Environmental Stewardship (ES) is voluntary action on behalf of the environment. ES is typically practiced at environmental nonprofit organizations that offer stewardship programs. Because these programs are managed by individual organizations, relatively little external research exists on their impacts, for example, diffusing norms and behaviors of ES more broadly across society. Responding to that research gap, this paper studies change in the environmental outlooks and behaviors of participants at two partner nonprofits in Texas using surveys (n=407) and interviews (n=5). Three categories of changes in environmental behavior are assessed: Natural Areas, Environmental Activism, and Water Awareness. Findings demonstrate that participation was linked to pro-environmental changes in all categories for the survey respondents. Follow-up interviews allowed the authors to capture additional aspects of ES not addressed in the survey. Ultimately, ES can lead to greater uptake in selected pro-environment actions, higher awareness of environmental issues, and greater appreciation for natural amenities.
{"title":"Understanding Impacts of Environmental Stewardship Programs through Community Geography: Pro-environment Behaviors Cultivated and Reinforced","authors":"Christina W. Lopez, R. Weaver","doi":"10.5070/G314548511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5070/G314548511","url":null,"abstract":"Environmental Stewardship (ES) is voluntary action on behalf of the environment. ES is typically practiced at environmental nonprofit organizations that offer stewardship programs. Because these programs are managed by individual organizations, relatively little external research exists on their impacts, for example, diffusing norms and behaviors of ES more broadly across society. Responding to that research gap, this paper studies change in the environmental outlooks and behaviors of participants at two partner nonprofits in Texas using surveys (n=407) and interviews (n=5). Three categories of changes in environmental behavior are assessed: Natural Areas, Environmental Activism, and Water Awareness. Findings demonstrate that participation was linked to pro-environmental changes in all categories for the survey respondents. Follow-up interviews allowed the authors to capture additional aspects of ES not addressed in the survey. Ultimately, ES can lead to greater uptake in selected pro-environment actions, higher awareness of environmental issues, and greater appreciation for natural amenities.","PeriodicalId":38802,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Green Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47809668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
[ ]how can our children find happiness if their perspectives are already condemned at such a young age? Narratives of collapse and transformation in archaeology and popular culture") allows Guy D Middleton to highlight selected covers of popular magazines - like New Scientist, National Geographic - and television documentaries which use "collapse" as a central ingredient to sell reportages, articles, and other stories based on these same menaces of an eventual "destruction of our civilisation" (p 93) News bulletins and documentaries are not always accurate, but they have become entertaining in the sense that they provide viewers with a daily dose of fear and discouragement
{"title":"Review: The Discourses of Environmental Collapse: Imagining the End","authors":"Y. Laberge","doi":"10.5070/G314552421","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5070/G314552421","url":null,"abstract":"[ ]how can our children find happiness if their perspectives are already condemned at such a young age? Narratives of collapse and transformation in archaeology and popular culture\") allows Guy D Middleton to highlight selected covers of popular magazines - like New Scientist, National Geographic - and television documentaries which use \"collapse\" as a central ingredient to sell reportages, articles, and other stories based on these same menaces of an eventual \"destruction of our civilisation\" (p 93) News bulletins and documentaries are not always accurate, but they have become entertaining in the sense that they provide viewers with a daily dose of fear and discouragement","PeriodicalId":38802,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Green Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43464016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Initiatives promoting environmental adult education (EAE) through professional development (PD) ensures educators have the knowledge and skills to inform their audience about environmental literacy and stewardship. However, no research has focused on reflective experiences of an EAE PD from educator participants at least five years after participation. Eight past participants were interviewed to determine whether and how they saw their performance changing in relation to natural resources conservation and how they shared these changes with others. Analysis using the contextual lenses of EAE, outdoor experiential learning, and transformative learning theories led to five emergent themes: (a) becoming a more effective educator; (b) increasing awareness of conservation importance; (c) experiencing positive emotional effects; (d) augmenting behaviors that impact the environment; and (e) having positive experiences at the EAE PD location. These findings may ignite new means for approaching curriculum specific content with heightened attention on the value of conserving natural resources.
