Insights into Mike Town - from early childhood to his fellowship at the National Science Foundation.

Redmond High School Environmental Teacher Mike Town shares his past and plans for "Teaching Green.".
Mike is on leave in D.C. -- an Einstein Fellow for the National Science Foundation.



Insights into Mike Town - from early childhood to his fellowship at the National Science Foundation.

Teaching Green:  WINDOW - The magazine for Western Washington University
Story by William Dietrich ('73), Fall 2010

"While a missle can be aimed across continents, teaching and learning are more akin to throwing gravel in a pond. Sure, ripples go out, but exactly what a university like Western accomplishes might not be entirely clear until years or decades after graduation. Did inspiration really take root? Was a key lesson really learned?

How far will those ripples go?

Then someone like Mike Town, ‘84 and ‘85, helps change the world. And you know the collaboration works.

Town got direction in life from Western and Huxley College of the Environment. And he, in turn, has given direction to about 1,500 of his environmental education students at Redmond High School, while successfully lobbying for new wilderness and pioneering alternative energy in his “spare” time.

And his “pay it forward” enthusiasm and strategies are beginning to influence high school teaching across the country.  Read More...

Mike Town
Einstein Fellow
National Science Board Office
National Science Foundation
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