Ryan Beeler

Ryan Beeler is an Environmental Systems and AP Environmental Science teacher at Spring Woods High School and a volunteer leader with The Woods Project in Houston, Texas. In the classroom, Ryan makes experiential learning opportunities a priority for his students from underserved communities. After school, on weekends, and during the summer, he creates mentoring relationships and hands-on outdoor learning opportunities as a volunteer for The Woods Project (TWP). After school, Ryan runs The Woods Project Club, which seeks to introduce wilderness, conservation and the outdoors to mostly urban-oriented high school students from low-income backgrounds. In the summer, as a Woods Project trip leader, he creates mentoring relationships with these students and seeks to inspire them with the excitement inherent in outdoor education and adventure. 

In addition to his work with TWP, Ryan also started a Shared Tables club on his campus to help students understand the impact their school’s food waste has on the environment and to provide an opportunity for students to actively engage in finding food waste solutions to improve the community around them. Ryan is someone who always models going above and beyond, and his students rise to the call of this tireless advocate for the planet and for the people who live on it.