Empowering the Next Generation: National Youth-Led Monarch Conservation Initiatives

Presented by Susan Meyers, Monarchs Across Georgia committee of the Environmental Education Alliance and Alejandra Vieyra, Jessica Hernández Jerónimo, and Tatiana Sánchez Rodríguez, Papalomeh

• Monarchs Across Georgia: Engaging youth in community science projects, interactive games, and hands-on activities can sharpen their observation skills, stimulate thought-provoking questions, and encourage a connectedness to nature.   
• Papalomeh: Monitoring and observation of butterflies in Mexico City: The health situation that the world was experiencing in 2020, Tatiana, Alejandra and Jessica will talk to us about how Papalomeh came about, who its members are and what the experience of monitoring and observing butterflies in Mexico City has been like, until the year 2024.