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Spectator 2018-02-14, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

Affective Ecologies: Empathy, Emotion, And Environmental Narrative By Alexa Weik Von Mossner, David Tagnani

The Goose

Review of Alexa Weik von Mossner's Affective Ecologies: Empathy, Emotion, and Environmental Narrative.

Development’S Victim Or Its Beneficiary?: The Impact Of Oil And Gas Development On The Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, Raymond Cross

Public Land & Resources Law Review

No abstract provided.

Cleaner, Greener, Healthier: A Prescription For Stronger Canadian Environmental Laws And Policies By David R. Boyd, Alex D. Ketchum

The Goose

Review of David R. Boyd's Cleaner, Greener, Healthier: A Prescription for Stronger Canadian Environmental Laws and Policies.

Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes - 02/07/18, Janet Shields

Faculty Senate Minutes

These are the official Central Washington University Faculty Senate minutes for the May 4, 2016 regular meeting.

Lines Of Flight: An Atomic Memoir By Julie Salverson, Ashley E. Reis

The Goose

Review of Julie Salverson’s Lines of Flight: An Atomic Memoir.

Gmos, International Law And Indigenous Peoples, Casandia Bellevue

Pace International Law Review

This Article sprung from a desire to discover why—despite scientific uncertainty and the oft-cited precautionary principle in international law—genetically modified organisms are still allowed to spread via international trade and natural ecological cycles. While exploring this topic, it did not take long to come across the environmental justice impacts of genetically modified crops, and their particularly disparate impact upon indigenous peoples across the globe. Not only are GMOs threatening biodiversity and our planet, but also the very existence and cultural foundations of many indigenous groups.

This Article seeks to answer the following questions: What are the international agreements that can …

Urban Ecology & Conservation Symposium 2018: 16th Annual (Abstracts), Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium Of Portland/Vancouver

Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium of Portland/Vancouver

The UERC is a consortium of people from various universities and colleges, state and federal agencies, local governments, non-profit organizations and independent professionals interested in supporting urban ecosystem research and creating an information-sharing network of people that collect and use ecological data in the Portland/Vancouver area.

UERC Mission Statement:

To advance the state of the science of urban ecosystems and improve our understanding of them, with a focus on the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan region, by fostering communication and collaboration among researchers, managers and citizens at academic institutions, public agencies, local governments, non-profit organizations, and other interested groups.

The principal organizers span …

Enst 560.01: Environmental Impact Analysis, Leonard Broberg

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Environmental Humanities: Voices From The Anthropocene By Serpil Oppermann And Serenella Iovino, Pamela Banting

The Goose

Review of Environmental Humanities: Voices from the Anthropocene by Serpil Oppermann and Serenella Iovino, eds.

Enst 530.01: The Greening Of Religion, Daniel T. Spencer

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Enst 230h.01: Nature And Society, Daniel T. Spencer

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Digging Into Democracy: Reflections On Ced And Social Change Lawyering After #Ows, Barbara Bezdek

Maryland Law Review Online

No abstract provided.

Carrying Messages Of "Peace" To The World: Landscape, Discourses, And Practices Of Peace In Hiroshima, Yuichi Yokoyama

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is my exploration of what the landscape of peace, onto which past relevant actors' discourses and practices of peace and my interlocutors' present practices of peace are inscribed, represents and silences, and how my interlocutors, who relate their activities to the concept peace, make sense of the concept peace. In the literature in the field of anthropology of peace, peace has been what is defined by the anthropologists, not by their interlocutors. In other words, the anthropologists' definitions of peace have silenced their interlocutors' understandings of peace. This whole thesis was written as a critique of how these …

Strategic Planning To Advance Equity On Campus: A Case Study At Portland State University, Marisa Zapata, Stephen L. Percy, Sona K. Andrews

Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations

Propelled by many factors, including a newly appointed Board of Trustees responsible for governance of our university, resource shortages, and enrollment swings, Portland State University embarked on a strategic planning effort in 2014 with the intent of reunifying a divided campus and creating a bold vision for moving forward in the next five years. While committed from the start to goals of diversity and inclusion, the planning process itself generated greater awareness of and commitment to equity—a bolder vision of empowerment that creates a responsibility to understand and mitigate negative, but often unintended consequences of, campus decisions and action—particularly as …

Toward Distributive Justice In Offshore Natural Resources Development: Iceland And Norway In The Jan Mayen, Anita L. Parlow

Ocean and Coastal Law Journal

As pressures of globalization and advances in technology accelerate, more and more remote, coastal, and small communities are left financially stranded and disempowered. Many communities located at the historic periphery of global markets and trade routes are, often paradoxically, marginalized from the benefits of globalized trade, even while their more accessible natural resources have moved far closer to the center of global markets. The powerful political institutions of nation states combined with growing transnational businesses are driving a combination of boosts in national economies, explosions in technology, and fewer international restrictions on capital. This three-pronged dynamic is reshaping the structure …

Minutes, College Of Liberal Arts Faculty Meeting, Thursday, January 25, 2018, College Of Liberal Arts Faculty, Rollins College

The College of Liberal Arts Faculty Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Flint Food Store Survey: Combining Spatial Analysis With A Modified Nutrition Environment Measures Survey In Stores (Nems-S) To Measure The Community And Consumer Nutrition Environments, Erika R. Shaver, Richard C. Sadler, Alex B. Hill, Kendall Bell, Myah Ray, Jennifer Choy-Shin, Joy Lerner, Teresa Soldner, Andrew D. Jones

Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Research Publications

Objective
The goal of the present study was to use a methodology that accurately and reliably describes the availability, price and quality of healthy foods at both the store and community levels using the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey in Stores (NEMS-S), to propose a spatial methodology for integrating these store and community data into measures for defining objective food access.

Setting
Two hundred and sixty-five retail food stores in and within 2 miles (3·2 km) of Flint, Michigan, USA, were mapped using ArcGIS mapping software.

Design
A survey based on the validated NEMS-S was conducted at each retail food store. …

Ohio University Students Lead Interdisciplinary Innovations (January 23, 2018), University Communications And Marketing

OHIO News Articles Archive

No abstract provided.

Women Of Appalachia Project Hosting Open Call For Nominations For 'Appalachian Advocate Award' (January 11, 2018), University Communications And Marketing

OHIO News Articles Archive

No abstract provided.

Shifting The Framework Of Canadian Water Governance Through Indigenous Research Methods: Acknowledging The Past With An Eye On The Future, Rachel Arsenault, Sibyl Diver, Deborah Mcgregor, Aaron Witham, Carrie Bourassa

Articles & Book Chapters

First Nations communities in Canada are disproportionately affected by poor water quality. As one example, many communities have been living under boil water advisories for decades, but government interventions to date have had limited impact. This paper examines the importance of using Indigenous research methodologies to address current water issues affecting First Nations. The work is part of larger project applying decolonizing methodologies to Indigenous water governance. Because Indigenous epistemologies are a central component of Indigenous research methods, our analysis begins with presenting a theoretical framework for understanding Indigenous water relations. We then consider three cases of innovative Indigenous research …

"Lessons From The Other America" Turning A Public Health Lens On Fighting Racismand Poverty, Dayna Bowen Matthew

University of Memphis Law Review

No abstract provided.

Using Photovoice As A Tool For Community Engagement To Assess The Environment And Explore Environmental Health Disparities, Heather M. Brandt, Venice E. Haynes, Lashanta J. Rice, Dayna Campbell, Edith Williams, *Sacoby Wilson, Saundra H. Glover

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

Photovoice was used as a participatory research method to document perceived local environmental hazards, pollution sources, and potential impact on health among community members to address environmental health disparities. A convenience sample of 16 adults in Orangeburg, South Carolina participated in Photovoice. Photos depicted positive and negative implications of the environment across seven themes: recreation and leisure; food access; hazards and pollution; health, human, and social services; economic issues; beautification; and accommodation and accessibility. Positive and negative photos demonstrated a high level of interest among community members in considering how the environment influences health and health disparities.

