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Brooker Creek Preserve Env. Education Center

Do you know why frogs are so important to our world, and how by saving them, we save the environment?

Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center

Explore challenges frogs are facing, as well as some ways that ordinary people of all ages can help. Learn about our very own Florida frogs, and maybe even croak in a human frog chorus! Program suitable for all ages.Join Avalon Theisen, the young founder of <a href="http://www.conserveitforward.org/" title="http://www.conserveitforward.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Conserve It Forward</a>, Inc. for Florida Frogs, back for her 14th year at Brooker Creek!Additional Notes: It takes about 10 minutes to drive from the preserve entrance (Keystone Rd.) to the parking lot, and there is a 2-5 minute walk from the parking lot to the Education Center buildings. This program will be held in the auditorium.About Avalon:A passionate changemaker with over 15 years of service to people and planet, Avalon Jade Theisen is dedicated to empowering others to Conserve It Forward for a sustainable future. She was 7 years old when she first realized she could make positive, effective change, and help empower others to do so, as well. Her efforts resulted in the creation of a non-profit organization. Encouraging the use of kindness and compassion to confront global issues, she has traveled the world to share her message and work alongside others.Avalon grew up in Tampa, Florida and is a graduate of the University of South Florida. She has a Master’s degree from Arizona State University, where she is currently starting her third-year as a PhD student. Her research is in environmental humanities, focusing on the intersection of religion, environment, and nonprofit organizations, and how religious environmental nonprofit organizations help motivate people to be better stewards of our planet.As an instructor at Athena's Advanced Academy since 2017, Avalon teaches elementary, middle, and high school students about cultural empathy, peacemaking, sustainability, and world religions, helping them better understand other people, as well as the world we live in. She serves as Book Reviews Coordinator for the Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, and interns at the U.S. Department of State's Office of International Religious Freedom.Avalon plans to pursue a career in university education – hopefully right here in Florida - and continue advocating for the environment and intercultural respect.“My goal is that everyone should feel interconnected with other living things and the world so that we are inspired to become positive changemakers.”For more about Conserve It Forward, Inc., please visit <a href="http://www.conserveitforward.org/" title="http://www.conserveitforward.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.ConserveItForward.org</a> or<a href="http://www.facebook.com/ConserveItForwardWithAvalon" title="http://www.facebook.com/ConserveItForwardWithAvalon" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.facebook.com/ConserveItForwardWithAvalon</a>.

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