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Where Have All The Young Trees Gone? A Big Picture Look At The Lack Of Seedlings And Saplings In Urban Forests, Wes L. Hanson, Leigh A. Hanson, Nancy Broshot

Science and Social Sciences

We take a big picture look at the lack of seedlings, saplings and young trees in urban forests using our research in Forest Park in Portland, Oregon. Broshot, who measured vegetation at 25 sites in Forest Park, recorded significantly fewer live seedlings, saplings and young trees and significantly more dead seedlings, saplings and young trees in 2003 than in 1993. The percent mortality of western red cedar seedlings that were planted at 9 sites in Forest Park in 2005 ranged from less than 5% to over 70%. Investigations into the cause of seedling death has discounted predation by deer, elk …

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 3 Issue 26, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

2013 Commencement Program, Whittier College

Commencement Programs

Whittier College's One Hundred Tenth Commencement, May 17, 2013

Supplement files include Honors Convocation, April 12, 2013 and the Baccalaureate: Living Gratitude Program, May 16, 2013

The Shifting Landscape Of Amish Agriculture: Balancing Tradition And Innovation In An Organic Farming Cooperative, Matthew J. Mariola, David L. Mcconnell

All Faculty Articles

In the context of the recent proliferation of alternative operations and marketing schemes across the agricultural landscape, this article examines an Amish organic farming cooperative in northeast Ohio. Contrary to popular perception, the large majority of Amish are not full-time farmers, and those who do farm typically use conventional, chemical-intensive methods. The adoption of certified organic among the Amish is a pragmatic decision that stems from concerns over the sociocultural effects of losing their agrarian heritage, but it also raises challenges that require a careful balance between market imperatives and cultural traditions. We investigate these challenges and the Amish response …

2013 Ursinus College Commencement Program, Ursinus College

Ursinus College Commencement Programs

This Ursinus College Commencement program from 2013 contains the list of speakers and order of events for the day.

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 3 Issue 25, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

The Santa Clara, 2013-05-09, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.

Hagman's Hallucinations: Some Predictions About Planning Law In California , Donald G. Hagman

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.

Otter Realm, May 8, 2013, California State University, Monterey Bay

The Otter Realm

Clouds of Color for a Cure: Holi Festival Celebration Raises Money to Help End Polio in Third World Countries -- What You Otter Be Doing April 8 - May 18 -- Our Final Farewell -- Associated Students Inc.: Restructuring Bylaws has Past and Future AS Members Hopeful for a Cohesive Future -- Swearin' In -- You Say Hello: Brett Roberts -- I Say Goodbye: Duane Lindsay -- In Spanish and English: Youth Voices Reaching the Airwaves -- Higher Education Issues Illuminated: CEO of Lumina Foundations Speaks of "Attainment Goal" -- Petition to Keep Fort Ord Accessible: Discontent Citizens Gather Signatures …

Spartan Daily, May 8, 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 140, Issue 51

Great Book May 8, 2013, Ncsa

NCSA Materials

No abstract provided.

Virginia Coastal Policy Clinic, Ann Gaudreux

Law School News Archive

No abstract provided.

Alum In Alaska Legislature Fights Genetically Modified Frankenfish, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Something Other Than I Had Planned, Kristy Carpenter

Theses

Something Other Than I Had Planned is an extended portrait of my mother, exploring themes of representation, familial roles, the archive, and personal narrative. Curating existing images from our family archive as well as creating my own visual documentation, the series examines both the current life and past history of my mother in an attempt to understand her as an individual and our evolving relationship as mother and daughter. Rooted in research of historical representations and understandings of the mother figure, as well as photography's history as a tool for preserving and examining the past, I explore ideas around nostalgia, …

Commencement 2013 (Program And Video), Illinois Wesleyan University

Commencement Ceremonies

No abstract provided.

International Non-Governmental Organizations In Vietnam: A Case Study With Project Gaia, Alyssa L. Bosold

Celebration

In 1986, the Vietnamese government undertook a series of reforms known as doi moi. These reforms were mainly economic adjustments that encouraged globalization through capitalism, international trade, and foreign investment. They restructured Vietnam’s economy from a centrally-planned system to a market economy with a socialist orientation. This presentation focuses on the political and cultural aspects of globalization after doi moi, and analyzes the development of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) in Vietnam. Specifically, it seeks to address the following research question: How has the INGO sector changed with increasing globalization in Vietnam after the 1986 doi moi reforms, and what are …

Celebration Schedule 2013 (Saturday), Provost's Office

Celebration

Full presentation schedule for Celebration, Saturday, May 4, 2013

Celebration Schedule 2013 (Friday), Provost's Office

Celebration

Full presentation schedule for Celebration, Friday, May 3, 2013.

