Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Environmental Scholars Program, Urban Ecology Institute
Principal Investigator: Dr. Eric G. Strauss, Professor of Biology

The goal of the Environmental Scholars Program is to prepare a talented group of undergraduates for positions of leadership in the environmental field. Each Scholar joins one of three teams: Field Biology, Urban Environmental Education and Environmental Policy. Now, the newest development in this Boston College program is its Urban Ecology Collaborative. The UEC seeks to develop a multi-city research agenda and comprehensive toolkit of urban ecosystem restoration methods. Besides Boston, other cities involved are Baltimore, New Haven, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and Pittsburgh.

Additional Information: http://www2.bc.edu/~strausse/ , http://www.urbaneco.org/
E: eric.strauss.1@bc.edu

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Plan to Train Tomorrow's Environmental Leaders Through Community Collaboration
Bowdoin's Environmental Leadership Training (BELT)
Principal Investigators: Dr. Edward P. Lane, Professor of Geology; Dr. Peter Lea, Dr. Greg Teegarden

Community Collaboration has become a new pedagogy at Bowdoin, involving work with such organizations as the Friends of Casco Bay, The Lobster Conservancy, and the Maine Audubon Society. Through this program, Bowdoin undergraduates carry out research projects with grassroots groups in and around the bay and its watershed. These students collect and analyze information on local marine environments as part of several service-learning courses. At the same time, they address real-world environmental issues and help raise community awareness.

Additional Information: http://academic.bowdoin.edu/environmental_studies/


Clark University, Worcester, MA


MIT, Cambridge, MA
TREX - Traveling Research Environmental Xperiences
An Integrated Field Research Program for the Environmental Engineering Science Curriculum
Principal Investigators: Dr. Sheila Frankel, Dr. Harold Hemond

Additional Information: http://web.mit.edu/trex/www/index.html
E: sfrankel@mit.edu , hfhemond@mit.edu

Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Enviropolis – Enhancing Urban Environmental Education
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ferdi Hellweger, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Associate Director, Center for Environmental Studies

The Enviropolis program aims to 1) recruit people into the environmental field and 2) develop environmental leaders. The program adds components to Northeastern undergraduate classes that are typically not feasible, like field trips, conference attendance, workshops, field monitoring, etc. Enviropolis 2005 focused on Urban Water Management and took 12 students on field trips in Boston, Tampa and Washington, DC. In Washington, the students also attended the WEFTEC conference, the largest water quality event in North America, and participated in technical sessions, a facility tour and networking events. The students also organized a workshop on the environmental impacts of Hurricane Katrina, which was attended by people from all around the country. Enviropolis 2006 focused on Urban Hydrologic Sustainability. 27 students visited facilities in and around Boston (incl. the award-winning Gillette Stadium wastewater recycling plant), attended the WEFTEC conference in Dallas and organized a workshop. Enviropolis 2007 will focus on a local issue: “Muddy River Water Quality” with hands-on research experience, including field sampling and laboratory analyses, attendance of a conference, a field trip in Boston and a technical workshop. Enviropolis is having and impact on students. Just as Filipe Cravo (’06) who says “the conference in Washington DC was a big help in deciding whether or not I would want to get into the environmental field. We got to network with professionals already established in the business and had the chance to ask questions.”

Additional information: http://www.coe.neu.edu/~ferdi/, http://www.coe.neu.edu/~ferdi/Enviropolis/index.htm
E: ferdi@coe.neu.edu

Roxbury Community College, Roxbury, MA
Environmental Leadership Track Program, Center for Environmental Education
Principal Investigator: Dr. John Savage
E: johndsavage@worldnet.att.net
617.427.0060 ext. 5233

Smith College, Northampton, MA
Coral Reefs Assessment and Education: San Pedro, Belize, and Northampton, MA .
Coral Ed-Ventures Project, San Pedro, Belize
Principal Investigator: Prof. H. Allen Curran

Elementary school students in Belize, along with pupils in Northampton schools, are gaining a real appreciation of this formidable yet fragile Caribbean marine environment. Through classroom study and field research, the children are familiarizing themselves with the largest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere. Smith College students launched the program in the Caribbean, working in collaboration with the Hol Chan Marine Reserve on Ambergris Cay. Then they introduced it to two Northampton schools. Lessons focus on the importance of the reef to the Belize economy and an exploration of Central American ocean life.

Additional Information: http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/esp/fac_acurran.html , http://www.ambergriscaye.com/holchan/
E: acurran@science.smith.edu

Tufts University, Medford, MA
Experience and Tools to Foster Environmental Leadership, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Center
Principal Investigators: Dr. George Ellmore, Dr. John Schneider

Diversity Travel Scholarships enabled students to work on projects from Boston to Costa Rica to France to Uganda.


University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Outdoor Education Program
Principal Investigator: Dr. Brent J. Bell, Asst. Prof. of Outdoor Education

College outdoor orientation programs provide transitional experiences for students at 169 different four-year colleges. Currently these programs are rapidly expanding, but many programs are also discontinuing for unknown reasons. Research demonstrates that these programs are often in-roads for students to develop an interest in environmental issues. This project aims to support undergraduate research projects focused on outdoor orientation programs that will help programs to make improvements and maintain sustainable futures within institutions. Students will be supported through a research planning conference, access to data, and follow up on research and program projects.

Additional information or questions regarding the project should be directed to Brent Bell, Ph.D.
E: bbell@unh.edu

University of Vermont , Burlington, VT
UVM's Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources: The Green Forestry Education Initiative
Principal Investigators: David Brynn, Director, The Green Forestry Education Initiative
UVM Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources
John Shane, Chair, UVM Forestry Program

"Without application, principles and ideals have no bearing and no test" ( John Dewey, UVM Class of 1879).

The University of Vermont's Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources is revolutionizing its forestry program through the creation of The Green Forestry Education Initiative. The Initiative defines and demonstrates a new niche for forestry and forest conservation education that emphasizes the integration of sustainable design, land ethics, and real-world learning. This approach is built upon a solid foundation of sustainable forestry principles outlined in The Montreal Process and increasingly recognized throughout the temperate world. The Initiative also emphasizes the importance of real world experiences for students and the ultimate dependence of forest conservation of any kind upon functional and viable links with local communities, businesses, and public and private organizations.

The Green Forestry Education Initiative exists in three arenas: on campus; at the new Forest Conservation Center of the UVM Forest at Jericho; and in the community. The program is being constructed to be simultaneously well-defined and cohesive enough to have immediate and substantial impact, and yet flexible and energetic enough to respond to very rapidly emerging needs. Emphases are 1) undergraduate education and the interaction of undergraduates with the surrounding community via outreach and service-learning activities; 2) research, demonstration and dissemination; and 3) partnerships with educational, community, and governmental and non-governmental organizations.

The Henry David Thoreau Foundation is supporting a discrete, year-long, undergraduate-based augmentation of the Green Forestry Education Initiative's educational mission. This program consists of three educational opportunities for undergraduates; one in each of the three semesters for the academic year 2005-06.

Additional Information: http://www.uvm.edu/academics/undergraduate/aos/environmental_sciences/
E: john.shane@uvm.edu , chrysanne.chotas@uvm.edu , David.Brynn@uvm.edu


Williams College, Williamstown, MA


Yale University, New Haven, CT
Henry David Thoreau Internships for Study and Research in the Environment, Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies and Studies in the Environment Program
Principal Leader: Dr. Mary Helen Goldsmith