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Eisenhauer, Brian W.; Nicholson, Brian
doi: 10.1080/15330150590910701pmid: N/A
Environmental education and communications may not be received openly by some audiences on the grounds that content represents only one perspective on an issue. Accordingly there is increasing appreciation of the need to recognize and include diverse groups' perspectives when designing environmental communications in order to reach and affect broad audiences with differing backgrounds and beliefs. This article describes a research methodology developed in response to these needs that was applied in a project to create a master plan for wetlands education in the Greater Great Salt Lake ecosystem. The research design uses focus group and social research survey methods to gather information about the diverse perspectives held by stakeholder groups and the general public, as well as their knowledge of and attitudes toward a contentious natural resource issue. The information can be used to determine what environmental communication messages need to be developed and how best to deliver them. The methodology described can be used for the inclusive development of environmental communications that have the potential to affect diverse audiences. [environmental education, environmental communication, stakeholder, wetland education, public involvement]
doi: 10.1080/15330150590905239pmid: N/A
The goal of this article is to analyze American foreign aid and whether it promotes environmental sustainability. A review of the significant literature was undertaken and some suggestions have been provided to make our foreign aid more effective. Our development agencies, mainly the United States Agency for International Development, while well-intentioned, are inefficient, and subject to interference by Congress and the Executive Branch. Some suggestions have been made to improve overseas development assistance (ODA) delivery, efficiency, and sustainability. This article stresses the need for environmental science, geography, and social science educators to incorporate foreign aid as a part of holistic, interdisciplinary curriculum. ODA should be only a small part of a larger focus, including debt and fair trade, to help developing countries become economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable. The United States is obliged to pay its fair share for use of the global environmental commons. Some options have been presented to redress America's use of the global commons including a proposal to triple ODA to .3% of GNP. [overseas development assistance (ODA), environmental sustainability, Foreign Assistance Act, U.S. Agency for International Development, United Nations, bilateral aid, environmental sustainability index, gross national income]
doi: 10.1080/15330150590911403pmid: N/A
Environmental interpretation has its roots in conservation. Today most interpreters recognize its importance in conserving natural and cultural resources. Nonetheless the field has invested little in contemplating how interpretation can be a mechanism for conservation. Meanwhile in the biological conservation field, the Conservation Measures Partnership has been designing guidelines for the development and management of effective conservation programs. A principal step in designing interpretation-based conservation programs is to conceptualize relationships of conservation strategies using interpretation. This article presents four major strategies and recommends ways in which the interpretation field can continue to improve interpretation's effectiveness as a conservation strategy. [interpretation, conservation, Conservation Measures Partnership, preservation, stewardship, concept model, environmental education]
doi: 10.1080/15330150590905248pmid: N/A
This article presents the story of one university's reflecting on sustainability. It is the story of Griffith Univeristy in Australia and the process of review that identified the focus on sustainability within teaching, research, operational practices, community service, and institutional leadership. The review makes use of the “Assocation of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future” developed Sustainability Assessment Questionnaire. The outcomes of this review agreed to by university management and the university's governing council are an example of a futher step towards insitutionalizing sustainability within this university. [sustainability, institutionalizing, university higher education, Australia]
Pearce, Joshua M.; Russill, Chris
doi: 10.1080/15330150590911412pmid: N/A
This article demonstrates that interdisciplinary alliances on environmental education projects can effectively address the gap between complex environmental problems in the real world and disciplinary curricula in a university. We describe an alliance between an advanced communication course and a general science course wherein we addressed interconnections of energy efficiency, economics, and global climate change with respect to their impact on individuals, local businesses, and society. This project established that an interdisciplinary environmental project focused on local solutions to global problems is both a valuable learning tool for students and an effective method of accelerating the application of appropriate technologies.[environmental communication, environmental education, interdisciplinary, sustainability]
Tyson, Ben; Panelli, Ruth; Robertson, Gretchen
doi: 10.1080/15330150590910765pmid: N/A
This article describes the TAIERI Trust project's approach to Integrated Catchment Management undertaken in a southern New Zealand watershed. The project received a New Zealand Ministry of Environment Green Ribbon award for its efforts. Environmental management of catchments involves considerable communication with a diverse array of stakeholders—in this case: regulatory bodies, agency resource managers, research scientists, local farmers, other adult residents, and youth. Results from a review of the first three years of the project are presented. Successes and constraints are identified. Lessons learned may be applicable to those interested in communication-based approaches to sustainable development. [environmental communication, integrated catchment management, sustainable development, New Zealand]
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