Category: Writings/Presentations
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Environmental Empowerment In Historically-Excluded Communities In The Washington, DC Region: Lessons Learned And Recommendations For Replication
Originally published on Nature Forward blog FEBRUARY 27, 2023 Nature Forward works to reach families in their communities—near where people live, work, and go to school—and connect them to nearby nature through engaging, hands-on activities and trainings. We work with community leaders, partner organizations, and of course, empowered community members. Since 2019, we have been…
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The Story of Streams
In 2022, Nature Forward published The Story of Streams, a project I led and authored to tell the stories of the people, animals, and places that make up three small watersheds in the Washington, DC area. Throughout my time at Nature Forward (formerly Audubon Naturalist Society), I created and moderated a presentation series called “Conservation…
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Arresting Fear with Hope
A version of this essay was published in Sage Magazine on October 13, 2011 at https://sagemagazine.org/arresting-fear-with-hope-2/. My mother says I was never afraid of anything as a child. I would run laughing into huge waves on the beach and climb trees so tall it made my brother dizzy to try and follow. I am fortunate…
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The Arctic Irony
A version of this essay without photographs was published in SAGE Magazine in April 2011, and can be viewed as originally published here. It’s ten thirty at night, and in the bright light the wet caribou comes over the rise and rolls her eyes at me. Thirty more caribou does and calves follow, knee joints popping…
Eliza Cava 