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Patagonia Con Poder: El Éxito De La Oposición Frente El Proyecto Hidroaysén, Nathaniel Korn

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This investigation analyzes the movement in opposition to the HidroAysén project in Southern Chile that is often referred to as and uses the slogan “Patagonia Sin Represas” (Patagonia Without Dams). The investigation is framed through collective action theory, the study of what incentives and other factors create the conditions for mobilization and group action. In the context of social movements it is usually argued that there needs to be a better cost-benefit scenario for each actor to be involved than there is to not be involved in the movement. Immediately following return of democracy to Chile in the 1990’s social …

State Of Tennessee Treasurer's Report For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2015, Tennessee. Department Of Treasury.

Treasurer’s Report

No abstract provided.

Nebraska Chapter Gamma Sigma Delta Newsletter Issue #49 [Sic, #50] Fall 2015

Gamma Sigma Delta, Nebraska Chapter: Newsletters

Welcome New Members

Recipients of 2014 Gamma Sigma Delta Awards

Award of Merit for Service Recipient: Dennis Brink

Excellence in Research Award Recipient: George Graef

Excellence in Teaching Award Recipient: Roberto Cortinas

Excellence in Extension Award Recipient: Gary Zoubek

Alissa Martindale is presented the Outstanding Undergraduate Student

Garth A. Brown is presented the Arthur von Bergen Memorial Award

Vivek Sharma is presented the Outstanding Graduate Student award

In Memoriam: Dale Swartzendruber, Dr. Loyd L. Young, Herman Jacob Gorz, John Kenyon Ward.

Gamma Sigma Delta Committees 2015

The Environment And Civil War: Exploring The Relationship Between The Environmental Performance Index And Incidence Of Internal Armed Conflict, Katerina N. Krohn

Student Publications

The state of the environment is receiving increasing attention. Environmental quality’s possible relationship to violent conflict attracts both popular and academic interest. Prior research has found support for the idea that environmental scarcity is related to higher occurrences of civil war. There have been few comprehensive quantitative studies regarding this relationship. This study tests a more general argument that higher environmental quality can lead to fewer occurrences of internal armed conflict. The study utilizes an environmental performance index found in the Quality of Government Standard Dataset to test its hypothesis. The study finds that the higher the environmental performance index …

Two Steps Forward And One Step Back: An Assessment Of How Uneven Economic Development Affects The Number Of Civil Wars, Cassandra M. Scheiber

Student Publications

The effects of economic development are enormously important in understanding the causes of civil war and the requirements for successful post-conflict reconstruction. In recent decades we have seen an increase in the number of civil wars because of a phenomenon known as the conflict trap. I question why we see an increase in civil wars and what role unstable economic development plays in contributing to the conflict trap. This paper offers evidence to support the hypothesis that uneven economic development increases the risk of multiple civil wars occurring in a short amount of time. Based on the results of testing …

A Test Of Educational Methods To Reduce Boating Disturbance To Harbor Seals, Rachel Nicole Solvason

Master's Theses

Environmental education can affect attitudes and behaviors, but determining the most effective methods for protecting wildlife requires research. This study examined the effect of two modes of environmental education, one passive and one active, on the behaviors of boaters toward harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) at Corkscrew Slough in Redwood City, California, an area where harbor seals haul out and pup. Thirty-one boaters viewed an interpretive sign (passive environmental mode) and 30 experienced a docent talk (active) both designed to educate boaters on protecting harbor seals; 31 boaters received no environmental information (the control), therefore were not exposed to the interpretive …

Enrollment Report, Fall 2015, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Enrollment Reports (2004-2019)

Enrollment Report for Fall 2015 for Illinois State University

Institutional Data Book 2014-2015, University Of Minnesota, Morris Office Of Institutional Research

Institutional Effectiveness and Research Reports

No abstract provided.

