While studying abroad in Chile Alex discovered a passion for sharing his love of natural history as well as getting into birding as a hobby. He moved to Olympia, Washington to study ecology at The Evergreen State College where his love of natural history continued to grow. The first Great Blue Heron he saw and it was this modern day dinosaur that sparked his interest in birds. Who do we see, what do we see?’ - Carolyn Finney, Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African AmericansĪlex was born and raised in Springfield, IL and grew up reading field guides whenever he wasn’t out looking for turtles and frogs. These assumptions, beliefs, and perceptions can be found in the very foundation of our environmental thinking, how we define the “environment” and how we think of ourselves in relationship with the environment. Carolyn Finney for International Women’s Day “In the case of race and the environment, it’s not just who we imagine has something valuable to say.
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