Meet the GSEEC Community

Meet the Governing Council:
THE GSEEC GOVERNING COUNCIL: The GSEEC is the key focal point for coordinating California's diverse efforts to strengthen environmental education. The Governing Council sets the direction of and supports the Consortium's efforts. The Governing Council has a conference call once a month and meets four times per year. Between meetings, committees conduct much of the GSEEC's work via e-mail, web-based discussion groups, and telephone. The GSEEC is not a membership organization and does not collect dues.

GOVERNING COUNCIL BIOGRAPHIES
A. Michael Marzolla, M.A.
4-H Youth Development & Master Gardener Advisor
University of California Cooperative Extension
305 Camino del Remedio, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Main phone number: (805) 692-1730
Fax number: (805) 692-1731
Email: ammarzolla@ucdavis.edu
Webpage: http://www.naturestudy.org/whois/marzolla.htm
UCCE Webpage: http://cesantabarbara.ucdavis.edu/


Since 1983, Michael has served as the 4-H Youth Development and Master Gardener Advisor with University of California Cooperative Extension in Santa Barbara County. He has over twenty-five years of experience in the field of non-formal environmental education in national and international settings. He is the Principal Investigator of the Agua Pura and Pescadores watershed, salmon and steelhead education project. His education includes: a Masters in Education, specializing in non-formal education, from the Center for International Education at the University of Massachusetts; and, an undergraduate degree in fine arts, from Humboldt State University, with course work and special projects in environmental planning and design. He served in the Peace Corps in Guatemala from 1973-’77. Michael has served various international consultancies in Bolivia and in Serbia. Before he began his work with the University of California, Michael has served on various boards including the Center for the Study of the Environment, and the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) as Chair of the Non-formal Commission, and he is currently the Co-chair of NAAEE’s International Commission. He is fluent in Spanish and he has a working knowledge of Italian.

Kay Antunez de Mayolo
Sacramento, CA
MS, BS Biological Sciences. State Coordinator of the California Project Learning Tree program and other environmental education outreach for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection since 1988. Science and environmental educator at the community college, high school and elementary school levels in California, Honduras and Peru. Current professional interests include all aspects of environmental education including leadership development, program strategies and pedagogy with a special interest in reaching underserved populations such as immigrants and school age children learning English.

Mark McReynolds, Coordinator of Pacific Forest Institute and City Partner for Flying WILD
Mark’s formal education consists of a B.S. in Natural Science, a M.Div. in Christian Education and he is currently working on a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies with an end goal of stabilizing populations of Scarlet Macaws in Belize. His work experience includes outdoor education and camp administration, Elderhostel, community college and university level instruction, as well as substitute teaching for grades K-12. He also has interpretive experience from a nature center, state park, and the CA Dept. of Fish and Game. Mark has been a Treasurer and Co-Chair of the northern section of the Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education

MEET OUR PARTNERS:

GSEEC works closely with two other statewide organizations whose general goals are similar to ours.

AEOE is the Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education, the first association of environmental educators in the nation. They are a California organization by and for outdoor environmental educators, established in 1954 as AOE, adding the "Environmental" part to the name in 1971 after the first Earth Day. AEOE is a vibrant membership organization that is geographically divided into northern and southern sections. Each section has their own fall conference and they jointly sponsor a large spring conference; conferences are a great place to see and hear the latest in environmental education. The AEOE website has an extensive listing of environmental education resources and a calendar of events of interest to the EE community.

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CREEC, pronounced “creek”, is the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network and is an educational project supported by the California Department of Education, Environmental Education Program in collaboration with state, regional and local partners. The CREEC website is an excellent source for environmental education resources in California and features an online, searchable resource directory allowing educators to locate curricular resources that are local and grade appropriate for their students. The resource directory includes over 1,000 environmental education providers and over 2,000 programs/resources available within in California. Their website also has calendars which post environmental education activities and exhibits, funding opportunities, and teacher professional development opportunities.