Promoting Healthier Living Through Identifying The Levels Of Current Volatile Compounds In University Housing Rooms And Their Relationship With Students' Indoor Activities And Lifestyle, Lilia Christina Bullock

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

Differences In Individual Perceptions Of Volcanic And Seismic Hazards, Justin Elwonger

Department of Environmental Studies: Undergraduate Student Theses

While there has been significant research done on public perceptions of volcanoes and volcanic hazards, there are gaps in the literature in both studies regarding perceptions of earthquakes and seismic hazards as well as comparative studies on perceptions between tectonically active and inactive areas. This is an exploratory study that aims to lay the groundwork to help fill in some of these gaps. A free-response survey instrument was developed and deployed to populations of college students in Nebraska and Hawaii. Overall, responses showed that the types of perceptions in both locations are quite similar, but the frequency that those perceptions …

The Effects Of Political Culture And Structure On Nutrient Reduction Policy, Thien Chau

Department of Environmental Studies: Undergraduate Student Theses

Since 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has worked through a twelve state watershed nutrient task force to combat the Gulf of Mexico hypoxia that occurs every summer due to nutrient runoff in the Mississippi River basin. The hypoxic condition in the Gulf causes massive ecological and economic harm to the region and progress in addressing the issue has been slow. The twelve task force states represent a north-south cross section of the Basin and a variety of political cultures and structures. This research examines the openness to public participation resulting from political culture in these states and how that …

What Motivates Unl Students To Recreate Outdoors: A Case Study For Unl Outdoor Adventures, Isaac Cortes, Christina Woodworth

Department of Environmental Studies: Undergraduate Student Theses

Participation in outdoor recreation has gradually increased since the mid 1900s, especially among young people in the 18 to 35 year old age range. Growing up in Nebraska, many young people might not have the opportunity to participate in a wilderness experience. That’s where UNL Outdoor Adventures comes in. OA provides an outlet for UNL students and community members to experience outdoor recreation activities through an indoor climbing wall, bike shop, equipment rental area, challenge course, academic classes and adventure trips. As trip leaders for OA for more than four years, we have seen the positive effects outdoor recreation can …

Recent Case Decisions, Daniel Franklin, Jordan Volino, John Curtis, Patrick J. Hoog, Jarrod H. Gamble, Taylor C. Venus

Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal

No abstract provided.

The Lumberjack, September 30, 2015, The Lumberjack Staff

2015

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University

Tracking Public Beliefs About Anthropogenic Climate Change, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Joel N. Hartter, Mary D. Lemcke-Stampone, David W. Moore, Thomas G. Safford

Sociology

A simple question about climate change, with one choice designed to match consensus statements by scientists, was asked on 35 US nationwide, single-state or regional surveys from 2010 to 2015. Analysis of these data (over 28,000 interviews) yields robust and exceptionally well replicated findings on public beliefs about anthropogenic climate change, including regional variations, change over time, demographic bases, and the interacting effects of respondent education and political views. We find that more than half of the US public accepts the scientific consensus that climate change is happening now, caused mainly by human activities. A sizable, politically opposite minority (about …

Environmental Expertise In The Age Of Research: Institutional Process And Environmental Science In The American Far West, 1950-2014., Nathan D. Woods

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation focuses on how academic experts have gone about creating university- based programs in Environmental Science (ES). Since the 1940's, with the emergence of the postwar research economy, the U.S higher education system has increasingly become a vector of institutional change, innovation, and economic growth. This has had a dramatic impact on the social role of knowledge and collective expectations for faculty and expert work. In this context, academic experts in the mid 1960's championed a movement to develop university-based programs integrating interdisciplinary environmental research with the expert use of science in decision-making. I pay particular attention to the …

Energy Economics Environment Brown Bag Lunch Series Kicks Off Sept. 25, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

The Firece Green Fire: Vol. 6 Issue 3, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

Crowdsourcing Global Wastewater Data, Don Mosteller, Sam Cohen, Cory Nestor, Angel Hsu, Omar Malik

Yale Day of Data

No time to waste: Crowdsourcing global wastewater treatment data

Worldwide, over 80 percent of wastewater is discharged into water bodies without undergoing treatment, severely impairing human well-being and ecosystem vitality along the way. National performance on wastewater treatment is difficult to quantify and is poorly understood due to a lack of common definitions, poor data collection standards, and limited historical data. To address this, the Yale Environmental Performance Index (EPI), a research group that produces a biennial ranking of country-level environmental performance, developed a first-of-its kind national wastewater treatment indicator.[1]

The indicator assesses wastewater treatment performance for 183 countries, …

Downstream Pollution: Do Gender And Emotion Matter?, Marianna Khachaturyan, Gary D. Lynne, Natalia Czap

