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Intrepid Environmental Education Directory creator Tegan Renner presented education and career possibilities for high school students across the Waterloo Region in her one-woman road show: Green Horizons.

I am very happy that I can speak at a science convocation because the practice of science, the daily work in the lab, has been the source of so much pleasure and fulfillment in my own life.
Allow me, then, to speak about the common insights that have flown from the advances of science, both recent and traditional. These insights have come from all the diverse disciplines within the sciences, including all the disciplines from which you are graduating today. ...

Some questions, no matter how important or challenging, are well-understood and manageable. It may take hard investigative work to respond, but we know who to call. What do we do, however, when the problem is vast? When the dividing line between one problem and another is blurred? When the scope is global or subatomic? When there are many contributing factors, some unknown, some human and some culturally dependent? ...

The university experience can mean long hours in the lecture hall, but this doesn’t have to come at the expense of getting involved. Even those awkward two-hour breaks between classes provide enough time to explore environmental groups and activities. For those who long to make their mark, a smart place to start is right on campus.
In fact, a passion for the planet can lead to a world of opportunity, according to Justin Trudeau, Anjali Helferty, Thomas Roussin, Jamie Biggar and Zoë Caron. Although these inspiring young Canadians work in diverse areas, they speak in one voice when giving advice to environmental studies students: The classroom should be the first stop on campus, but definitely not the last.