My initial inspirations were my family upbringing followed by educators throughout high school and university. – NOLS Instructor

Wild places and jack turner. – NOLS Instructor

Growing up along the banks of the Hudson River and seeing this beautiful river at its source in the Adirondacks turn into an ecological nightmare as it approaches Albany and NYC. And John Elder, one of my professors of environmental literature at Middlebury College. – NOLS Instructor 

The wilderness inspires me. – NOLS Staff and Instructor

Generally it is looking at the nature/environment around me. – NOLS Instructor

Wendell Berry. – NOLS Staff 

The trees. – NOLS Instructor 

An old growth Sequoia. – WMI Instructor 

My family, my college roommate and Davidson Outdoors. – NOLS Staff

Parents, George Newberry, Lara. – NOLS Staff and Instructor

Books I have read, what I learned in college about the state of our planet, people who have managed to live in a sustainable way. – NOLS Instructor 

Amory Lovins rocks. – NOLS Staff and Instructor 

My four grandkids inspire me to leave the world a better place. I, in turn, try to inspire them to be greener. – WMI Instructor

Honestly, I think the people with the biggest influence on my "greenness" are my mother and my NOLS instructor Heather Kirkpatrick. – NOLS Staff

That it feels more right to work towards being green than to stick your head in the sand. – NOLS Staff 

Mostly my greener friends. – NOLS Instructor

My reading since I was in school, the persons that have led/taught me when I started going to the outdoors, and of course, NOLS. – NOLS Instructor

My parents, my friends and Headlands Institute. – NOLS Instructor

Friends. – NOLS Instructor