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Climate Change Implementation And Level Of Compliance With The Paris Agreement : Toward A Climate Change Resilience Port : A Case Study Of Port Corinto, Nicaragua., Jorge Alfonso Gómez Prado

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Committee Agenda October 30, 2023, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Call to Order - Maureen Hearns
• Approval of Minutes - October 2, 2023
• University Business
• Faculty Senate Business
• Information - Education Policies Committee & Human Resources Policies
• Reports - Academic Freedom & Tenure Annual Report & Athletic Council Annual Report
• Old Business - Faculty Code 405
• New Business - Faculty Code 406 & Policy 104 Concerns
• Adjourn - 4:20 pm

Our Digital Accessibility Journey: Charting An Inclusive Path In An Academic Library, Bobby Ciullo, Lee Dotson, Sara Duff, Missy Murphey, Rachel E. Trnka

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.

Criminalization Of Environmental Harms In Bangladesh And The United States, Md Lokman Hussain

Theses and Dissertations

This study explores and compares the nature, features, and measures of criminalization of environmental harms in Bangladesh and United States. The exploration is based on the descriptive and analytical comparison of the legal frameworks addressing the environmental harms in these two countries. To explore how are environmental harms criminalized in Bangladesh and United States, following aspects were described and compared: the criminalizing power of the state, criminalization of environmental harms regarding air pollution, water pollution, protection of biodiversity, waste management, and use of pesticide, theoretical frameworks in explaining criminalization, role of constitution and international law.

Queering Ecology: Three Investigations From Indigenous Women In Post-Conflict North Sumatra, Perdana Roswaldy

Antropologi Indonesia

Feminists and environmental scholars draw connections between gender inequality, heterosexism, and the devastating impact of environmental catastrophes on the livelihoods of women and gender minorities, exacerbating their precarity. This body of scholarship has begun to imagine alternatives to patriarchal gender and heterosexual norms for reconciling the relationship between humans and nature by calling for "queer(ing) ecology." I investigate the possibility of queering ecology by posing three theoretical concerns in opposition to anthropocentric and gendered preconceptions about nature: its idleness, naturality, and rightfulness. Respectively, I will dissect such presumptions by questioning nature as metaphors, investigating "the natural" attribute in nature, and …

Teacher Candidates’ Conceptions And Practices Of Computational Thinking For Equity, Heather F. Clark, Symone A. Gyles, Imelda Nava-Landeros

Journal of Computer Science Integration

This study documents novice science and math teachers’ developing pedagogical approaches to integrating computational thinking (CT) and data into their courses to support educational equity and social justice. The 10 novice teacher candidates (TCs) studied were part of an urban teacher residency program that empowered them with an asset-based pedagogy we describe as “CT for Equity.” Drawing on coursework and interviews as data, we asked three questions: What are teachers’ conceptions of CT? What are their CT instructional practices? And how did their students respond to those practices? To explore conceptions of CT, we used Kafai et al.’s (2020) articulation …

Trapped In Toxic Exposure: Mitigation Masking And The Emotional Geography Of Residential Proximity To Expanding Industry, Conner Hinkle, Sierra Marsh, Sherrie M. Steiner

International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities

The purpose of this study was to introduce a citizen’s stakeholder perspective into research on environmental regulation and offending. The business operations of a steel recycling plant located in a residential neighborhood was analyzed to identify how their mitigation efforts have been used to justify continued business expansion, mask other aspects of environmental offending, and block citizen efforts to become stakeholders in the governance process. The concept of “mitigation masking” was introduced to reveal victim blaming governance processes. We surveyed the residence using the retrospective pre-then-post design in a two-block radius surrounding HI&M (N=17). We collected a convenience sample of …

Land Education And Young People Working Toward Salamander: Collective Well-Being In Response To Bioindicators Of Socioenvironmental Justice, Rachael Arens, Ricardo Martinez

Democracy & Education

Our planet is facing many environmental challenges, including climate change, loss of biodiversity and habitat, and pollution, while many of our populations are also experiencing marginalization due to poverty, race, gender, language, ability, and environmental injustices. Environmental hazards and policies often impact those in society who are most at-risk, creating a need for an environmental education (EE) movement that encourages students to challenge and regain control of a system that impacts them. Teachers can implement a reflection tool known as the SALAMANDER Collective Well-Being in Response to Bioindicators of Socioenvironmental Justice Framework to prompt students and other educators to place …

