By Travis Kurtz and Griffin Thompson Takeaways Native plant and seed giveaways are a cost-effective and versatile approach to education, outreach, and voluntary pollinator conservation on private land. We were able to achieve our goal of creating a scalable and replicable program by creating transferable tools for data collection and data visualization, leading to the expansion of Habitat Hero to multiple environmental organizations. By selectively and intentionally utilizing

By Isabel Hawkins, Ph.D. Abstract Informal science learning (ISL) organizations—such as science centers, children’s museums, botanical gardens, and zoos—play a key role in how the public engages with STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). These free-choice environments foster curiosity, lifelong learning, and hands-on science education outside the classroom. Yet despite long-standing efforts, Latinx, among other communities, remain significantly underrepres