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Fostering Creativity In The Environmental Classroom : Seeking Creative Solutions Through Active Participation, Carole F. Robinson, Peter J. Kakela

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Complex environmental issues and constant change call for creative and innovative solutions. We believe critical thinking in the area of environmental studies is imperative both in and out of the classroom. Exercise: “Creatively Controlling Campus Crud: Design a Better Pizza Box.” This is a multifaceted exercise that we created and currently use in the core environmental studies class in the Department of Resource Development at Michigan State University. This exercise provides space for creative approaches to the complex environmental issue of waste on the campus. Discarded pizza boxes are the number one cause of waste on the MSU campus. Their …

Sustainable Forest Management Graduate Education, James C. Finley, Michael P. Washburn, Laurie Schoonhoven

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

During the past year, members of the Sustainable Forestry Partnership, in cooperation with other forestry schools, with funding from the several private foundations and USDA, have been exploring approaches for enhancing graduate education programs to foster adoption of Sustainable Forest Management curriculum concepts. Ten National Association of Professional Forestry Schools and Colleges (NAPFSC) members have conducted two focus groups to gain understanding of curriculum opportunities and challenges. The findings from these focus groups will be reported out at a national conference in Kansas City in November 2001. That assembled group will begin to discuss ways and approaches for cooperating across …

Looking Before We Leap: A Three-Part Study To Prepare For College Reorganization, Claudia L. Anderson, Mark W. Brunson

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

In Spring 2001 the College of Natural Resources at Utah State University voted on a plan for reorganization of departments and curricula that is intended to better reflect future natural resource science and management needs. To prepare for curriculum redesign we evaluated the career objectives and educational needs of undergraduate students in natural resources and related fields by means of a three-part study of relevant groups: current students, public agency professionals, and prospective students who chose nonnatural resources majors. Students typically seek traditional jobs with public agencies, but a large proportion also expect to attend graduate school. Comparison of seniors …

Full Issue, Number 15, Winter 2002, The Congregational And Synodical Mission Unit, The Evangelical Lutheran Church In America

Intersections

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Honesty Of Mind: On The Uses And Abuses Of Socratic Ignorance In Environmental Studies, Religion, And The Classroom, Don Braxton

Intersections

No abstract provided.

Container Transportation Service Demand Simulation Model For United States Coastal Container Ports, Meifeng Luo

Open Access Dissertations

Investment in container ports and associated multimodal facilities raise difficult economic issues and present major societal challenges. Attempts to resolve these issues require development of new methods and extensions of existing approaches drawing upon advances in simulation techniques and their integration with economic theory. Demand for container port services is a critical factor for the economic analysis of, and decision making for, container port development. However, practical methods for demand estimation often are not convincing, while formal research in transportation demand estimation has not been extended to the practical use of container port demand estimation. This dissertation designed, developed, and …

Current Issues In The Changing Roles And Practices Of Community Economic Development Lawyers, Susan R. Jones

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

This Article, part of a symposium entitled "Lawyering for a New Democracy," explores current issues related to the changing roles of public interest lawyers engaged in Community Economic Development (CED) in a new democracy. After discussing current issues and trends in CED practice, the author concludes that CED is inherently privatized and is becoming more so with the national emphasis on economic self-sufficiency. The author provides lessons from law school clinical practice of enhanced strategic collaborations and highlights current trends and issues involving technology, leadership development, community organizing, asset accumulation, and social capital. Furthermore, leadership development and community organizing are …

Beach Crawl Width As A Predictive Indicator Of Carapace Length In Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta Caretta)., Dawn M. Miller

HCNSO Student Theses and Dissertations

Carapace lengths and widths of nesting loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) were measured at Pompano Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida to determine if plastron and/or track crawl widths were predictive of carapace size. Straight and curved carapace measurements were taken.

Plastron and track crawl width were measured at four points on each crawl: 1) emerging at the tide line; 2) mid-way to the nest; 3) mid-way returning to the surf; and 4) at the tide line returning to the surf. All four measurements were significantly different from each other (P < 0.005) along each crawl. Crawl width was the most variable factor in all comparisons.

Maximum straight carapace length correlated with emergent track …

General Catalog 2002-2004, Utah State University

University Catalogs

Contains course descriptions, University college calendar, and college administration

Northeastern Illinois University, Academic Catalog 2002-2003, Northeastern Illinois University

Course Catalogs

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Analysis Of Complex Combustion Mixtures Using Multidimensional Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (Mdgc-Ms), Joy Renee Klosterman

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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Sense Of Place Among New England Organic Farmers And Commercial Fishermen: How Social Context Shapes Identity And Environmentally Responsible Behavior, Anneliese Marie Mueller

Doctoral Dissertations

Given the prominence of sense of place in new environmental education curricula, this study aims to strengthen the conceptual and empirical foundations of sense of place, and to determine how sense of place may be linked to environmentally responsible behavior. For this study, five commercial fishermen and five organic farmers from the New England Seacoast region participated in a series of in-depth phenomenological interviews and observations. The data was systematically coded in order to allow themes and categories to emerge. The results indicate that aspects of the existing conceptual framework of sense of place, such as place attachment, ecological knowledge, …

