Researchers can be reluctant to work with fellow academics outside their disciplines or to engage the public in their research. Some will even hesitate to work with departmental colleagues or their own students if they perceive a disciplinary gap. Many of today's pressing social concerns, however, demand interdisciplinary solutions and benefit from the involvement of diverse stakeholders. In "Why and How to Be Interdisciplinary," published in the May-June 2006 issue of "Academe", Anne Dalke, Paul Grobstein, and Elizabeth McCormack wrote about the engagement of faculty members in interdisciplinary ventures. In this article, the author encourages consideration of the next step: facilitating interaction between academics and the public. Her current position as a professor of environmental education explicitly draws this connection, and she has had many discussions with colleagues about how scientists might communicate about their work outside exclusively professional channels. She hopes academics could welcome within the faculty truly interdisciplinary individuals and those interested in issues involving education and the public.