Policy Recommendations For Integrating Elearning And Education For Sustainable Development Cross-Curriculum Learning Areas Into The Maltese State Education System, Terry A. Buchanan

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

This research study sought to assess the current status of Technology Enhanced Learning and Education for Sustainable Development in Malta, and to provide practical solutions to the challenges associated with their integration into the Maltese State Education system. Research methods employed during this study utilised a survey involving a cross-selection of Science Education teachers to assess their perceptions and attitudes towards the practical application of Educational Technologies in the classroom, and a subsequent in-depth interview with the Assistant Director and Education Officer responsible for national eLearning decisions in Malta to gain a deeper understanding of the organisation and management of …

Who's Responsible? Personal Beliefs, Civic Engagement And Environmental Attitudes, Brooke Vavricka

Student Theses and Dissertations

This paper examines whom individuals hold responsible for environmental protection, controlling for environmental civic engagement and demographic measures. Using the General Social Survey 2010, I test the hypotheses whether political ideology affects beliefs about personal responsibility and government responsibility on environmental protection. Results of this study find political ideology to be the most significant predictor of environmental responsibility, while race and education were also found to be significant predictors. Environmental civic engagement did not necessarily predict individual environmental responsibility.

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 3 Issue 24, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

Reproduction And Functional Response Of Cornus Florida Across An Urban Landscape Gradient, Angela Redwine

Theses and Dissertations

Urbanization greatly alters plant and pollinator communities and can affect pollinator movement and subsequent gene flow. Plants persisting in urban areas must adjust to local environmental conditions often different from those in which they naturally evolved, and cultivation techniques for landscaping species have developed traits suitable for existence in urban habitats. Cultivated varieties and native conspecifics often exist in geographic proximity, and if pollinator movement is not blocked by urban structural components, functional differences may negatively impact spatially proximate native populations. I used spatial analysis of successful pollination of Cornus florida to estimate how pollinator movement is affected by urban …

The Bates Student - Volume 142 Number 17 - May 1, 2013, Bates College

The Bates Student

No abstract provided.

Place Events 2012-2013, Place

PLACE Historical Documents

This document describes PLACE events at Linfield College for 2012-2013.

Archeological Investigations For The Levi Jordan Plantation House Stabilization, Brazoria County, Texas, Jennifer K. Mcwilliams, Douglas K. Boyd, Aaron Norment

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

The Levi Jordan plantation house is one of the few antebellum plantation structures to have survived in Brazoria County. It is the only standing structure associated with the plantation, which began operating in 1848 and was occupied continually up through the 1990s. The original house, built in the early 1850s using slave labor, was a 20x60-ft two-story wooden frame structure. It was altered many times during its long occupation, often due to hurricane damage. A portion of the Levi Jordan Plantation was acquired by the State of Texas in 2002 and managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department until …

From Practical Woodsman To Professional Forester: Henry S. Graves And The Professionalization Of Forestry In The United States, 1900-1920, Brendan D. Ross

Kaplan Senior Essay Prize for Use of Library Special Collections

This research paper looks at the life and career of Henry S. Graves (1871-1951), the founding dean of the Yale Forest School who, along with Gifford Pinchot, lead efforts to professionalize forest science in the United States. In working to bring a new applied science to the U.S., Graves sought to legitimize forestry within academia, federal bureaucracy, and the communities of the American West. Graves’ diverse career adds rich context to the environmental history of forestry and the history of professionalization. Drawing on Graves’ extensive archives, from his work at the Yale Forest School to his time as second chief …

College Of Arts And Sciences E-News Issue 1: May 2013, College Of Arts And Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

No abstract provided.

University Of Minnesota, Morris 2013 Commencement, University Relations

UMM Commencement

The University of Minnesota, Morris's Fiftieth Commencement Saturday, May 11, 2013 1:30 p.m., Campus Mall

The Emergence Of The Brics – Implications For Global Governance, Sotiris Petropoulos Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

The global financial crisis of 2008, with its detrimental effects on the global economy, was the starting point of a transformation of the global governance landscape. This fluid political and economic global environment seems to be leading to the enhancement of the position of regional powers, especially within the developing world. Hence, the importance of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and, to some extent, South Africa, within the global governance structure has increased. This rise of importance is derived from the enhancement of the economic capabilities of these powers and the fact that economic interdependence has rendered the world more sensitive …

Iberian Globalization And The Rise Of Catholic Theology Of Religions In The Xvi Century, Enrico Beltramini Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

This article provides a synthetic view of the historical and theological components that explain how Catholicism came to understand the great religious systems in Asia as doctrinally inferior during the sixteenth century in response to the discovery/invasion of the “New Worlds” by Iberian Europeans.2 A strong emphasis on the universal salvific will of God led Catholic theologians to elaborate a doctrine that ultimately altered Catholicism’s understanding of non-Christian religions. 3 The article suggests that the predominant Catholic view of non-Christian religions has been shaped by a specific theological vision that was raised in sixteenth century Southern Europe. In order to …