Improved Swellable Polymer Microspheres For Chemical Sensing, Necati Kaval

Doctoral Dissertations

Derivatized lightly crosslinked polymer microspheres that swell and shrink as a function of pH have been investigated to develop polymeric transduction elements for fiber optic sensors and other sensors. The microspheres were immobilized in hydrogels forming a membrane. The membranes look turbid because of the difference between the refractive index of hydrogel and the refractive index of microspheres. As the microspheres swell as a function of pH, their refractive index decreases approaching the refractive index of the hydrogel. As a result, the turbidity of the membrane decreases. The change in the turbidity of the membrane was monitored by a UV-Vis-NIR …

A Gender And Development (Gad) Implementation Evaluation: Testimonios Reveal The Successes, Challenges, And Unpredicted Results For Women's Equality And Community Sustainability, Melinda Salazar

Doctoral Dissertations

This is a case study of a Gender and Development implementation evaluation in several rural, Baha'i communities in Andean Bolivian. "Traditional Media as Change Agent," funded by UNIFEM (UN International Fund for Women) and implemented by BIC (Baha'i International Community), was an innovative, non-economic approach to change gender attitudes and behaviors by including men in a consultative process using traditional media. This study responded to criticism that GAD ignored the environment, was lodged squarely in Western economic development thought and Western feminist values, and lacked the voices of the women and men for whom development aims to benefit.

This study …

Defining The Right Of Self-Defense: Working Toward The Use Of A Deadly Force Appendix To The Standing Rules Of Engagement For The Department Of Defense, Major David Bolgiano, Captain Mark Leach, Major Stephanie Smith, Lieutenant Colonel John Taylor

University of Baltimore Law Review

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Land Use Planning In San Diego, Janet A. Anderson

UC Law Environmental Journal

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Salute To Faculty Scholarship 2002, Clark University

Faculty Works

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Abstracts Of Wader Theses, P. Battley, S. E. A. Le V. Dit Durell, M. Eaton, J. Smart, Y. Zharikov

Wader Study Group Bulletin

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Effects Of Management Practices On Grassland Birds: Wilson’S Phalarope, Jill A. Dechant, Douglas H. Johnson, Lawrence D. Igl, Christopher M. Goldade, Amy L. Zimmerman, Betty R. Euliss

United States Geological Survey: Effects of Management Practices on Grassland Birds

Information on the habitat requirements and effects of habitat management on grassland birds were summarized from information in more than 4,000 published and unpublished papers. A range map is provided to indicate the relative densities of the species in North America, based on Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data. Although birds frequently are observed outside the breeding range indicated, the maps are intended to show areas where managers might concentrate their attention. It may be ineffectual to manage habitat at a site for a species that rarely occurs in an area. The species account begins with a brief capsule statement, which …

Creep-Fatigue Life Prediction Of Low Alloy Steels, James Toland, Tarun Goswami

Biomedical, Industrial & Human Factors Engineering Faculty Publications

The creep-fatigue behavior of Cr-Mo steels has been examined from published data. The published data were compiled in an earlier effort and used in this paper to develop a multivariate best-fit equation to predict the low cycle fatigue life. The fatigue test temperatures were representative of temperatures experienced in nuclear power plants, which varied from room temperature to 600°C. Within this temperature range, depending upon the test parameters used, creep and fatigue processes interact and failure occurs in the lowcycle fatigue regime.

Analysis Of Labeling In The Cut-Flower Industry, Kristi J. Denney

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Business Guide To Paper Reduction, Heather Sarantis

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Evaluating Community Participation Within The Usfs's Stewardship Contracting Pilot Program A Comparative Study, Bobby Grillo

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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In The Presence Of Buffalo| Working To Stop The Yellowstone Slaugher, Daniel M. Brister

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Frequency And Severity Of Rickets And Osteomalacia Relative To Levels Of Skin Melanin, Jamie L. Elser

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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การวิเคราะห์ปริมาณความเข้มข้นของอนุภาคฝุ่นละอองขนาดเล็ก ที่สถานีตรวจวัดดินแดง, พิชญ รัชฎาวงศ์, ชัยพร รัตนธนัตพงศ์

Applied Environmental Research

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การใช้ประโยชน์กากตะกอนน้ำเสียชุมชนในการทดแทนหน้าดินของวัสดุเพาะชำกล้าไม้ป่า, ธวิโรจน์ ตันนุกิจ

Applied Environmental Research

No abstract provided.

รายงานวิจัย การประเมินแผนอนุรักษ์พลังงานเชิงเศรษฐกิจสังคม, เสถียร รุจิรวนิช

Applied Environmental Research

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ความสำคัญของการควบคุมอนุภาคปนเปื้อนและเทคโนโลยีห้องสะอาดในภาคอุตสาหกรรมของไทย, นคร ทิพยาวงศ์, ณัฐ วรยศ์, สัจจะ สุขสมัย, อเล็ค ลี

Applied Environmental Research

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Atlantic Salmon, Pacific Bound: Initiative, Defiance, Courage, And Indian Tribes In Environmental Law, William H. Rodgers, Jr.

Articles

I want to address my remarks to the students of the University of Maine School of Law who will face a great deal of unfinished legal business on the topics of salmon, Indian tribes, and environmental law.

Elsewhere, I have derived what I describe as the five virtues of effective action (genius, high-leveraging, symbolism, optimism, courage). People of achievement, lawyers or otherwise, are familiar with these virtues and display them in many creative forms.

Next, I will peer through this lens of effective action at some key moments in the history of Atlantic-Pacific Salmon Interactions. This coming together has been …