About me
Austine is dedicated to raising awareness our of connection to the Earth, the infinite relationships between humans, natural resource consumption, and the labor economy. She is an environmental scientist and educational anthropologist. Her work focuses on holding space for youth to have voice in the learning process through thinking politically, personally, creatively, and critically into the relationships between school, self, and the context of their lives. The mission of Consumption Literacy Project (CLP) grows from the roots of her dissertation research around an innovative digital and storied pedagogy designed, in the spirit of Paulo Freire, to work with all students to see themselves as active, participants in the classroom and the world.
Currently her work focuses on building networks and community spaces for knowledge sharing, gathering waste to transform soil in community spaces, and then innovating our farming practices to become more regenerative and year-around as we learn to grow our own health.