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda October 16, 2023, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• 3:30 Call to Order
• Approval of Minutes - September 18, 2023
• 3:35 University Business
• 3:50 Faculty Senate Business
• Promotion Processes
• 4:00 Information
• Education Policies Committee
• Human Resources Policy 313
• Human Resources Policy 350
• Human Resources Policy 398
• 4:15 Reports
• Academic Freedom & Tenure Annual Report
• Athletic Council Annual Report
• 4:25 Old Business
• Faculty Code 405
• 4:30 New Business
• Faculty Code 406
• Policy 104 Concerns
• Mandatory Employee Reporting
• Adjourn: 4:45 pm

Us Climate Policy Yields Water Quality Cobenefits In The Mississippi Basin And Gulf Of Mexico, Shan Zuidema, Jing Liu, Maksym Chepeliev, David R. Johnson, Uris Baldos, Steve Frolking, Christopher J. Kucharik, Wilfred M. Wollheim, Thomas Hertel

Department of Agricultural Economics Faculty Publications

We utilize a coupled economy–agroecology–hydrology modeling framework to capture the cascading impacts of climate change mitigation policy on agriculture and the resulting water quality cobenefits. We analyze a policy that assigns a range of United States government’s social cost of carbon estimates ($51, $76, and $152/ton of CO2-equivalents) to fossil fuel–based CO2 emissions. This policy raises energy costs and, importantly for agriculture, boosts the price of nitrogen fertilizer production. At the highest carbon price, US carbon emissions are reduced by about 50%, and nitrogen fertilizer prices rise by about 90%, leading to an approximate 15% reduction in fertilizer applications for …

The Fission And Fusion Of Nuclear Environmentalism: Nuclear Energy In The United States From 1945 To 1990, Chris Kovalcik

Locus: The Seton Hall Journal of Undergraduate Research

In 1945, the world first experienced the immense and devastating power of the nuclear bomb. The ability to harness the atom gave rise to an abundance of opportunities to advance society and conserve the human environment but also unleashed certain anxieties about the potentially destructive nature of this newfound atomic power. American politicians and scholars, torn between both their own wishes and fears, became hampered by the dilemma of this atomic “genie”. Research of historical arguments in conjunction with contemporary dialogues reveals a confusing and often contradictory story of nuclear power’s fission and fusion as it faced multiple issues. This …

Review Of Making Livable Worlds: Afro-Puerto Rican Women Building Environmental Justice, Ava L. Corey-Gruenes

Feminist Pedagogy

Making Livable Worlds: Afro-Puerto Rican Women Building Environmental Justice, by Hilda Lloréns, highlights Black Puerto Rican women’s efforts to create equitable futures for their communities in the face of capitalism, racism, colonization, and ecological collapse. This review covers key concepts in Making Livable Worlds, including matriarchal dispossession, decolonizing ethnography, the myth of a homogenous Puerto Rico, and myths of inherent economic self-interest. Analyses of these concepts through an absence lens are suggested to enrich formal and informal feminist learning spaces.

Introduction To Leadership For Complex Problems And The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Rian Satterwhite, Kate Sheridan, Whitney Mcintyre Miller

Education Faculty Articles and Research

"Alarming headlines referencing catastrophe and our perilous proximity to a tipping point from which we cannot return create a common refrain when it comes to climate change: the time to act is now—or has already passed—and if we do not reorient ourselves and our relationship to the world immediately, we are doomed. The urgency of the climate crisis is real, and with it comes a need to reckon with the deeply rooted systems and structures that have created this and other interdependent complex global challenges. However, our demise is not a foregone conclusion. Despite the doomsday headlines so common to …

Centering Intersectional Sustainability In Leadership Education: A Case For The Sustainable Development Goals, Kate Sheridan, Whitney Mcintyre Miller, Rian Satterwhite

Education Faculty Articles and Research

Sustainability leadership has the transformative potential of helping to center an array of skills and mindsets needed for leaders and leaderful organizations and collectives to successfully address the many interrelated and connected challenges of the 21st century. This article makes the case that the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a useful framework for integrating sustainability into leadership education and development broadly and can advance these needed skill sets and learning orientations. Leadership educators should consider centering this in their work in order to effectively prepare learners for the challenges of today and tomorrow.

Faculty Feed, October 13, 2023, College Of Arts & Sciences

News, Magazines and Reports

Recent student and faculty accomplishments.

