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Janet Chu talks about her career as an award-winning biology teacher and naturalist in Boulder and Boulder County for more than fifty years. She has been passionate about developing curricula for, and exposing children to, outdoor education, particularly through Fairview High School programs and the Cal-Wood Education Center. She also has contributed to butterfly counts for decades and published the popular guide, "Butterflies of the Colorado Front Range". In this wide-ranging interview, she talks about her college days, when it was uncommon and challenging to be a woman studying science; her work in biological curricula development; the International Baccalaureate Program at Fairview High School; recent effects of climate change on plants and butterflies; changes in science education and student attitudes and experiences over the years; and her travel to China. The interview concludes with her description of the ways in which her children and grandchildren are carrying on her biological interest and involvements.