EarthCorps hosted its first alumni event of 2023 last month! At the webinar, we heard from 5 alumni. Between them, we got to hear exciting research updates, tips and tricks for navigating higher ed., and insights into choosing the best path forward in an educational journey. We also shared a variety of resources, which are...
Augustina was a 2018 International Corps Member. She has just finished studying environment system engineering and management at Memorial University in Newfoundland and hopes to use all she has learned to mitigate pollution. Everyone who comes to Earth Corps has their own story for how they first learned of this organization. For Augustina, it was...
Happy Earth Day! To celebrate, listen to two of our international corps members share a tip to live more sustainably. Want to get involved? Learn more about our volunteer events here! Transcript: Hello, my name is Ayomide. I’m an international corps member from Nigeria, West Africa, and I love to celebrate Earth Day, and true...
Olivia is a member of the 2023 corps. EarthCorps has opportunities for anyone and everyone to get involved with our mission (and maybe even use some cool tools too). Click below to hear Olivia tell you about the best tool in her toolbox. Transcript: Hi, I’m Olivia, and I guess the equipment or tool that I...
PJ is a member of the 2023 corps. The corps program builds a cohort of young adults to engage in environmental service and leadership development. Click below to hear PJ discuss a lesson already learned since he started in January. Transcript: Hi, I’m PJ and I’m on Emmy’s crew and something I wish I knew before I...
Elektra was an EarthCorps member in 2007. She most recently worked for Pacific Watershed Associates as a Forest Hydrologist doing salmon habitat restoration and large wood implementation. Have you seen the movie Sliding Doors? If not, it’s about a woman trying to make a train and follows how seemingly inconsequential moments nonetheless alter the trajectory...
Lauren is a 2015 corps alum from South Carolina. She currently works for the Cle Elum Ranger District in the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest in Washington, doing a new type of fieldwork. Lauren Segarra discovered EarthCorps thanks to the helpful recommendation of a friend. Having just graduated college with a degree in biology and ecology, Lauren was...
An Inspirational Letter from EarthCorps Board Vice President, Shanon Tyland Hello, my name is Shanon Tysland and I have had the honor to serve on the board of directors of EarthCorps for the past year. I love the work EarthCorps is doing to restore habitats and build environmental leaders for the world we are all...
Veronika (Vika) Vysna is a 2008 EarthCorps alumna from Slovakia. She currently works for Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), in Luxembourg. In 2007, Vika Vysna was between jobs, volunteering with a non-governmental organization (NGO) in the northern part of her home country of Slovakia. One day, the organization asked her whether...
Hi all! My name is Ignatius Davids but friends call me “Iggy”. I hope everyone is staying safe in this global crisis. As an Environmental Educator, I have come to realize that, the teaching of environmental education is such an important component for our survival as a species. Environmental education shows us how important...
