This quick trailer explains who the Ecogeeks are. Educators from around the world can use our videos and provide feedback to us about new videos they would like to see us produce.
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Meet the Crew
Rob Nelson: Rob is the executive producer and principal director for The Wild Classroom and works to coordinate the podcasting efforts, world biomes site, flowering plant families pages and the invasive plants of the US. ... more on Rob
Jonas Stenstrom: Jonas coordinates podcasting from our european base in Gothenburg, Sweden. He coordinates the Expeditions pages, Biodiversity pages, and is the principal producer for the 2008 Discover Sweden expedition. ... more
Hazen Audel: Hazen is a native of Eastern Washington. He is an avid adventurer and
currently works as a biology teacher and artist. Hazen is an oncamera host for the ecogeeks and works to bring in grant money for the organization... more
Suzi Serengeti: "Suz" as we call her, is on of our on-camera hosts. She is currently a Ph.D student studying tropical woody vines (lianas) in the Republic of Panama. She is responsible for maintainig the flowering plants of the world site and helping us correct the site's plentiful typos! ... more
An Ecogeeks Reel
More Crew members
Rich Blundell: Rich directs pieces that involve African Wildlife and Culture. He worked for several years near Kilamanjaro and is an expert cameraman. His work includes work for Animal Planet and National Geographic... more (Watch his "about Rich" video).
Stephanie Schneider: A marine biologist by education, Stephanie works with our marine science pieces, coordinating underwater efforts and helping write and correct scripts. She studied with Rob both in Miami in 1999 where they were SCUBA Diving partners and in Australia.
Ida Hellmark: Ida is an environmental economist based in Sweden. Her travels around the world have made her humble and enthusiastic about educating and inspiring youths to explore and conserve the Earth. In addition to her environmental work, she is a researcher and production manager for the Swedish productions of The Wild Classroom.
Joseph Coleman: Joseph is the singer for our Ecogeeks intro song and a long time eco-friend. He guides nature tours on Oahu and helps with everything involving our Hawaiian web-pages and our podcasts. In the future Joseph will be one of the on-camera hosts
Meena Walker: Meena coordinates the Hawaiian expeditions when we come to town. She also shoots still photography of the island's wildlife. In future episodes she will be one of the on-camera hosts.