Environmental Fridays, Nov. 11

   Campus Announcements | Posted on November 10, 2022

Welcome to Season III, Episode 9, of Environmental Fridays ... it is personal.

Join us this coming Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, for Environmental Fridays, Episode 9, at 9:30 a.m. EST, to listen and learn about "Nature's Best Hope: Remove Invasives, Plant Natives" with University of Delaware entomologist Professor Douglas W. Tallamy.

Our co-host for Episode 9 is Padmanie Ramoutar, biology and environmental science sixth form teacher, Bishop Anstey Trinity College (BATCE), Trinidad.

The Zoom Meeting link is https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85270285938?pwd=REpoc3VjVkdRN1dJRkkvbDd2eHJvZz09.

  • Meeting ID: 852 7028 5938
  • Passcode: 948025

Share with others. Everyone is welcome. Environmental Fridays is free to all: students, professionals, community.

Contact Desmond Hartwell Murray, associate professor of chemistry, at murrayd@andrews.edu if you have any questions.

Guest Speaker Bio
Douglas Tallamy is the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, where he has authored 106 research publications and has taught insect-related courses for 41 years. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities. His books include "Bringing Nature Home," "The Living Landscape," co-authored with Rick Darke, "Nature's Best Hope," a New York Times Best Seller, and "The Nature of Oaks," winner of the American Horticultural Society’s 2022 book award.

Co-Host Bio
Padmanie Ramoutar is an educator at Bishop Anstey and Trinity College East (BATCE), sixth form, in Trinidad and Tobago. Ramoutar teaches all levels of CAPE biology and environmental science and has been an educator for the past six years. She pursued and completed a BSc chemistry and biology double major at the undergraduate level at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, and is currently pursuing an MPhil in chemistry at the same university.

Ramoutar is very passionate about educating and developing young minds. She implements a unique and resourceful environment that fosters both learning and success within her classroom. She encourages students to appreciate all forms of life and has become passionate about environmental conservation and reducing the severity of man’s activities on the environment.



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