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>> My name is Clayton Lewis
Ferraro, and I'm a biologist.

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And currently I am National Science Director
for an organization called Ideas for Us.

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We're a global organization that basically works
with sustainability issues but is a very much

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so youth-led sustainability movement.

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We basically have a network of campuses,
K through 12 schools around the country

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and also now in 17 different
countries around the world

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where we basically create an
interdisciplinary think slash do tank we call it

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where we basically get students not only
looking at the things that they want to change

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in their communities, but we then use those
successes, best practices or the issues

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that they fell into and communicate with
all of the other chapters around the world

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so that one campuses victory becomes a victory
for far more than just that isolated aspect.

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For me, of course, considering my background
is biology, I'm an advocate of science

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across the board, an advocate of getting
students involved in undergraduate research.

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This was something that was very
important to me when I went to Rollins.

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And it made a big difference in me understanding
the different avenues that I could go

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into in my career or did not want to go into.

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So, of course being active in that essence.

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So, I serve as the liaison in speaking with
the academics, in speaking with students

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in colleges, other organizations, and attracting
them to ideas and attracting the ideal students

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because we have over 10,000 people who are
part of our organization across the world

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and directing them at the resources that
these other organizations are offering.