{"title":"Exploration of Environmental Adult Education Participant Experiences and Implications for Future Practices","authors":"Cynthia J. Fitzwilliams-Heck","doi":"10.5070/G314546223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5070/G314546223","url":null,"abstract":"Initiatives promoting environmental adult education (EAE) through professional development (PD) ensures educators have the knowledge and skills to inform their audience about environmental literacy and stewardship. However, no research has focused on reflective experiences of an EAE PD from educator participants at least five years after participation. Eight past participants were interviewed to determine whether and how they saw their performance changing in relation to natural resources conservation and how they shared these changes with others. Analysis using the contextual lenses of EAE, outdoor experiential learning, and transformative learning theories led to five emergent themes: (a) becoming a more effective educator; (b) increasing awareness of conservation importance; (c) experiencing positive emotional effects; (d) augmenting behaviors that impact the environment; and (e) having positive experiences at the EAE PD location. These findings may ignite new means for approaching curriculum specific content with heightened attention on the value of conserving natural resources.","PeriodicalId":38802,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Green Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48927408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review: Ecopiety: Green Media and the Dilemma of Environmental Virtue","authors":"Y. Laberge","doi":"10.5070/G314552422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5070/G314552422","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38802,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Green Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44769547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review: Greta a Tué Einstein: La Science Sacrifiée sur l'Autel de l'Écologisme","authors":"Y. Laberge","doi":"10.5070/G314552996","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5070/G314552996","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38802,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Green Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45775452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study presents a content analysis of newspaper coverage of renewable energy in Nigeria. Four newspapers ( The Guardian, Nation, Daily Sun and Vanguard ) were examined. The code sheet served as the instrument for data collection. In the analysis of data for the study, the researchers made use of descriptive statistics while data was presented in charts. The results of the study showed the dominant focus of newspaper stories on renewable energy, namely: benefits of renewable energy; progress in renewable energy; ways of promoting renewable energy; consequences of ignoring renewable energy; requirements for effective renewable energy, and obstacles to renewable energy. Problems confronting the growth of renewable energy in Nigeria are the following: poor budgetary allocation; lack of policy direction; lack of political will; ignorance; and lack of manpower. The authors highlighted the implications of these results on agenda setting theory and renewable energy promotions in Nigeria. study on reportage and awareness of renewable energy to better define the framing, agenda setting and priming functions of the media towards renewable energy.
{"title":"THE MEDIA AND A GREEN ENVIRONMENT: ASSESSING NEWSPAPER COVERAGE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN NIGERIA","authors":"Marcel Mbamalu, Nnanyelugo Okoro","doi":"10.5070/G314545712","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5070/G314545712","url":null,"abstract":"This study presents a content analysis of newspaper coverage of renewable energy in Nigeria. Four newspapers ( The Guardian, Nation, Daily Sun and Vanguard ) were examined. The code sheet served as the instrument for data collection. In the analysis of data for the study, the researchers made use of descriptive statistics while data was presented in charts. The results of the study showed the dominant focus of newspaper stories on renewable energy, namely: benefits of renewable energy; progress in renewable energy; ways of promoting renewable energy; consequences of ignoring renewable energy; requirements for effective renewable energy, and obstacles to renewable energy. Problems confronting the growth of renewable energy in Nigeria are the following: poor budgetary allocation; lack of policy direction; lack of political will; ignorance; and lack of manpower. The authors highlighted the implications of these results on agenda setting theory and renewable energy promotions in Nigeria. study on reportage and awareness of renewable energy to better define the framing, agenda setting and priming functions of the media towards renewable energy.","PeriodicalId":38802,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Green Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48636110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review: Infowhelm, Environmental Art and Literature in an Age of Data","authors":"D. Lowe-Wincentsen","doi":"10.5070/g314449240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5070/g314449240","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38802,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Green Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49620028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review: The Contamination of the Earth: A History of Pollutions in the Industrial Age","authors":"Jan Kunnas","doi":"10.5070/g314451232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5070/g314451232","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38802,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Green Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48615414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review: I’m Afraid of That Water: A Collaborative Ethnography of a West Virginia Water Crisis","authors":"J. Embree","doi":"10.5070/g314451231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5070/g314451231","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38802,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Green Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49312885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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