The Challenge: Building Environmental Literacy in K-12 Students Environmental science in the United States is at a critical point: in the face of numerous environmental challenges, the public consistently ranks environmental issues among their lowest priorities,1 scientific literacy is on the decline,2 and politics (rather than science) often dictates environmental action.3 To address this predicament, […]
Author Archives: Carolyn Pugh
Carolyn Pugh is an ORAU contractor for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Sustainable and Healthy Communities Research Program. She graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Environmental Science. Her interests include environmental justice, climate change mitigation and resilience, and research translation.