Post by Karstscience on Aug 20, 2007 16:47:47 GMT -5
New TCC Education Director Announcement
The Texas Cave Conservancy, based in Austin, Texas and the surrounding area, has recently appointed Kriste Lindberg as Education Director. The TCC is a non-profit, 501 (c) (3), Texas Corporation dedicated to the protection of caves, cave life, and aquifers as related to caves through public education, scientific research, and cave management by working with land developers, municipalities, private land-owners, and other non-profit organizations through the establishment of parks and preserves. Over one hundred cave preserves have been established in Texas.
A free, "Cave Day", where the public is introduced to cave parks and preserves, is sponsored by the City of Cedar Park Parks & Recreation Department, and hosted by the Texas Cave Conservancy, is held twice yearly. Lindberg will remain residing in Bloomington, Indiana as Chairman, Education and Outreach Committee, for the Indiana Karst Conservancy and Chairman, Environmental Education Committee, for the National Speleological Society, where she helps coordinate cave education efforts between all. For more information on the TCC, visit: www.texascaves.org
Kriste Lindberg has been a member of the caving community since 1992, primarily coordinating education and outreach endeavors at the local, state, and national level and currently incorporating media as a vehicle to "get the word out".
She has a BGS and MS-Ed with an emphasis on natural resource education, serves on related boards and committees, including Chair of the Indiana Karst Conservancy' Education and Outreach Committee, Project Underground, and the NSS Environmental Education Committee, and is employed by the City of Bloomington as an environmental education specialist. She also serves on the Bloomington Environmental Commission, which interfaces directly with the Planning Department.
Awards she has received include those from the Hoosier National Forest and NSS, such as the NSS Conservation Individual Award, Fellow of the NSS, and various arts awards from the NSS.
The Texas Cave Conservancy, based in Austin, Texas and the surrounding area, has recently appointed Kriste Lindberg as Education Director. The TCC is a non-profit, 501 (c) (3), Texas Corporation dedicated to the protection of caves, cave life, and aquifers as related to caves through public education, scientific research, and cave management by working with land developers, municipalities, private land-owners, and other non-profit organizations through the establishment of parks and preserves. Over one hundred cave preserves have been established in Texas.
A free, "Cave Day", where the public is introduced to cave parks and preserves, is sponsored by the City of Cedar Park Parks & Recreation Department, and hosted by the Texas Cave Conservancy, is held twice yearly. Lindberg will remain residing in Bloomington, Indiana as Chairman, Education and Outreach Committee, for the Indiana Karst Conservancy and Chairman, Environmental Education Committee, for the National Speleological Society, where she helps coordinate cave education efforts between all. For more information on the TCC, visit: www.texascaves.org
Kriste Lindberg has been a member of the caving community since 1992, primarily coordinating education and outreach endeavors at the local, state, and national level and currently incorporating media as a vehicle to "get the word out".
She has a BGS and MS-Ed with an emphasis on natural resource education, serves on related boards and committees, including Chair of the Indiana Karst Conservancy' Education and Outreach Committee, Project Underground, and the NSS Environmental Education Committee, and is employed by the City of Bloomington as an environmental education specialist. She also serves on the Bloomington Environmental Commission, which interfaces directly with the Planning Department.
Awards she has received include those from the Hoosier National Forest and NSS, such as the NSS Conservation Individual Award, Fellow of the NSS, and various arts awards from the NSS.