Angella (Ange) Gibbons, M.Ed., founder and director of EarthWalk (est. 2005), is a seasoned Nature Educator and Community-Builder, and has been guiding and mentoring children, teens and adults to care for one another and the earth for almost four decades. 

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Recipient of the 2021 Meeri Zetterstrom Environmental Award given by Green Mountain Power, Ange is well-known across the state for her contributions to nature education and environmental stewardship. Ange and EarthWalk are featured in the book Greening Vermont: A Search for a Sustainable State, which documents the history of the Vermont Environmental Movement.

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For more than 15 years, from the Plainfield location adjacent to Goddard College, Ange was leading EarthWalk Vermont (501c3 non-profit); offering transformative education programs, annually serving over 300 families in Central Vermont. A few short months after Ange stepped aside as EarthWalk's leader, the pandemic shut down programs, and EarthWalk Vermont, a beloved community organization, could not re-bound, and eventually closed. 

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Since that time, Ange has continued EarthWalk’s vision! She collaborates with local families, libraries and schools, offering nature-rooted, community programming. In January 2024, Ange was invited by the Fairbanks Museum (of Natural History, est. 1889) to re-build EarthWalk in Danville, Vermont on the 500 acre Matsinger Forest, where she is happiest, teaching in the woods---once again!

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After 2 years creating, developing and leading programs in Matsinger Forest (Fairbanks Museum Nature preserve), EarthWalk is now incorporated as a 501c3 non-profit organization: EarthWalk Together, Inc. (2025) and EarthWalk's mission and vision are going strong!

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Ange is excited to continue inspiring, growing and mentoring caring learning communities rooted in nature in service to, and with a love for, children and this earth. She is happiest in the forest with kids, and is also a wild crafter, spoon-carver, tracker, explorer and x-c skier, ice-skater and spends time at her Sit Spot every morning. Ange is certified, in Wilderness First Aid and CPR, and, holds a Level 3 Track & Sign Certificate with Cybertracker Conservation. She also has certificates in both the Herbal Roots Apprenticeship and Family Herbalist program, from the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism. 

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Ange has lived with her husband Dennis, for over 20 years, in a small sun-powered home on a hill in Marshfield, VT where they have been tending vegetable and herb gardens; chickens and bees, and growing and eating really nourishing food.