Environmental Sustainability & ResponsibilityMajor Program

933

Total Hours

Contributed.

6403

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

40

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

277

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of individuals reporting improved knowledge regarding environmental sustainability and responsibility (such as what “green” means; how daily choices impact environment; 3 R’s of waste management; proper disposal of hazardous waste; the importance of conserving water; indoor and outdoor water conservation practices; emergency water conservation practices)

438

Number of individuals reporting intent to implement one or more new or additional strategies to promote environmental sustainability 

332

Number of individuals who implemented one or more new or additional water conservation practices (in the home, in landscape or garden)

197

Number of individuals who implemented one or more new or additional strategies to promote environmental sustainability (such as reduce waste, eat responsibly, act locally, reduce consumption, recycle, reuse, and properly dispose of hazardous waste)

291

Number of individuals reporting an increase in recycled or reused household waste

299

Stories

Louisville Nature Center Natural Play Space (part of KYMN)

As part of their capstone and volunteer requirements with the Kentucky Master Naturalist Program (KYMN), trainees Angela Durbin Page and Tank Percentie lead the design and installation of a natural play space at the Louisville Nature Center. Ms. Page is the Advanced Ecology teacher at Make High School and Ms. Percentie is the Education Coordinator at the Louisville Nature Center. Under the guidance of Page and Percentie, the students design and constructed the play space. The space has many stat...

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Louisville Nature Center Natural Play Space (part of KYMN)

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