La Cobertura Noticiosa Sobre Cambio Climático En La Agenda Informativa De Clarín Y La Nación, Luis González Alcaraz

Global Media Journal México

El artículo analiza la trayectoria de la cobertura noticiosa del tema cambio climático, tomando como caso de estudio a dos diarios de referencia en Argentina: Clarín y La Nación, durante un periodo de cinco años (2009-2013). Particularmente, interesa observar las olas noticiosas, o periodos en los que se concentra la cobertura periodística del tema, y el contexto en el que ello ocurre. Para concretar el análisis, la investigación recurre tanto a la observación de textos noticiosos como a entrevistas con periodistas de los diarios analizados. Ello, permitió observar que la construcción de la agenda informativa sobre cambio climático se encuentra …

Continuum: Volume 42 (Winter 2018), Osgoode Hall Law School Of York University

Continuum: Osgoode Hall Law School Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

Evaluating The Potential Of Ubiquitous Flexible Energy Loads To Provide Grid-Scale Balancing In Resource Constrained Environments: A Case Study In Nicaragua, Diego Ponce De Leon Barido

Link Foundation Energy Fellowship Reports

Future growth in urbanization will mainly occur in cities of the rising south. UN Habitat reports that in the past decade, the urban population in emerging economies grew on average 1.2 million people per week. By 2050, it is expected that seven out of ten people will be living in cities. An accompanying technology to urbanization, the use of cellphones and smartphones has seen unprecedented growth in recent decades. Currently there are more active mobile connections (7.8 billion SIM connections and 4.8 billion unique mobile subscribers) than people in the world (7.4 billion), with penetration rates being large even in …

Youth Participatory Action Research And Diet Decolonization To Improve Student Learning And Community Health: A Literature Review, Lyle S. Dandridge Jr.

All Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The present study reviews the current literature related to culturally relevant nutrition education and its applicability to student learning within a secondary school setting. Specifically, this study examines how a youth participatory action research (YPAR) framework can be used to introduce students to the Diet Decolonization concept. In tandem, these ideals seek to improve student nutrition through evidence-based instruction, while also remaining sensitive to students’ diverse backgrounds. A tentative YPAR research design is offered, as well as recommendations for researchers to avoid bias and promote reflective thought prior to embarking on this type of research.

Requires Legislative Supermajority Vote Approving Use Of Cap-And-Trade Reserve Fund. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.

Propositions

Beginning in 2024, requires that cap-and-trade revenues accumulate in a reserve fund until the Legislature, by a two-thirds majority, authorizes use of the revenues. Fiscal Impact: Beginning in 2024, potential temporary increase in state sales tax revenue, ranging from none to a few hundred million dollars annually, and possible changes in how revenue from sale of greenhouse gas emission permits is spent.

E-Co-Affectivity Beyond The Anthropocene: Rethinking The Role Of Soil To Imagine A New 'Us', Marjolein Oele

Philosophy

Following Isabelle Stengers’ call that the anthropocene should make us feel and think differently, this paper focuses on the human task to shift its affective response. Since Stengers calls for a new “us” that seeks to participate in an entanglement, I propose to explore the material and ontogenetic functions of soil, and specifically soil pores, in reimagining a new form of e-co-affectivity. A new e-co-affective response would emphasize the usually hidden fluidity and diachronic time of pores, and, in doing so, cultivate an epistemic and aesthetic sensitivity, deceleration, and percolation.

From Fragmented To Joint Responsibilities: Barriers And Opportunities For Adaptive Water Quality Governance In California’S Urban-Agricultural Interface, Ann Drevno

Staff Works

No abstract provided.