In its first semester, the Honors Service-Learning Seminar in Urban Ecology and Environmental Conservation enrolled thirteen intrepid students, representing a wide range of majors and disciplines throughout the university. For the first seven weeks of Spring 2023, these students gathered in the classroom with Dr. Shannon Finck twice a week to read about and discuss the nature of/in cities. During the next seven weeks, they would each be matched with one of six participating community partners–environmental justice and conservation organizations operating in the metro Atlanta area–to undertake independently designed service-learning projects, developed in conjunction with these organizations. 

In this blog, students reflect on their service-learning experiences and document the development of their projects. You can read about who they are, what they’re working on, and what they’re learning by following and checking in with us periodically.