Mission

Stanford SEEDS Mission

The Stanford chapter of Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability (SEEDS) aims to:
  • Increase awareness of local ecosystems, biodiversity, and sustainability through ecology education and community outreach;
  • Engage students in ecology and environmental science, and how ecological issues intersect with inequality and social justice;
  • Provide academic and professional opportunities for students of all backgrounds in the fields of ecology and environmental sciences;
  • And promote local and global conservation efforts.

The Ecological Society of America SEEDS Program

Mission Statement
The mission of SEEDS is to diversify and advance the ecology profession through opportunities that stimulate and nurture the interest of underrepresented students to participate, and to lead in ecology. The SEEDS program promotes an ecology profession with wide representation to ensure environmental understanding and a sustainable future for all. The core program components offer hands-on, engaging experiences with ecology that exhibit the relevance and applications of the science.  Each experience also provides opportunities to interact with a diverse group of ecologists and other motivated students to both broaden and deepen students’ understanding of ecology and potential careers.  More information here.
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SEEDS National at the ESA Annual Meeting 2014 (with some Stanford SEEDS representatives).

California Tiger Salamander

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California tiger salamander
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Lake Lagunita is actually more of a marsh, and only during the rainy season. Here, volunteers look for salamanders during a Bio Blitz.
What's that animal on our logo?  The California tiger salamander (Amybstoma californiense), a native and endangered species.  Part of SEEDS' mission is to protect biodiversity, and we start with our local animals.  Our local California tiger salamander population breeds in Lagunita--the reason why the Lagunita is no longer artificially filled.  Now, Lagunita is an official conservation area.   Everyone can enjoy walking or running around the Laguniata, but it's important to be responsible by not littering, not trampling the center of the lake, and keeping our dogs on a leash.  Every year, SEEDS holds a Bio Blitz in Lagunita.