoral candidate in Educational Sustainability, I work with science teachers who want to use place-based learning in their classes. Place-based learning ties ecological concepts to “real world” ...
Nature-Deficit Disorder: How Art and Nature Help Children Focus and Succeed in School
(Psychological Coordinates of Personality Development: Realities and Perspectives, 3rd All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference, Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, Poltava, Ukraine, 2018-02)
Nature-deficit disorder describes the human costs of being alienated from nature, including attention difficulties and higher rates of physical and emotional illnesses. This disorder was first named by Richard Louv, whose ...
“Hey, That’s My Sandwich!”: Food Waste Recovery, Environmental Stewardship, and School Curriculum
(Solid Waste Association of North America, 2019-02-26)
Over 3.5 years, more than 20 schools in the Kansas City, Missouri, region collected nearly a half ton of food and paper waste from their cafeterias for composting. This presentation, delivered at SWANA’s (a waste management ...
Schoolyard Biodiversity Exchange (SBE): Student Scientists Data Network for Schoolyard Global Biodiversity Habitats
(Ecological Society of America Annual Conference, 2020-08)
Imagine what could happen if students acting as citizen scientists interacted with others around the world, sharing data and designing biodiversity projects. Then imagine how many species could be supported if school grounds ...
Year 1: Pollinating My Doctoral Journey
(2020-05-12)
Biodiversity is decreasing around the world. An international network for teachers and students to utilize in growing biodiverse schoolyards would make much more habitat available. Questions to ask include: How can schoolyards ...