- Name: Kenneth Chase
- Degree: BS Environmental Science & Management with a focus on Environmental Education
Interest in Social Entrepreneurship and/or Environment Issues[edit | edit source]
- Always interested in reducing my carbon and consumer footprint, and open to new ideas from around the world.
- I greatly enjoy traveling to new places, meeting new people and learning from new perspectives, especially those different from my own.
- Alternative energy sources and their use around the world, including solar, wind, wave, geothermal, hydro and fusion.
- I love teaching children, youth and adults about the environment and what we can all do to be stewards for our planet.
- Special interests in wildcrafting, wilderness living and survival, edible plants and homesteading skills. I also believe there is a place for this education in therapeutic programs.
- My dream is to form a non-profit that facilitates nature immersion for inner-city children, youth and lower socio-economic families in an attempt to mend Nature Deficit Disorder.
- Rural Youth Volunteers in India 2018 is my first Social Entrepreneurship project and as I am enjoying the experience immensely, I would love to learn more about these types of programs and international coordination, outreach and collaboration.
Experience in Social Entrepreneurship, Environment Issues and Applicable Skills[edit | edit source]
- Earned Associate's degree in Sustainable Agriculture at Santa Rosa Junior College in 2016.
- Lived and worked on college farm caring for horses, cattle, sheep, fruit orchards, and organic vegetable gardens.
- Worked in excavation from 2013-2015 digging ditches, installing drainage, and driving heavy equipment.
- Volunteered with California organization replacing water-wasting lawns with water-wise plant and mulch landscapes.
- Volunteered at Annadel-Trionne State Park visitor center, aiding visitors with information about trails, wildlife, and how to best enjoy and respect the park.
- Worked at Environmental Education based summer camp for children ages 5-16.
- Certified by National Association of Interpretation as an Interpretive Guide.
- Certified by The Forest Foundation to be a Talk About Trees Facilitator.
- Certified Facilitator for Project Wet and Project Wild.
- Worked with Cuddeback Elementary School, planning, designing, and implementing 1-hour environmental education curriculum in 2018.
- Currently enrolled at Cal Poly Humboldt studying Environmental Science and Management with a focus on Environmental Education and Interpretation.