How to Raise Environmentally Aware Kids: Starting Small at Home

About this episode

The episode discusses how to raise environmentally aware kids through small steps at home, featuring insights from Austen Hill of the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District.

Small Steps, Big Impact: Raising Environmentally Aware Kids Austen Hill, the Education Outreach Specialist for the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District joins Dr. Christopher Villarreal and Dr. Deb Anderson to pull back the curtain on the organization quietly shaping the Omaha-Papillion metro: controlling floods, creating wildlife habitat, and bringing natural resource education directly into classrooms. Discover why those lakes dotting our community aren't natural at all, how earl...

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Christopher Villarreal, Dr. Deb Anderson

Guest: Austen Hill

Topics covered

• environmental awareness
• parenting
• education
• natural resources
• community impact

Keywords

• environmentally aware kids
• parenting
• education
• natural resources
• community
• Omaha-Papillion
• wildlife habitat

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District

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