by Elli Caldwell, '06, SCA Staff

It has been 51 years since Marty Talbot received a letter that changed her life, and in its wake, the lives of so many others.  I spoke with Marty recently about how it all began.

by Carrie Walter, '06

When I applied for SCA internships last year, my biggest concern was that nobody would think me fit for the job: my BSc was in economics and environmental policy, after which I’d gone straight to law school. This might just have qualified me for an environmental education position, but that wasn’t what I was after.  

With thousands of SCA alumni working in the conservation field, visiting a national park or forest can be like attending an SCA reunion.  One such example is Carlsbad Caverns, where more than half the uniformed staff is made up of former SCA volunteers.  Carlsbad isn’t just helping new rangers get in on the ground floor – they’re starting them below the surface.

by Josh Stearns, '01and SCA Board of Directors

While I have written a few short posts on the SCA Blog on the intersection between community, service, conservation, and social change, there is a lot more to say. Luckily there are a lot of fantastic people out there talking about and working on these issues. I wanted to pass along a few great sites to help continue this conversation and hopefully turn you onto a few new resources out there on the web.