The Bio/Diversity Project is a collaborative effort between WISE, Saguaro National Park and the Friends of Saguaro National Park, with additional support from local environmental organizations, aimed at increasing the diversity of voices included in discussions of environmental problems and the development of their solutions. By increasing access to innovative environmental science educational opportunities and training, mentoring, and work experience along the K-16+ educational pipeline, we aim to get students excited about environmental science and support them along their educational journeys and into the workforce.

The Bio/Diversity Project places University of Arizona students with K-12 school partners to assist with the implementation of culturally-relevant and place-based environmental science curriculum focused on the topic of biodiversity. Curriculum is developed by student interns and allows for hands-on exploration of the variety of life here within the Sonoran Desert. Classes are followed up by educational field trips to Saguaro National Park to expose the students to a variety of environmental science careers.

Our 2024-2025 program is generously funded by the UArizona Campus Sustainability Fund and the National Science Foundation. This program was launched with funding in 2016 by the Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona.

Thank you to our generous sponsors for making the Bio/Diversity Project possible!

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