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‘Code Compliance’ and Other Tales from an Urban Nature Preserve – Liv Johnson ’28 at Oswit Land Trust in Palm Springs, CA

Frivolous lawsuits. Disgruntled HOA boards. City ordinances. Fire Marshall inspections. Entitled neighbors. This is just a short list of the unexpected roadblocks I have encountered

Farming on a Small Startup: LaTawnya Edick ’26 at Ironwood Mountain Farm and Larry Lint Produce in Champion, PA

Introduction I was excited when I learned through the Antioch College

Land Conservation and Raptors Oh My!: Jen Freeze ’25 at Tecumseh Land Trust and Glen Helen Raptor Center in Yellow Springs

For my final co-op as an Antioch student, I have

The Humming Flutters of a MothBox: Jessie Tejera-Fabian ’25 at Mount Totumas, Panama

In Mount Totumas Cloud Forest Resort, visitors come for the

Division Sciences, Study Area - Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

How It’s Done: Sawyer Perry ’25 at Dayton Water Supply and Treatment in Dayton, OH

25 February 2025

Animal Advocacy, Rescue & Rehab, Study Area - Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Rehabilitation of Birds of Prey: Chloe Harvey ’26 at the Glen Helen Raptor Center in Yellow Springs, OH

25 February 2025

Featured Post, Food Systems, Sustainable Agriculture, Culinary Arts, Ohio, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

In Community with the BIPOC Food & Farm Network (BFFN): Go-Gi-Sgk So-Qui-Li Isadora Dimalanta ‘26 in Yellow Springs, OH

25 February 2025

Division Sciences, Study Area - Sustainability, Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

From City Streets to Mountain Peaks: Heather Cain ’26 as Conservation Crew Lead with Rocky Mountain Youth Corps

25 February 2025

Division Sciences, Featured Post, Global Studies & Engagement, Study Area - Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Modeling Mosaics of Benthic Community Composition: Emma Jones ’22 – NSF REU at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences

07 January 2025

AC Feed, Animal Advocacy, Rescue & Rehab, Division Sciences, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Flying High: Alexa Greer ’22 at the Glen Helen Raptor Center in Yellow Springs, Ohio

29 November 2024

Division Sciences, Study Area - Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Fires and Felines; Prairies, Prescribed Burns and Power Tools: Brennan Mumper ’27 at Whiterock Conservancy

Division Sciences, Study Area - Sustainability, Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Transects, Transplants and the Transcontinental Railroad: E. Lombardi ‘25 at The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Crested Butte, Colorado

04 September 2023

Division Sciences, Food Systems, Sustainable Agriculture, Culinary Arts, Study Area - Sustainability, Study Area - Work and Workplace Skills, Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Learning to return to the land: Yuri Whitley ‘26 at the Antioch Farm

Division Sciences, Food Systems, Sustainable Agriculture, Culinary Arts, Study Area - Sustainability, Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Finding Your Happy Place: Summer Powell ‘26 at UWC-USA Agroecology Research Center in Montezuma, NM

Study Area - Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

The Arduous Road to Right Livelihood: Daniel Dynan ’25 at the Antioch Farm

Education & Youth Empowerment (Pre-Education), Study Area - Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

A group photo of all naturalists, including Rosabella, outside in the snow.

Teaching In the Great Outdoors, Right In Our Backyard: Rosabella Hernandez, ’25 at The Glen Helen Outdoor Education Center

Ohio, Policy, Advocacy, Law (Pre-Law), Study Area - Sustainability, Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Piece of Earth: Sawyer Perry ‘24 at Tecumseh Land Trust in Yellow Springs, Ohio

05 November 2022

AC Feed, Featured Post, Global Studies & Engagement, Latin America, Study Area - Community Organization and Advocacy, Study Area - Language and Culture, Study Area - Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

3,000 Miles of Gardening: Alexis McGilvery ’23 at Tandana Foundation in Ecuador

07 October 2022

Food Systems, Sustainable Agriculture, Culinary Arts, Study Area - Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Farming for Pollinators: Allie Leach ‘24 at Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary in Floyd, Virginia

Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Fostering Connection: Milo Owens ’25 at the Glen Helen Raptor Center in Yellow Springs, Ohio

