<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><img src="cid:ii_lsyrrhbf0" alt="2023-LakeChamplain_darkNOAAblue_transparent.png" width="118" height="58" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><b><div><b><br></b></div>Lake Champlain Sea Grant Research Webinar</b><br><br>Join us for the February 28 research presentation in our spring webinar series.<br><br><b>Unpacking Harmful Narratives about Individuals who identify as BIPOC and Nature</b><br><br><b>Date/Time:</b> Wednesday, February 28, 2024 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm<br><br><b>Location: </b>Zoom (registration required).<b> REGISTER <a href="https://www.uvm.edu/seagrant/programs/events/research-webinar-unpacking-harmful-narratives-about-individuals-who-identify-bipoc" target="_blank">HERE</a></b><br><br><b>Speaker:</b> Kim Coleman, Associate Professor at the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont.<br><br><b>Description: </b>The environmental workforce is still largely white, despite calls and efforts to diversify. This talk will discuss scholarship aimed at understanding if connectedness to nature is a predictor of environmental career aspirations for vulnerable groups of people – namely individuals who identify as BIPOC, women, and gender-non-conforming folks – in order to understand if efforts to increase connectedness represent a leverage point or change. Understanding these dynamics could help environmental education programs shape their focus to help diversify the environmental movement. <br><br>Hope to see you there!<br><br><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b><font face="times new roman, serif">Aude Lochet, PhD</font></b><div><font face="times new roman, serif">(She/Her/Hers)<br></font><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">Lake Champlain Sea Grant, Lake Champlain Research Institute</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">Water Resources Outreach/Extension Specialist</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">Adjunct Instructor</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">SUNY Plattsburgh</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Mail box: Hudson Hall 136</span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Office: Hudson Hall 123</span><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">101 Broad Street<br style="background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;margin-bottom:0px">Plattsburgh, NY 12901</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;line-height:18px;display:inline">(o) 518-564-2056</div></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>