Preserve Planet Earth Welcomes New Co-Chair
After completing her Rotary Temple Buell Ambassadorial Scholarship to Colombia, Kristin Wegner joined the Rotary club that sponsored her - the Boulder Flatirons Rotary Club. Kristin is currently the Champion of a Global Grant project in Sogrome, an indigenous community in Colombia, that she met while volunteering on a Digital Narrative project with the Microsoft Foundation as an Ambassadorial Scholar. In addition to serving as a Co-Chair of the Preserve Planet Earth (PPE) , she is also the Rotary Alumni Chair for District 5450.
Kristin first learned of Rotary as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic when she received support from a Rotary club in Joliet, Illinois to continue a bio-sand water filter project. The club’s support and visit to her community motivated her to extend her service to a third year.
Kristin has a B.S. in Civil/Environmental Engineering from Purdue University, a Master’s in Environmental Leadership from Naropa University, and also studied at the Universidad de los Andes and the Sasana Institute in Bogotá. She now works as a Project Manager at The GLOBE Program (www.globe.gov) at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.
You can learn more about her involvement in the Global Grant in Colombia here:
Is your club working on a project that is building community resources, focusing on creating healthy ecosystems, or helping to avoid depletion of natural resources and local culture? If so, the District Preserve Planet Earth (PPE) Committee wants to hear about it.
Your information will be added to a database of Rotary clubs that have an active PPE Committee. If your club members are active in PPE, please we want to know!
Please contact Amir Massihzadeh, Chair of District PPE at:Amir.Massihzdeh@gamil.com
Photo Caption: In January, 2014 Kristin visited the community of Sogrome, Sierra Nevada. She met with community leaders for five day to discuss their goals for working with Rotary on a Global Grant.