Working for a Non-for Profit Nature Society

Recently, I started working for the Delaware Nature Society .
I love their mission:

• to foster understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of the natural world through education
• to preserve ecologically significant areas
• to advocate stewardship and conservation of natural resources

As an outdoorsy sorta girl, I revel in outdoor education, preservations, and being a steward of the earth. 

 I am not the sit in a cubicle type, so any opportunity I find that allows me to work with my hands in the outdoors I am all about. I have been working with horses for over a decade, I love backpacking, camping, biking, skiing, and just about any outdoor activity. I got my first job in the outdoor education field when I was 18 as a camp counselor; since then, I have worked at 3 other over night camps and loved the experience.

    Nature preserves have always been one of my favorite go to places. I love being able to see a piece of untouched nature.  Walking the streets of any city, it is easy to forget about the neat critters around you, or you may even be trying very hard to get rid of the critters around you I.E large sewer rats.   In a preservation, it's like walking into your neighbors house to see what goes on in there; with out seeming to much like a creep. 

     Moreover, I love being an advocate for environmental stewardship. I view environmental stewardship as good house keeping. A good house keeper tends to their home at all times, ie. cares for the roof before it leaks, in the same manner; a human must tend to the earth's needs before real issues arrise. For instance, it is a good to clean up the trash around your neighborhood, but it is even better to not trash up the neighborhood in the first place.

   I am very pleased to share that I am enjoying my life at the Delaware Nature Society.  Working with this organization has allowed me to share my interest with others. What's your "thing" that you enjoy sharing with other people?