“Nature is not an amenity but a necessity
for everyone’s health and well-being.”
Jenny Rowland-Shea, Sahir Doshi, Shanna Edberg, and Robert Fanger, “The Nature Gap”
Meet some of the people working to make the outdoors more just
From a digital educator, to outings leaders, to a National Park Service employee, learn about the seven interviewees who participated in this project.
Fall 2020 Capstone
As an American Studies major I completed my capstone in the fall of 2020. My capstone: “Who is ‘America’s Best Idea’ For? Race, Class, and the Grand Canyon National Park” explores the history of tourism in the Grand Canyon and its impact on local Indigenous communities. I connect this history with how people visit the canyon today and who is not visiting the site and why.
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“You’ve got to be highly intentional about bringing nature and outdoors into all communities, and then knowing that to do so, you’ve got to look at what the perceived barriers are, what the myths are first, address them and then address the real barriers.”
Chris Cato, member of the Foundation Team of the board of directors for Eagle Eye Institute