{"id":61977,"date":"2011-05-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-grad-student-aims-to-empower-the-public-through-environmental-education\/"},"modified":"2011-05-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T00:00:00","slug":"uri-grad-student-aims-to-empower-the-public-through-environmental-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/uri-grad-student-aims-to-empower-the-public-through-environmental-education\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 grad student aims to empower the public through environmental education"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tWarwick native to earn master\u2019s degree May 21<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 3, 2011 \u2013 Vanessa Venturini remembers writing a report about the endangered manatee as a third grader, and it inspired a life-long passion for environmental education and endangered species protection.<\/p>\n


\n\tAs she prepares to graduate from the 溏心vlog免费B站 with a master\u2019s degree in environmental science and management, she looks forward to a career building awareness and enthusiasm for the natural world.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI got my first taste of environmental advocacy as a high school student through Save the Bay when I did a beach clean-up, and it was one of the most fulfilling things I had ever done,\u201d said the Warwick native who recently moved to Matunuck.<\/p>\n


\n\tSince then, she has worked with the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program, helped with the restoration of the Pawtuxet River, organized beach clean-ups through Project Clean Sweep, and taught environmental lessons to elementary school students.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI\u2019m passionate about working with people to protect the environment, and it\u2019s really interesting work,\u201d Venturini said. \u201cI like the idea of empowering people. I know the more I learn about the natural world the more fascinated I become, and I want to spread an interest and conservation ethic along with that fascination with nature.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tVenturini earned a bachelor\u2019s degree from 溏心vlog免费B站 in 2008 and enrolled as a graduate student a year later. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI learned through my coursework how people and development have had such a negative impact on biodiversity and the environment, and I believe that through education to the general public and professionals we can help alter perceptions and practices to be better for the planet,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n


\n\tAs part of her degree program, Venturini undertook a research project with the Rhode Island Natural History Survey and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Outreach Center to encourage the use of native plants in home landscaping and ecological restoration projects. She studied model programs from around the country, interviewed nursery owners and program coordinators, and designed a training program for nursery professionals that will be launched later this year.<\/p>\n


\n\tAt the same time, Venturini has spent the last three years working at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Outreach Center coordinating youth programs, training volunteers, developing curricula, and teaching students about the environment. She will continue these activities after graduation and start a program for the new community garden at the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center that will encourage children to become gardeners while teaching them about biodiversity in urban spaces.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI always thought I was an English and history type person, and that\u2019s probably what got me interested in outreach activities, but I\u2019m also fascinated by the science side of things,\u201d Venturini said. \u201cEventually I\u2019d like to branch out and maybe one day be the director of a nonprofit environmental group. It\u2019s really important that I be passionate about what I\u2019m doing and that I have a job that I\u2019m happy to wake up and go to every day. Environmental education is definitely in my blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

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