Ecological Consulting Firm offers Design and Installation of Sustainable Landscapes

Kristen Pratt

Kristen serves as a consultant to the Chicago Department of Environment's Chicago Conservation Corps, or C3. She coordinates the C3 Student Clubs Program,supporting more than 75 after-school conservation clubs in Chicago Public Schools, and develops curriculum and activity guides for the clubs. She also trains the club leaders to address their community'sconservation issues through student-designed service projects.

Kristen has a B.S. in Zoology fromMichigan State University, with a concentration in Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology.She also has specializations in Environmental Education and Community Engagement. She has extensive experience in qualitative and quantitative research on place-based education in youth, and in developing and implementing community-based youth programming.

She was named a 2007 Udall Scholar in honor of her environmental education efforts, and is certified through the National Association of Interpretation as an Interpretive Guide.