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The Environmental Studies Concentration was created for students who wanted to delve more deeply into this interdisciplinary field. A small group of faculty came together in 2020 and started planning what would become the Environmental Studies Concentration. Through meetings and conversations with other faculty, staff, and seniors, the pieces began to come together. And as is so often the case at Trevor, students played a major role in this collaborative process from the beginning. For example, as part of her Bridge Project, Abigail Bromberger '21 worked with faculty members to finalize the proposal and articulate a shared vision: "I was interested in creating a space for students like me who wanted to explore the environment, whether through science, through policy, through art… Making it an interdisciplinary program was a priority of ours." Trevor administrators listened to our students and teachers and enthusiastically moved the program forward. The program officially launched this year with 14 seniors in the initial cohort. These seniors will earn an Environmental Studies Concentration, having taken a series of advanced elective courses and completing relevant Bridge Projects before they graduate. They chose from courses that include: Advanced Environmental Studies, Advanced Environmental Science: Energy, Ecosystems, and the Future, Advanced Biology: Marine Science, Advanced Economics, and Advanced Statistics. Advanced Environmental Studies is a history course that challenges students to think critically about how the world around them developed over time and where it's headed in the future. Students explore the origins of New York City, studying the natural world and the region's earliest human settlers through a variety of readings, discussions, and primary source materials. One assignment involves writing short histories about the complex interactions between the land, the Lenape, and the Dutch. Students also examine their present- day urban environment. Another assignment involves designing community gardens in empty Brooklyn lots. This project, which requires nuanced consideration of the area, is a chance for students to understand the workings of urban planning and shared space. Advanced Environmental Science: Energy, Ecosystems, and the Future is a new course that addresses the impact humans have on the environment. A focus is placed on how we can produce enough food and energy to sustain a growing global population while protecting natural ecosystems. Students study the history of energy production and its connection to climate change. They undertake an intensive survey of renewable energy sources: wind, solar, hydrogen fuel Kate G. '24 uses a loupe for a closer view of emerging leaves Getting stung by jellyfish didn't deter our marine scientists TREVOR DAY SCHOOL / 57 INSIDE TREVOR TREVOR TRANSLATES FEATURE AR TICLES ALUMNI

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