Conexions has a wide portfolio of unique programs that connect people with our Earth and with each other. While seeking a career change from hi-tech marketing to environmental sustainability, I became a volunteer for their Exploring a Sense of Place program, which teaches participants about where we live -- its geology, watershed, plants, animals and native people -- so that we can better appreciate and care for it. As a volunteer, I've also had the opportunity to experience the ESOP course as a participant, which has been extremely enlightening -- I look at this awesome place we live in with totally different eyes and increased appreciation now!