Ramie Bell
Ramie Bell is a Civil Engineering student at the University of Memphis. Her interests are clean water and waste management innovations. Ramie’s commitment to the environment blossomed during a high school summer trail crew in the Allegheny National Forest with the Student Conservation Association, which spurred her to join forces with the Sierra Club and the Tennessee Youth Environmental Network (TennYEN). In high school she tabled for the Sierra Club and was a board member for TennYEN, where she developed skills in youth and community outreach, planned days of action, and organized two youth environmental summits. At Warren Wilson College, Ramie supported the successful divestment campaign, spent school breaks volunteering at the Mountain Justice Convergence and at climate change marches, and constructed an industry level compost system on the renovations work crew. This past year, Ramie served on the Chickasaw Executive Committee. She hopes to support the Chickasaw Sierra Club this year in efforts to develop the Recycling Working Group and the Outings Program.