Addressing the Student Environmental Development Program audience

Rick Lemon, Director of the National Conservation Training Center, addresses the EPA's Student Environmental Development Program (SEDP) at the National Conservation Training Center. Each SEDP is designed to address the specific needs of the community in which it is held. The students are encouraged and empowered to use critical thinking to look at the needs of their community and determine ways of addressing them. SEDP challenges students with finding innovative ways to educate their community on environmental health issues, such as, contaminated fish consumption, lead safety, pollution of the Anacostia River watershed, children's asthma, and other topics of direct relevance to the students. The students will develop outreach materials and presentations that will be shared with the local community and others.