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Jessica has extensively worked with youth and the environment in various settings for over eight years. Her love for the outdoors and interest in environmental education fuelled her drive to create Eco Trek Tours. Her formal education and field experience provided her the tools for creating and maintaining a successful and credible non profit organization. Understanding the importance of participatory development and transparency, Jessica wants Eco Trek Tours to offer a necessary and non partisan service to the community that is self sufficient and makes environmental education more effective and efficient. Jessica is in charge of fund procurement, public relations and oversees all operational logistics.
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Jeff's background consists of over 20 years in the Tourism Industry, 10 years in the not for profit and 3 years as a business owner. Employed presently with West Trek Tours as their Vice President and Board Chair, Jeff has also worked for Tourism Vancouver, sat as the Board Chair for Hostelling International and conducted various public speaking engagements about volunteering on behalf of Volunteer Vancouver. He is a certified National Tourism Trainer and believes in Vancouver’s ability to entertain as well as educate. Jeff’s involvement with Eco Trek Tours stems from his faith in it’s mission to promote sustainable education programs to children.
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Jamie has roughly 8 years of experience working with children of all ages. She has a Bachelor of Arts with a major in geography and minor in sociology from Thompson Rivers in Kamloops, B.C. After working for Wells Gray Tours and Tourism Kamloops she decided to continue her education in Thunder Bay, Ontario where she recently completed her Masters of Environmental Studies from Lakehead University. Jamie is very supportive of Eco Trek Tours mission and goals as a non-profit organization and is committed to furthering the great success of this organization.
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Carlos Dominguez is the founder of Recyclife (http://institutodeartesdigitales.com.mx/recyclife), an applied research and marketing company based in México linking the needs of educational institutions to issues of environmental and social sustainability. Carlos has worked for Eco Trek Tours in brand outreach and development, and general marketing strategies.
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Katharine is the co-founder of Naturebag Eco-Activities, a company which aims to reconnect families with nature.(www.naturebag.com). She has 10 years experience as an elementary school teacher in the UK and the US in addition to a masters in Environmental Education from Oxford University, UK. She is the mother to two energetic young boys and tries to get out into the great outdoors with her family as often as possible. She really enjoys hiking the west coast of Vancouver Island and has begun to introduce the boys to overnight backpack camping which they love!
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Krista is in her final year of study at the University of British Columbia. She is an International Relations major, focusing on international development, and hopes to learn a lot about environmental and non-profit organizations while contributing to Eco Trek Tours' development. After spending a year living abroad, Krista is enjoying being back in Vancouver, and is especially happy to be skiing frequently. Krista loves to travel, and is always looking for (and planning) new adventures.
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Marnie recently finished her studies at UBC with a degree in Political Science and Geography. She has an interest in environmental issues and would like to continue in this field in the future. She recently participated in a field school studying sustainable development in Europe. This experience showed her the importance of exploring sustainable solutions first hand. She is looking forward to helping to promote EcoTrek among schools and the community in her role as Public Engagement Coordinator with the organization.
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Elisa Lee is a secondary English and Science teacher with a passion for sustainability education. She has worked with various organizations such as Sea to Sky Outdoor School for Sustainability, the World Wildlife Foundation, and FUN (Friends Uniting for Nature) Camps. At EcoTrek, Elisa has helped prepare information packages for students to take home and plan future action.
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Adam is a recent graduated from UBC with a Bachelor’s in Environmental Science. His work in the past involves working as an environmental consultant with Arran Environmentals, as well as becoming a successful downtown Vancouver events and promotions coordinator with his own company. He is a fanatic soccer player, scuba diver, snowboarder, and adventurous traveler. His love for the outdoors, people, and sustainability has lead him to another passion, environmental education. He feels that the development of a strong school program aimed at teaching sustainability is an indispensible avenue to achieving a more sustainable world.
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Corinna has come all the way from Berlin, Germany to exercise her interest in environmental education and sustainable tourism at Eco Trek Tours. Corinna has worked as a travel agent and tour operator for Berlin Tourism, and has lead tours for several operators throughout Germany and abroad. Her combined concern for our environment, passion for sustainability, thirst for knowledge and enthusiasm to discover the world has brought her to Vancouver as our Program Developer where she has a leading hand in locating and executing tours.
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Anthony is currently completing his last year at UBC, where he will graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies of Journalism. He is the co- founder and editor of LocustOrBumblebee.com Ltd., and aspires to educate his local community to a more sustainable and responsible lifestyle. In recent years Anthony has worked as an assistant to Grey Amsterdam’s advertising management team, where he contributed to brand development and the allocation of target population demographics. He hopes that his work with EcoTrek Tours will be the perfect amalgamation of his skills in writing and communications, and his passion for environmental and social sustainability. |