{"id":4427,"date":"2018-07-18T16:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T20:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nicholas.duke.edu\/internshipblogs\/?p=4427"},"modified":"2018-08-09T09:50:49","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T13:50:49","slug":"july-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nicholas.duke.edu\/internshipblogs\/july-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"July Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi everyone! I\u2019m over halfway through my internship and I can\u2019t believe how quickly time has passed. I\u2019ve just been chugging away at working on our urban refuge campaign<\/a> and doing research for a paper.<\/p>\n

First off, this urban campaign that I\u2019m working on is an online campaign in which our team highlights the different urban refuges that are a part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. In this campaign, our team is aiming to highlight stories from people that experience and enrich these refuge. We are doing this through many different types of media including blog posts, Adobe Spark webpages, video interviews, and even podcasts. Before this internship, I\u2019ve never heard of Adobe\u2019s Spark software so if you haven\u2019t heard of it either, here is an example that I created for a beloved refuge.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/page-embed.js<\/a>\"Bayou<\/a><\/p>\n

My work for this campaign has been a lot of reaching out to interesting people to interview, writing, and even participating in some really interesting interviews. One of the interviews that I got a chance to participate in was with Loretta Pineda, the Executive Director of Environmental Learning for Kids (ELK). This particular organization is a non-profit that connects youth of the Denver community to nature through environmental education and outdoor experiences. It was very inspiring to hear about Loretta\u2019s experiences and success stories. One takeaway that I had from the conversation that really resonated with me was when Loretta talked about the age group of youth that they work with. She talked about how they work with families. This is important because it makes it easier for people to benefit from this program. Kids usually don\u2019t have a lot of autonomy over activities that they can do so when parents get to see the benefits first hand of a program like ELK, they\u2019re much more likely to stay loyal to the ELK community.<\/p>\n

Make sure to check out our podcast! It\u2019s called Refuge Radio<\/a> and is available on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Anchor, and many other podcast platforms! Here<\/a> is our first episode where the Urban Refuge team talks about the campaign.<\/p>\n

Aside from working on the campaign, I\u2019m doing a lot of research to put together a list of different initiatives and programs that connect urban communities to nature. I\u2019ve been digging back into my course readings from the past semester and it\u2019s been really interesting to be able to apply them. I truly do feel like the tools that I have gained from my first year have been helping me make a difference.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t wait to see what else this summer has in store for me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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