ENVS 295: Environmental Engagement
Lewis & Clark College | Spring 2020
I've done a series of posts throughout the semester related to readings, our partnership, our project, and my thoughts on environmental engagement. See below for all posts I've published, in reverse order by date.
In order to achieve these goals, we have devised a number of assessment strategies to identify ways to improve the project and ultimately help determine whether or not the project met our end goals. In order to figure out if the public speaker events and increased social media presence increased […]
Read MoreIncrease the number of participating stakeholders in the monthly Collaborative meeting To build greater understanding of the fundamental science surrounding the questions the Collaborative is trying to address More constructive communication between members of the Collaborative when they disagree
Read MoreOur project aims to increase the public’s participation with the Hood River Forest Collaborative, and to help them identify and engage with stakeholders. We plan to do this by helping the Collaborative develop an online presence, through which they can host events, share knowledge, and engage in outreach to invite […]
Read MoreWhen developing engagement practices, determining the specific issues to be addressed and the stakeholders that need to be invited to the table is critical important. Just as important as these two steps is determining how to best foster engagement between these identified stakeholders -who may have competing values- towards the […]
Read MoreThroughout ENVS 295 we have closely studied many aspects of engagement, including specific ways to focus engagement with the aim to make it more successful. One of the critical steps to better engagement practices is to focus on labeling and including stakeholders (known as the “Who”) who may otherwise be […]
Read MoreAfter doing a lot of preliminary research about the Hood River Forest Collaborative, our partnership group brainstormed a number of potential future projects between Lewis and Clark’s 295 students and the Collaborative. We then discussed these ideas over a ~40 minute Zoom call with Andrew Spaeth, who is the public […]
Read MoreOverview As can be seen throughout many aspects of our everyday lives, polarization has become increasingly more common and more intense. This is especially true for any issues thought of as “political”, which includes any number of problems that have arisen due to climate change. This polarization has made it […]
Read MoreHow are Environmental Ideas Communicated? How should we communicate? What is most effective? What makes an approach more successful? There are three outlined methods of environmental communication, which present different engagement strategies with varying degrees of success. The first is the Classical (Deficit) Model, which posits that the public’s lack […]
Read MoreStakeholder Identification In order to give stakeholders a voice in any project they must first be identified. There are many ways of identifying individuals and groups as stakeholders (Luyet et al. 2012). It is incredibly important to properly identify stakeholders, as they are the ones most impacted by the outcomes […]
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