LISA NOVICK. WRITER. EDUCATOR.
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With LA's BEST Afterschool Enrichment Program staff and Vons volunteers, native and edible garden installation, Fair Avenue Elementary School, LAUSD.
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EDUCATION:
B.A. Philosophy, UCLA
Professional Clear Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, CSULA
1 year studying abroad, University of Pau and the Sorbonne III, France

RECENT WORK:
Director of Outreach/Director of Outreach and K-12 Education, Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants, 2007-2018.

Former member, Urban Ecosystems Working Group and Biodiversity Expert Council, of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

​Landscape Integrity Films and Education (LIFE - on YouTube), co-founded with Susan Hoskins.
​LIFE's short educational films are about landscaping native to
support biodiversity and water/energy savings in Southern California. Films sponsored and supported by California Water Efficiency Partnership; Crescenta Valley, Foothill Municipal, Las Virgenes, Metropolitan, San Gabriel, and Western Municipal Water Districts; and the La Cañada Irrigation District, Mesa Crest Water Company, Valley Water Company, and the Arroyo Seco Foundation.

SELECTED TALKS:

"Gardening for Wildlife," at City of Calabasas Environmental Forum, February 2018.

"Using Nature's Technology in Response to Drought," at Best Best & Krieger LLP's conference, Reimagining the Cadillac Desert, at The Autry Museum, September 2016. 

Invited Speaker: 2018 Beyond Pesticides National Conference; 2018 and 2015 California Native Plant Society Conservation Conferences; International Eco-Summit 2012, and others. 
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Placing native plants for outdoor classroom installation by LA's BEST staff and FedEx & Theodore Payne Foundation volunteers at Euclid Avenue E.S., LAUSD. Native plants are ideal for science lessons about plant adaptations, the butterfly life cycle, plant-animal relationships, and the food web.  Through the seasons, the garden can also be used for journaling in language and visual arts.
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After a long day of joyful hard work by many people, Euclid's happy Principal!
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Less than a year later, California buckwheat & fairy duster, Catalina cherry, deergrass, Pacific mist manzanita, white sage, and conventional fruit trees growing strong!
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