Next week Talaterra Cowork will host Breakthrough! - Purpose of Environmental Education.\n\nThis Breakthrough! session will be the first of many monthly conversations to encourage dialogue between independent professionals working in fields related to environmental education and their colleagues.\n\nThis month\u2019s topic was inspired by papers I read by Dr. Rupu Gupta and her colleagues. Last year I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Gupta for the podcast. Dr. Gupta\u2019s specialty is conservation psychology. She studies why people have an interest in nature, why they don\u2019t, what motivates them to take care of nature, and what barriers prevent people from caring for the environment.\n\nThis week we revisit my conversation with Dr. Gupta because next week\u2019s Breakthrough! session is informed and inspired by her work and the research tool she helped create at Knology.\n\nI hope you enjoy learning about Dr. Rupu\u2019s research and that you consider participating in next week\u2019s Breakthrough! conversation. Learn more at https://talaterra.com/events.