WCS Teacher Wins Prestigious Award

Published August 30, 2012

Brentwood High School Ecology Teacher Doug Anderson received an Honorable Mention for the 2011-12 Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators.

This program recognizes outstanding kindergarten through twelfth grade teachers who employ innovative approaches to environmental education and use the environment as a context for learning for their students.

As a teacher of honors ecology and Advanced Placement environmental science, Anderson focuses his curriculum on local topics.  Students work on assignments centered in their backyards and local nature areas to enhance their appreciation of the local environment.

Anderson has partnered with the City of Brentwood to create an Environmental Education Day, during which students work with city engineers and scientists to investigate chemical and physical pollutants in the Harpeth River. His students also coordinate the school’s recycling effort and use data from the effort to produce recycling and litter reduction campaigns.

Anderson currently serves as the Vice President of Keep Williamson Beautiful, an organization that focuses on anti-littering campaigns and environmental education for the general public.