Interview with Claire Hilbrecht, June 24, 2023

Project: Climate Research, Policy, & Activism in Kentucky Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Claire Hilbrecht discusses their childhood in Louisville and attending the Parish School. She also talks about matriculation at the University of Kentucky and earning the Gaines Fellowship. Hilbrecht goes on to discuss climate activism in relation to academic work, UK Geography, the Urban Forest Initiative, Mary Arthur, and Climate Conversations.

Interview Accession

2023oh0420_kycc0021

Interviewee Name

Claire Hilbrecht

Interviewer Name

Lauren Elizabeth Cagle

Interview Date

2023-06-24

Interview Keyword

Climate activism Forestry NRES Urban Forestry Initiative Arthur, Mary Passionist Earth and Spirit Center United Campus Workers (UCW) Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS) Tree Week DOPE Reads DOPE Seeds The Great Depression Tree canopy Climate Conversations

Interview LC Subject

Louisville (Ky.) Lexington (Ky.) University of Kentucky Social justice COVID-19 (disease) Biodiversity Climate change Historical reenactments Sustainability Geography Environmentalism

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Hilbrecht, Claire Interview by Lauren Elizabeth Cagle. 24 Jun. 2023. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

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