Meg Lowman was the explorer chosen for a classroom assignment by 4th grade student, Colleen Schulken, at Webster Hill Elementary School in West Hartford, CT.

The assignment from the classroom teacher was to create a passport about an explorer.  The explorer could be of the student’s choosing.  Colleen wanted to explore a woman, who is currently exploring rainforest.  After a search on the internet they found Dr. Lowman.

Below are some scans of the passport from the class assignment:

Dr. Lowman will be a keynote speaker at the 33rd Annual Ecological Society of Australia (ESA) Conference.

The conference will be held at the University of Sydney NSW from December 1- 5, 2008.

Additional details can be found here.

“CanopyMeg” Lowman has climbed thousands of trees over her thirty-year career as an arbornaut and canopy biologist. Meg’s undergraduate students at New College edited some of her numerous videos from television and educational programming, to create a synopsis of “best climbs”. Enjoy!

Charissa Jones, one of TREE Foundations first student research interns, recently graduated with a degree in environmental studies. Thanks for TREE Foundation support, Charissa has worked passionately in the field of environmental education, taking on local outreach with middle schools and extending her work nationally with the Ecological Society of America SEEDS program. Here is a short video from Charissa’s undergraduate thesis work, where she inspired local elementary students to engage in field biology through their search for Tardigrades, a cryptic yet common organism found on all continents. Congratulations, Charissa!

Show summary from KERA’s website:

Tales from the Treetops (Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:43:13 -0400)
Are you drawn to the treetops? If so, you’ll find a kindred spirit in Margaret D. Lowman. She’s the director of environmental initiatives and professor of biology and environmental studies at New College of Florida. Lowman will join us this hour to discuss her family’s adventures in remote parts of the world and her newest work “It’s a Jungle Up There: More Tales from the Treetops” (Yale, paperback, 2008).