Cornhusker Economics

Gender differences are a subject of interest to many disciplines, including economics when it comes to strategic behavior, environmental studies when it comes to environmental attitudes and behavior, and psychology when it comes, among many other topics, to differences in emotion expression and reaction. To study a number of questions related to conservation decisions in the context of downstream water pollution, including gender differences and effect of emotions, a laboratory experiment was conducted in the Experimental and Behavioral Economics Laboratory of the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In total 216 students and members of the public …

Peptide Bonds Affect The Formation Of Haloacetamides, An Emerging Class Of N-Dbps In Drinking Water: Free Amino Acids Versus Oligopeptides, Wen Hai Chu, Xin Li, Naiyun Gao, Yang Deng, Daqiang Yin, Dongmei Li, Tengfei Chu

Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Haloacetamides (HAcAms), an emerging class of nitrogenous disinfection by-products (N-DBPs) of health concern, have been frequently identified in drinking waters. It has long been appreciated that free amino acids (AAs), accounting for a small fraction of the dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) pool, can form dichloroacetamide (DCAcAm) during chlorination. However, the information regarding the impacts of combined AAs, which contribute to the greatest identifiable DON portion in natural waters, is limited. In this study, we compared the formation of HAcAms from free AAs (tyrosine [Tyr] and alanine [Ala]) and combined AAs (Tyr-Ala, Ala-Tyr, Tyr-Tyr-Tyr, Ala-Ala-Ala), and found that HAcAm formation from …

Winthrop's Second Capital Campaign Raises $50.9 Million, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2015

• Winthrop celebrated the close of Distinction: The Campaign for Winthrop Sept. 18 with a special event.
• The largest amount of campaign contributions, $15.2 million, supported student scholarships.

Yale University Faculty Handbook September 18, 2015, Yale University Office Of The Provost

Faculty Handbooks

No abstract provided.

The Firece Green Fire: Vol. 6 Issue 2, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

The Setonian, September 17, 2015, Seton Hall University

2015

No abstract provided.

The Diamond, September 16, 2015, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Republican Presidential Candidates Swarm Dordt; Artist Spins a Tale in One Day; Christian College Group Splinters
• News: Hotel Dordt: Some Check in But Are Reluctant to Leave; Cafeteria Trays Graduate; Juggling Homework, Rings, and Balls; New School Year Brings Freshmen... and Bugs; A Majority of Life Requires Minoring in Problem-Solving; Have Car, Need Parking: Students Hunt for Vehicular Homes; New Science Building in Line for More Updates; Six Foot Six Inches and Not Even in Heels
• Opinion: The Buffington Post - Cafe Cookies: 240 Calories Never Tasted This Good; Trumping up a Candidacy
• Sports: New Coach Wolf Leads …

Great Book September 16, 2015, Ncsa

NCSA Materials

No abstract provided.

Translational Training For Tomorrow’S Environmental Scientists, Mark W. Brunson, Michelle A. Baker

Biology Faculty Publications

Environmental science exists to seek solutions to problems related to human-nature interactions. Unfortunately, in many cases, environmental research findings are not effectively used because scientists are not able to convey their knowledge effectively to policy makers and the public, and/or because the questions they address are not directly linked to the answers stakeholders need. To address this issue, Schlesinger (2010) called for development of a “translational ecology” that would be understandable and usable by decision-makers, interest groups, and citizens. A barrier to usable science is that researchers are not usually trained to be translational. We convened a multi-disciplinary group of …

Chimes: September 11, 2015, Calvin College

Chimes

Humanities professors take faculty buyouts by Josh Parks

New Calvin logo receives mixed reviews by Jon Gorter

Calvin to reoffer jazz band as an accredited course by Maddie Hughey

Men's golf opens season with win by Mark Peless

Jurassic World fun by ultimately disappoints by Nate Hunt

New study estimates earth's tree population at three trillion by Micheal Messina

Christian leaders found on ashley Madison by Eckhart Chan

The bias of art core's options Kelsey Powers

Workforce Fitness: Description, Contextual Issues, And Implications For Public Health, Nicolaas P. Pronk

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

Workforce fitness matters for the prevention of premature death, chronic diseases, productivity loss, excess medical care costs, loss of income or family earnings, and other social and economic concerns. Yet fitness levels appear to be relatively low and declining. Over the past half century obesity has doubled, physical activity levels are below par, and cardiorespiratory fitness often does not meet minimally acceptable job standards. During this time, daily occupational energy expenditure has decreased by more than 100 calories. It is recommended for employers to consider best practices and design workplace wellness programs accordingly. Regulations that protect and promote worker health, …