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Youth Ecology Education through Restoration

What is YEER? The Youth Ecology Education through Restoration (YEER) program engages middle school science students as restoration ecologists to restore land in their own schoolyard or community, with the expert guidance of Washington Native Plant Society (WNPS) chapter members and supported by a high-quality classroom science curriculum taught by their classroom teacher. Class time

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An Ecosystem of Support

An Ecosystem of Support The resource dedication it takes to get to Antarctica is immense. It is too enormous for one badass botanist to handle alone, but with my whole ecosystem in support, I can achieve this goal and research, learn, and collaborate for global good in the Antarctic. If you want to take action

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What Does A Botanist Have To Do In Antarctica?

What Does A Botanist Have To Do In Antarctica? Equitable Leadership and Critical Botany I believe that plants can change the world. While in Antarctica I will study two native vascular plant species — Colobanthus quitensis and Deschampsia antarctica, pictured below —  in addition to hundreds of mosses and lichen. To harness their power for global betterment,

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Help Samantha Elie Botanist get to the Antarctic!

Help Samantha Elie Botanist get to the Antarctic  Contribute now!   The Invitation I have been selected for the ice-breaking opportunity to voyage on an Antarctic expedition with high-ranking women in STEMM* leadership. This mission is greater than myself. As an early-career botanist, I cannot simply reach into investments, large savings, or wealthy inner network

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The Homeward Bound Project: a leadership initiative for femme in STEMM

The Homeward Bound Project (HB) is a leadership initiative that aims to increase the influence and impact of women and non-binary people in decision-making to shape our planet. Each year HB selects 100 remarkable women and non-binary people from STEMM* fields around the world to join this program that improves and draws attention to the

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Research Goals

I believe that plants can change the world. I research the illuminating relationships that native plants maintain between their ecosystem, climate, and people. The ecosystem services that plants provide can be strategically implemented to alleviate the effects of climate change and solve other wicked problems. We can filter air and water, stabilize coastlines, regrow with

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