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Get Out and Do Weird Stuff: Cazimir Kowalski ’22 as Eco Research Assistant at Notre Dame University

Culture, Power, & Change, Ohio, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment, The Work We Do

Working for a College Recycling Program: David Klasovsky ’23 at Penguin Recycling

Food Systems, Sustainable Agriculture, Culinary Arts, Global Studies & Engagement, Latin America, Study Area - Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Community Coffee : Ryn McCall ’21 at Mount Totumas, Panama

Food Systems, Sustainable Agriculture, Culinary Arts, Study Area - Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment, The Work We Do

Mitigating Climate Change: Kaylee Rutherford ’23 at Nightingale Montessori School in Springfield, Ohio

Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment, The Work We Do

YS Wildlife Habitat Community: McKenzie Smith ’23 at Agraria in Yellow Springs, Ohio

Division Sciences, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Finding Purpose Close to Home: Sophie Singer ’22 at Glen Helen’s Trailside Museum in Yellow Springs, Ohio

27 January 2020

Division Sciences, Ohio, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Bringing Nature to the Community: Lanique Dawson ’19 at Glen Helen Ecology Institute in Yellow Springs, Ohio

22 February 2018

Division Sciences, San Francisco Bay Area, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Research and Reflections: Jen Ruud ’18 at UC Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, CA

09 February 2018

Boston, Education & Youth Empowerment (Pre-Education), Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Advocate & Generate—the Creation of Environmental Stewards: Lanique Dawson ’19 at Paraclete Center and Save the Harbor/Save the Bay in Boston, MA

06 December 2017

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Trying to become Willy the Waterdrop: Maya Canaztuj ’17 at Dayton’s Water Supply and Treatment Division in Dayton, Ohio

27 October 2017

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Applying Class Skills over Co-op: Richard Hauck ’17 at Glen Helen Nature Preserve in Yellow Springs, Ohio

25 October 2017

Ohio, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

From my First to Last Co-op: Sam Stewart ’17 at EnviroFlight in Maysville, Kentucky

18 September 2017

Education & Youth Empowerment (Pre-Education), Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Learning, Growing: Selena Wilkinson ’17 at Glen Helen’s Trailside Museum in Yellow Springs, Ohio

14 September 2017

Alaska, Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Pertaining to Peatlands: Jamie Ramsey ‘18 at the International Arctic Research Center REU in Fairbanks, Alaska

Food Systems, Sustainable Agriculture, Culinary Arts, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

The Art of Seed Saving: Hannah Riley ’19 at Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa

Faculty Spotlight, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Faculty Spotlight: Kim Landsbergen in Earth & Space Science News

South, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Abbie Jones ’20 at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens in Atlanta, Georgia

Southwest, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment, The Work We Do

BEMPing it Up – Taking Students Into the Field: Rose Hardesty ’17 at Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program (BEMP) in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Alaska, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Contributing to Environmental Justice: Jamie Ramsey ’18 at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, Alaska

Faculty Spotlight, Policy, Advocacy, Law (Pre-Law), Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Faculty Spotlight: Kim Landsbergen

Ohio, Policy, Advocacy, Law (Pre-Law), Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Finding Myself on my Final Co-op: Angel Nalubega ’18 at Glen Helen Nature Preserve and the Friends Committee on National Legislation in Yellow Springs, OH

Division Sciences, Study Area - Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

An Exploration of Space: Jen Ruud ’18 at Practical Ecology in Melbourne, Australia

Division Sciences, Pacific Southwest, Study Area - Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Found at Sea: Julia Dwight ’18 at the Oceanography Lab at Oregon State in Corvallis, OR

Education & Youth Empowerment (Pre-Education), San Francisco Bay Area, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment, The Work We Do

Planting Seeds: Leah Newton ’19 at Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ) in San Francisco, California

28 February 2017

Division Sciences, Media Arts & Communication, Ohio, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Marketing Nature: Ian McClung ’18 at Glen Helen Nature Preserve in Yellow Springs, OH

17 December 2016

Education & Youth Empowerment (Pre-Education), Ohio, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Wetland Warriors: Pierson ’17 at Aullwood Audubon Center and Farm in Dayton, Ohio

