To paraphrase Baba Dioum, I believe that we protect what we love and love what we understand. That's why connecting research about environmental and social issues to everyday life is so important. The following resources are a sampling of my professional outreach and communication activities, and I am always open to suggestions on other platforms or mediums to share science effectively.
When NPR's Science Friday show ran a radio segment on the Trillion Trees initiative, I was interviewed about some of the sustainable development and equity concerns with mass tree-planting efforts in impoverished countries. [2020]
This article in the University of British Columbia's Branchlines magazine describes my research in Malawi through a personal lens, and shares the hope and optimism that I gained through working in rural communities to understand their relationship with public forest lands. [2016]
This radio interview on KZFR's North State Give and Take show covers a range of topics related to private land conservation in the United States, and touches on the importance of balancing rural livelihoods and working landscapes with conservation of nature. [2021]