Kenny Peavy is originally from Georgia, USA. He holds a Masters of Science in Science Education from Montana State University. He is also a certified Science and Math teacher with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Georgia. Kenny has worked extensively in ecological field studies ranging from water quality, aquatic entomology and icthyological surveys while employed at the University of Georgia’s Institute of Ecology, as well as insect herbivory and plant chemical defenses through Emory University and Oak Ridge National Laboratories.

Peavy has taught thousands of students about the wonders of Nature as a naturalist in the mountains of the San Bernardino National Forest, the piedmont of Athens, Georgia, and the rainforests of Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. As a public school teacher Kenny has taught high school Biology and middle school Earth Science.

Kenny has also proposed and taught several courses on the natural history of Malaysia at two different international schools at both high school and middle school levels – the first of its kind in Malaysian international schools.

In 2001, Kenny was recognized as ‘Volunteer of the Year’ by the Georgia Adopt-A-Stream program for his efforts in training citizens in water quality monitoring. In 2003, Kenny was awarded a Ford Motor Company Eco-Grant to serve as founder and first chairman of the Malaysian Nature Guides to implement a volunteer amateur Nature guiding program in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. As a result, he was named ‘Volunteer of the Year’ by the Malaysian Nature Society in 2004 for his work with the Malaysian Nature Guides.

Kenny has written and published 45+ natural history and travel articles published online and in print in both the United States and Malaysia.  He has facilitated over 30 workshops for teachers in all grade levels and subject areas as well as pre-service teachers, university level undergraduate and graduate students, professionals and community members.  His hobbies include hiking, fishing, camping, and exploring the outdoors.