Annie Richards, @shoreriversorg Chester Riverkeeper, joined us today to talk about all of the advocacy work she does for our waterways!💦🌊💧📝⚖️
From point source pollutants and septic systems to public policy and industrial sludge, this conversation was eye opening, informative and inspiring. We loved hosting such an influential environmental leader (and Gunston Alum) on campus🔬🛥️📝🍃🌾📣
Thanks so much, Annie!
CWS6 has had a great start to the school year! Students have spent the last two weeks on campus fully engaging in their academic courses.
🔬🦪In Restoration Ecology, students collected data on oysters for @washcoll professor, Dr. Jill Bible.
📝In Leadership, students are exploring characteristics and skill sets that make for good leaders, and how those can be applied in environmental settings.
🌲🍃In Literature of the Land and Water, students have been examining indigenous perspectives on the land and discussing the American relationship to private property and potential impacts on shared spaces.
👩⚖️💼In Environmental Policy, students have begun to examine the foundational documents of our government and explore their impact on environmental law and policy.
➖✖️➕➗Students also experienced their first new math classroom with Capt. Saunders!
Interested in learning more about CWS? Email Director Brad Hirsh at bhirsh@gunston.org
Introducing our new CWS leadership team‼️
We are extremely excited to have Brad on board with us as the Director of the Chesapeake Watershed Semester & Sustainability🦪🥾☀️🏕️
“Having known Brad outside of Gunston, I can’t imagine anyone else more suited for this role. I am excited to be working with him!” - Mel Skirkanich, Associate Director of the Chesapeake Watershed Semester & Sustainability
Dear Chesapeake Watershed Semester Students and Families,
My name is Bradley Hirsh and I am the new Director of the Chesapeake Watershed Semester. I am delighted to be working with you this upcoming semester! I’m happily getting settled into the office, and I wanted to reach out to you to address any questions that you may have about the upcoming Chesapeake Watershed Semester. I am a familiar face to many Gunston students because I have led a series of Bay Studies trips while I worked for Sultana Education Foundation, but I look forward to getting to know Gunston students and families even better over the coming months. With that in mind, I want to give you a quick synopsis of my background. I have been working in education for the past 21 years. Most recently, I was the Director of Paddling Programs at Sultana Education Foundation.
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