Champions of Change
Sarah-Mae Nelson is the Conservation Interpreter for the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Online Community Manager for climateinterpreter.org. Through collaborations with the National Association for Interpretation, National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and others, Sarah-Mae creates specialized training materials focusing on climate literacy and interpretation and shares them broadly through the community of informal science educators interested in climate change. Sarah-Mae has personally been involved in training hundreds of staff and volunteers to be effective interpreters of climate science and solutions. She also committed to living plastic-free for a year and blogged about her experience to educate and inspire others to reduce their environmental impacts.