The first time I met Brittany Tate, Education Coordinator at the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA), she was knee-deep in the Choctawhatchee Bay, surrounded by a group of students from the Silver Sands School and AmeriCorps members. We stood at the edge of Ross Marler Park on Okaloosa Island, in the middle of a Grasses in…
Author: Erika Zambello
Erika Zambello is a writer, birder, and photographer living and working along the Emerald Coast of Florida. She has a master’s degree in environmental management, where she specialized in ecosystem science and conservation. Her love of the outdoors was inspired by a childhood in Maine, where she returned for her National Geographic Young Explorer grant. In addition to Maine, she has lived in New York, France, Washington, DC, and North Carolina. Erika believes in the power of communicating conservation and exploration, which was the inspiration for One World, Two Feet.
Duke Nicholas School – Lifelong Learning
Tuesdays are busy for me this semester. In between my regular work tasks, I tune in for “Social Media for Environmental Communications” from the Duke Executive Education Program, take a break, then drive to the University of West Florida for back to back “Academic Strategies” and “Strategic Communication.” By the end of the evening, five hours…
Voices for Biodiversity – Birdwatching in Colombia
In November 2016, Colombia’s congress approved a historic peace deal after a 52-year conflict with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). For decades, the presence of armed groups prevented Colombia from welcoming more tourists, but it is now poised to showcase the country’s incredible biodiversity. No species are more sought after than Colombia’s birds, and a…
E. Zambello Writing and Art 