14 December 2016

Northeast, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Strolls Down the Creek: Bausch ’17 at Huron River Watershed Council in Ann Arbor, Michigan

08 December 2016

Animal Advocacy, Rescue & Rehab, Ohio, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

They’re Not Dinosaurs: Hill-Read ’17 at The Glen Helen Raptor Center in Yellow Springs, Ohio

08 December 2016

South, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment, The Work We Do

Sea Cucumbers to Sea Pickles: Ramsey ‘18 at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Sarasota, Florida

07 December 2016

Media Arts & Communication, Midwest, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Meehan ’17 at Whiterock Conservancy in Coon Rapids, Iowa

Student Spotlight, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Student Spotlight: Jen Ruud ’18

Ohio, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment, The Work We Do

Living Sustainably and Cooperatively: Wragg ’19 at Arthur Morgan Institute Community Solutions in Yellow Springs, Ohio

Northwest, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment, The Work We Do

Life on the Conservancy: Winegarden ’19 at Whiterock Conservancy in Coon Rapids, Iowa

Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment, The Work We Do

Conserve, Protect, and Improve: Ryan ’19 at Franklin Soil and Water Conservation in Columbus, Ohio

South, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment, The Work We Do

You May All Go To Hell, and I Will Go To Texas: Riley ’19 at RAND Corporation and City Parks Alliance in Dallas, Texas

Hawaii, Northwest, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

A Glimpse of the Sea: Newton ’19 at Oregon State University’s College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences in Corvallis, Oregon

Pacific Southwest, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment, The Work We Do

Reflections From the Lagoon: Mufson ’19 at San Diego Audubon Society in San Diego, California

New York, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment, The Work We Do

Spreading Zero Waste Initiatives: Crane ’19 at Impact Earth Inc. in New York

Midwest, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

River Guide: Sherman ’19 at White Water Challengers in Weatherly, Pennsylvania

Hawaii, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment, The Work We Do

Preserving the Past, Building for the Future, and Enjoying the Now: Fite ’19 at Makauwahi Cave Reserve in Koloa, Hawaii

Ohio, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Life As A Quarry Intern: Metty ’19 at the Quarry Farm in Putnam County, Ohio

Division Sciences, South, Study Area - Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Grit – Flow – Home: Pitasky ’17 at Florida Institute of Technology’s Marine Laboratory in Vero Beach, FL

27 February 2016

Midwest, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Creating a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion: Blakemore ’17 at the Huron River Watershed Council in Ann Arbor, Michigan

11 February 2016

Hawaii, Student Spotlight, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Student Spotlight: Melissa Rudie ’17 and Steven Taylor ’17

10 February 2016

Midwest, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Preserving Genetic Diversity: Van Geloven ’17 at Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa

09 February 2016

Biomed, Public Health, & Health Advocacy (Pre-Medical & Pre-Health), Hawaii, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Discovering the Past to Save the Future: Rudie ’17 at The Makauwahi Cave in Koloa, Hawaii

09 February 2016

Ohio, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

The Antioch Solar Array and Co-op: Rolland ’17 at Solar Power & Light in Miamisburg, Ohio

09 February 2016

New England, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Sled Dog Adventures – Just Like a Dorm: Kondracki ’17 at Nature’s Kennel in McMillan, Michigan

09 February 2016

Northwest, Study Area - Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Salt, Shrimp, and Science: Lawrence ’17 at the Jordan River/Farmington Bay Water Quality Council in Salt Lake City, Utah

09 February 2016

Ohio, Pre-Education, Study Area - Sustainability, Sustainability, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Invasive Species Management and Environmental Education: Pierson ’17 at the Arc of Appalachia in Bainbridge, Ohio

08 February 2016

Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Yellow Springs, Malaysia, and Brazil – On Getting Out of Your Own Way: Gravley-Novello ’16 at Savitha and Anthrotech

08 February 2016

Ohio, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

Using Co-op to Define a Major: Berley ’16 at Enviroflight, LLC in Maysville, Kentucky

08 February 2016

Ohio, Sustainability, Ecology & the Environment

On Science and Written Reflection: Harvey ’16 at Calala’s Water Haven, Inc. in New London, Ohio

08 February 2016