Emily Rose Schadler
University of Vermont, Masters

Thesis Topic:
Development of the Community Wood Energy model (sustainable procurement, efficient use, local sourcing, and fair access) to supply fuel wood to public schools equipped with wood chip furnaces. Civic engagement strategies utilized as part of the sustainability decision-making process and ongoing forest monitoring.

Short Bio:
Emily Schadler is a graduate student in the University of Vermont’s Field Naturalist Program, where she has been studying integrative, field-based conservation science and enjoying life in the beautiful Green Mountain state. Her master’s project has focused on Community Wood Energy, a model for supplying biomass fuel wood that is sustainable, efficient, local, and fair, particularly in regards to Vermont public schools that heat with wood chips. Prior to entering graduate school, Emily worked in environmental education at the Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln, Massachusetts and at the Glen Helen Outdoor Education Center in Yellow Springs, Ohio. She earned her undergraduate degree in English from the College of Wooster in Ohio, with a focus on nature writing. Outside of work and school, Emily loves to tromp around in the outdoors, tend to her garden, and travel.

Research Interests

  • Community-supported forestry and agriculture, integrative landscape and natural history analysis, conservation leadership.

Work Experience
  •  Environmental education, landscape assessment, vegetable farming, marketing, publication layout, and editing.
Publications
  • “Interview: Laurie-Lane Zucker, director of the Orion Society.” Orlo’s The Bear Deluxe, issue # 20, summer 2003.
Presentations

  • “Williston Geographic: A preliminary town natural history assessment” presented to the town of Williston, Vermont. May 2007.

  • “Community Wood Energy and Biomass Fuel” presented through The Green Forestry Education Initiative in Jericho, Vermont. February 2008.
Special Interests and Extra Curricular Activities
  • Seeking out secret swimming holes, sledding down mountain roads, skimming stones, hiking, biking, gardening, traveling, photography, Celtic and bluegrass music, and children’s literature.
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