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.
Feedback to date Green Empowerment staff representative and Program Coordinator: Daniel Schollaert April 2020 Don’t focus on attracting volunteers, as their service learning program has ended. “Fundraising and Friendraising” efforts are most valuable. Green Empowerment has an interesting history and start that we could share through our video project. Due […]
Read MoreAccess to affordable and reliable energy is a vital element for sustainable development. In the off-grid and rural areas of developing countries, energy solutions have received an increasing amount of attention due to their contributions to reducing poverty. However, most of the rural population in many developing countries still has […]
Read MoreIntroduction Green Empowerment works with rural partners and communities around the globe to improve and create systems and projects designed to ensure long-term economic and environmental sustainability. These projects help communities, individuals and families pave their own pathway to prosperity through the partnerships with local partnerships. In order to support […]
Read MoreIntroduction: Studying Environmental Studies in a school and city that generally does not contest to the typical consensus of the environmental issues we are facing, can allow for a bubble to block the outside world and opinions. However, classes that focus on environmental engagement prevents this bubble from encompassing us […]
Read MoreWhat + Who = How Our What’s are the controversy surrounding solar energy and other renewable energy sources that Green Empowerment helps implement in rural communities. Our Who is our Green Empowerment partners, as well as, Green Empowerment itself. One possible How approach that connects our What to our Who […]
Read MoreOur Focused Readings The Hidden Tribes study consists of a number of questions on your views about the world and places you into one of the seven profiles (Progressive Activists, Traditional Liberals, Passive Liberals, Politically Disengaged, Moderates, Traditional Conservatives, Devoted Conservatives). The Passive Liberals tribe is the largest as 26% […]
Read MoreWith technology playing a part in many of our everyday lives, it can feel overwhelming to constantly be alerted by notifications, messages, and daily news from around the world. Technology delivers information at such a constant rate, that this absorption is reflected into how we respond to much of what […]
Read MoreEffective Action The Introduction to Effective Altruism reading from Tuesday went into detail about the three criteria for effective action: great in scale (effects as many people as possible), highly neglected (few other people are working to address the problem), and highly solvable (additional resources will do a great deal […]
Read MoreIntroduction Our Environmental Engagement class, ENVS 295, went on a reconnaissance trip to encounter various environmental conflicts in Oregon that represent opportunities for inclusive engagement across differences. One of the presentations we experienced on the trip involved The Hood River Forest Collaborative (HRFC). The group presented in the form of […]
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