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Roswell’s environmental education coordinator highlights hands-on school programs, Earth Balloon tours and volunteer efforts
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Liberty Gates, Roswell’s environmental education coordinator, described hands-on K–12 lessons, a 20-foot Earth Balloon outreach tool, water-plant tours and volunteer programs such as Adopt a Stream and Rivers Alive that engage residents in local conservation.
Liberty Gates, Roswell’s environmental education coordinator, told Mayor Mary Robisho that her work centers on hands-on programs for students and community members to build stewardship of local natural resources.
Gates said her role is “just fun” and varies day to day, from leading water-plant tours and preschool pollinator activities to running recycling-center tours and organizing cleanups along the Chattahoochee River. She described a typical week that included a water-plant tour for third graders, a preschool relay to teach pollination, social media outreach and an upcoming river cleanup.
The heart of Gates’s outreach is classroom-ready, state-aligned programming. She said the department’s education brochure—available on the city…
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