Mike Hill's career has been devoted to empowering youth and communities through design education, environmental stewardship, sustainable development and environmental justice. Recent projects include a recreation plan for the Fishlake Basin Recreation Area in Utah, focused on sustainable development; schematic design for the TenX Campground of the Kaibab National Forest; scenery impacts analyses on multiple forests; redesign of outdoor classrooms at the National Arboretum; developing of a cartoon explaining access equity; research on strategies to increase hiking among under-served youth; and overseeing DC-area Every Kid in a Park efforts.