Let me echo that some of us academics are involved in working with environmental groups, serving on advisory committees to EPA, NOAA, and state environmental agencies etc. I am spending this week in the DC area on an advisory committee to NOAA Sea Grant. (It's better to be here than in NJ/NY.)
> While it is not above and beyond their normal job duties, I'd argue that > nearly all academic biologists make a substantial contribution to society > through their teaching (not just their research). For many of us, > teaching makes up an equal or greater proportion of our workload than > research. And, many of us do give back through service to NGOs and > government agencies, outreach to the public and school groups, etc. > > Mark D. > ________________________________________ > From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news > [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Neahga Leonard > [[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 6:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Biologists giving back? Ideas needed > > Hi Wendee, > > I think this would be an extremely easy topic if you moved your target > biologists away from those in the academic setting. Many of us work in > non-profits aimed with an environmental conservation focus, work with > land-trusts, work as land stewards, foresters, game wardens, medical > workers, health and sanitation workers, landscapers, nature guides, > writers, and much, much more. > > The biologists within the academic realm are probably the smallest portion > of the total biologist population, and, despite doing excellent work, may > well have the smallest immediate effect on the population/world at large. > > Neahga Leonard > > > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Wendee Nicole > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I am working on a story idea about ways that biologists give back to >> society >> in a way that is above and beyond simply doing research. It CAN be a >> research project if it has a strong influence on the local community, or >> on >> policy, etc. >> >> If you have any examples of individuals doing something, whether it's a >> the >> project, or someone doing something on the side, or working with >> Congress >> to >> get some legislation passed that is important and under-appreciated, or >> anything else, send me the ideas and the folks who are involved's >> contact >> info! >> >> Wendee >> >> "As a writer, you are often asking your mind to dream while awake" - >> Aimee >> Bender >> >> Wendee Nicole, M.S. Ecology ~ Freelance Writer * Photographer * >> Bohemian >> >> Web: [wendeenicole.com] >> Blog: [bohemianadventures.blogspot.com] >> Twitter: twitter.com/bohemianone >> Email: [email protected] >> >> Online Magazine Writing Class starts Dec 8, 2012 - Ask me! >> > > > > -- > Neahga Leonard > > *There is not just a whole world to explore, there is a whole universe to > explore, perhaps more than one.* > http://writingfornature.wordpress.com/ >
