Vyki’s Comments (group member since Jun 03, 2020)

Vyki’s comments from the More Trees Please group.

I've found books that cover environmental policy to be especially engaging. Off the top of my head I can only recommend Florida water and environmental policy because I've just finished a few of those.

I'll take some time to look up others that might be more broadly interesting to this group. I'm thinking maybe finding some stuff on policy and forestry - how humans have tried to regulate how we interact and who can interact with trees and how they pay or don't pay for that privilege.

Hi! I'm Vyki -- I live in Los Angeles usually (but currently sheltering in place with my parents in my hometown in Florida). I own a small consulting company that builds open-source software and runs data literacy training events for government clients.

Before tech I worked on farms and as a full-time biologist and I'm trying to make more time for those interests in my life again. Right now I'm doing that mostly by reading a lot of history - specifically water and environmental policy.

I will probably skip the June read with this group, as I've got a small backlog of books I'm working through now -- mostly on accessibility in tech and designing for inclusion, books I hope to help me think better on delivering on a particular client project.