Taylor Britt

Houston

Taylor Britt works as the Special Projects and Research Manager at Houston Wilderness, a nonprofit that works to educate, convene, and provide problem-solving assistance on environmental issues in the Greater Houston Region. Houston Wilderness’ initiatives include a monthly Collaborative Access event on pertinent environmental topics, working with partners to package large-scale grant requests, creating media to educate adults and children on the value of nature, advocating a large-scale Greenbelt Network Vision in and around Houston, and compiling information on local ecosystem services knowledge. Taylor grew up loving the outdoors in Colorado before moving to Houston to complete a degree in History and Economics at Rice University, where he also got involved at the Baker Institute for Public Policy. He is an avid cyclist and (hopefully one day again in the future) skier.

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