ABOUT DELIA

Delia's work focuses on building sustainable communities through place-based education, civic engagement and dialogue, and school/community partnerships. She is a frequent trainer, speaker, and facilitator in these areas throughout the United States and Central/Eastern Europe, for organizations that include US National Park Service, US Forest Service, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, Iditarod Historic Trail Alliance, Shelburne Farms, and QLF/Atlantic Center for the Environment. Her wealth of experience in place-based education includes serving as Director of the Center for Place-based Learning and Community Engagement; teaching masters level classes in Environmental Education and Interpretation at Antioch University New England; and serving as lead trainer for the Appalachian Trail’s Trail to Every Classroom program, and the Iditarod Trail to Every Classroom program. Delia is the co-author of Questing: A Guide to Creating Community Treasure Hunts published by University Press of New England; Learning to Make Choices for the Future:  Connecting Public Lands, Schools and Communities Through Place-based Learning and Civic Engagement; and Community Vision to Action Forums:  An Organizers Guide to Participatory Planning; which have collectively been translated into six languages. 

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