Session Summary and Speaker Bio

Session Title

A Vicious Cycle - Air Quality and Climate Change

Target Audience

Grades 6 - 8

Session Summary

Air pollution contributes to climate change, which in turn impacts air quality. This results in a vicious cycle of deteriorating air quality and worsening climate change. Learn the part you play in breaking that cycle and how to create a healthier environment for us all.

Activity: Match printed out sustainable practices to air quality or non-air quality categories. Students must justify their choices.

Presenter

Levent Akinci and Ashley Robins

Environmental Planning and Outreach

Broward County Air Program

Levent Akinci is an Environmental Planning and Outreach Coordinator with Broward County. He has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in geology, and currently works with the County’s Air Program. In his role, Levent aims to connect people to the environments around them in order to help them understand environmental issues, and to encourage them to care about those issues. Being surrounded by the unique wildlife and natural beauty of South Florida’s landscape is what inspires Levent to keep pushing others to protect and preserve the environment alongside him.

Ashley Robins is an Environmental Planning and Outreach Specialist with Broward County’s Air Program. Born and raised in Broward, Ashley’s strong ties to South Florida inspired her to pursue a Bachelor’s in marine science & biology followed by a Master’s in marine conservation, both at the University of Miami. She went on to hone her environmental education skills as a Program Coordinator at a zoo and later within the education department at Mote Aquarium. Currently, she aims to inspire Broward residents to be aware of local environmental issues and make sustainable practices.