Connecting Children to Nature

Generous donations continue to help Inside the Outdoors inspire young students to explore their inner scientist in nature’s classroom.

In addition to our core programs – Outdoor Science School, Traveling Scientist and Field Trips – students are increasingly taking the science lessons they learn and putting them into action to help inspire other students and tackle real-world issues. They’re doing so through Inside the Outdoors’ Service-Learning projects.

While a student at Brea-Olinda High School, Briana was inspired to start a campus group focused on environmental stewardship. Under her leadership, that club instituted a campus-wide recycling program, replanted native vegetation after a devastating fire, built a school garden and took the lead in a recently created Youth Stewardship Council, which is recruiting environmentally conscious students from across the region to seek solutions for local environmental issues.

Briana passed on what she learned to younger, like-minded students. But her efforts didn’t stop upon graduation from high school. Far from it. She’s now in college studying environmental law with the hope of someday having a positive effect on shaping environmental policy.

This month, Briana will be a featured speaker presenting information about her efforts during an Earth Day webinar broadcast to thousands of Disney cast members around the globe.

Your donations similarly can inspire a single student or an entire class. Thank you for checking out more about what we do at insidetheoutdoors.org and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ITOFoundation.

Links:

• Inside the Outdoors website