The Wilderness Arts and Literacy Collaborative

The Wilderness Arts and Literacy Collaborative (WALC)provides diverse low-incomestudents at two inner-city San Francisco high schools with an interdisciplinaryacademic program. Using an environmental framework, core field studies, and stewardship activities, WALC integrates science, history, literature, writing,technology, and art within a curriculum that focuses on the experiences of peopleof color. In working to diversify the field of environmental education, WALC alsooffers enviromental educators workshops and training on this model of educationalreform.