NC DEQ Secretary Regan Hosts Conversations with Environmental Educators for Earth Day's 50th

We are in a time of stay-at-home orders and remote working, but North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan still found a way to interview certified environmental educators for a series commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day.

These online visits with three recently certified educators recognize the work of environmental educators across the state and raise awareness of the certification program, which is administered by the North Carolina Office of Environmental Education and Public Affairs within the department.

Secretary Regan asks Libbie Dobbs-Alexander, ecoEXPLORE Coordinator at the North Carolina Arboretum, how the EE Certification Program helped her career and provided service to her community and beyond.

Ballentine Elementary Academic Enrichment Teacher Kathy Wall tells Secretary Regan why she as a classroom teacher pursued environmental education certification and how it has helped her leverage programs and resources, like Shad in the Classroom.

DEQ Secretary Michael S Regan congratulates Michael Romano of Greensboro Parks and Recreation for completing the NC Environmental Educator Certification program and they discuss his work and community project.

In addition to these videos, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality's Earth Day page features essays from environmental educators and leaders in our state. I hope you will take a moment to celebrate Earth Day with these inspiring words from environmental educators and leaders in North Carolina: https://deq.nc.gov/outreach-education/earth-day-2020