This project was conducted as part of pedagogical process designed to engage community psychology students with the stories of community psychology researchers and practitioners in the field using oral histories. The oral history in this project is that of an environmental psychologist, provided in conversation with a community psychology student to explore the intersection of community psychology and environmental psychology. The project aimed to connect classroom learnings with greater understandings of current work being done in the field, offering an opportunity to witness the narrative of a practitioner and to reflect on the relevance of the story to hopes and ideas for future practice. In analysing the information from the oral history, two major themes were generated: resourcecollaboration and values-led practice. These themes are considered as they relate to community and environmental psychological work, and reflections are offered from the student perspective pertaining to implications for future learnings, praxis, and social change.
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