Front Matter And Table Of Contents

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, October 12, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2023

Volume 161, Issue 23

Gis Analysis Of Factors Influencing Particulate Pollution In Keene, New Hampshire, Sean K. Spendley, Christopher E. Brehme

International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities

This study aims to identify the characteristics of air inversions and Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM2.5) in the city of Keene, New Hampshire. PM2.5 is a type of particulate pollutant with a diameter of less than 2.5 microns that exists naturally, and can be created through industrial processed and the combustion of biomass. The combustion of wood as a home heating fuel is considered the main source of PM2.5 in Keene. Meteorological factors were investigated by searching through quality assured meteorological record provided by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. Wintertime temperature inversions are of particular concern as they trap …

Indigenous Values And Their Place In Contemporary Discussions Of Sustainability, Joey Miller

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar on "Indigenous Values and their Place in Contemporary Discussions of Sustainability" by Professor Joey Miller, Department of Philosophy, West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

2023 Annual Justice Festival Program, Caudill College Of Arts, Humanities, And Social Sciences

Justice Festival at Morehead State University

The program for the 3rd Annual Justice Festival held on October 11, 2023 on the campus of Morehead State University.

Community Resilience Yes, Junkyards No!, Ashley Valentin Gonzalez, Alberto López Pulido

Creative Collaborations: Annual Showcase of Undergraduate Research

Analytical studies on environmental racism have focused on the interconnections between policymakers and environmental hazards in low-income communities to determine the degree of racial inequality. Yet, the majority of these studies ignore the arrival and permanence of toxic spaces such as junkyards and polluting industries impacting poor bayfront neighborhoods such as Logan Heights. We purport to examine this topic on two fronts. First, I plan to investigate the historical connection between the battle over greenspace between the Chicano Park takeover and the junkyard. Junkyards in Barrio Logan play a crucial role in how environmental racism came to be in this …

Programs Agenda 10-10-23, Angela Brock

Programs Committee (PC)

No abstract provided.

Ucc Minutes 10-10-23, Angela Brock

UCC Agendas/Minutes

No abstract provided.

Approved Programs 10-10-23, Angela Brock

Programs Committee (PC)

No abstract provided.

Global Goals, Local Future Stories: Unpacking Contrasts And Visions Of Circular Economy Activities In Neighbourhood Makerspaces, María Laura Ramírez Galleguillos, Damla Çay, Aykut Coşkun

IASDR Conference Series

Circular makerspaces have the potential to contribute to sustainable development goals (SDGs) by promoting circular-making activities such as reusing, repairing, refurbishing, and recycling. However, community building is essential for maintaining a circular makerspace, which requires engaging the makers and future users in circular-making activities. In this paper, we argue that involving locals in the design of circular makerspaces can facilitate community building and support makers' sense of belonging to the space. We present the experience of involving citizens in establishing circular makerspaces in seven European cities as part of the EU-funded H2020 project, [Project Name]. We developed a technique, called …

[Changing] Ecosystems, Carlo Vezzoli, Cindy Kohtala, Valentina Rognoli, Camilo Ayala Garcia

IASDR Conference Series

This paper presents a review and critical analysis of papers submitted for the Ecosystems Track of the Life-Changing Design conference, which focused on "Changing Ecosystems" through design for sustainability. The conference track aimed to explore the multifaceted dimensions of sustainability and its connection to design practice, research, and education. The papers covered various subthemes, including products and product design, Sustainable Product-Service Systems, craft, materials, aesthetics, more-than-human design, biodesign, and the role of designers as actors in society influencing policy, local-global dynamics, place-making, strategy-setting, and stakeholder interactions. Through synthesising the findings and insights from these papers, this review aims to provide …

Aqueous Logics: Towards A Hydro Feminism Approach To Sustainability, Beatrice Maggipinto, Valentina Nisi, Sarah Fox, Nuno Nunes, Tom Ainsworth

IASDR Conference Series

In the popular imagination, sustainability is often synonymous with environmentalism, but it encapsulates much more. While environmentalism and conservation are often a focal point of sustainability efforts, so too are the people who impact the environment through their actions and associated activism. In this paper, we examine the discourse on sustainability, nature conservation and climate change. We focus, in particular, on the relationship between humans and the seas, where three main topics entangle: eco-feminism, ocean conservation and well-being. This paper highlights its implications for research on sustainability, nature conservation and climate change by outlining an aqueous logic — a fluid …

Provi – A Transforming Vision Emerging From Reflective Practice, Pierre Lévy, Caroline Hummels

IASDR Conference Series

Over the past decades, design education has embraced notions related to self-directed learning, reflective practices, and lifelong learning. This perspective has led to the creation of various resources for design education and design practice, among which the Personal Development Plan which has played a central role in the ID Competence Framework at the ID Department of Eindhoven University of Technology. Over nearly 15 years of use, we propose an “updated” version of the PDP to strengthen its benefits from a programmatical and methodological perspective. The updated version, named Projected Vision (ProVi), is composed of five elements to structure a reflective …

Design For Social Imagination, Qian Sun, Mary Loveday

IASDR Conference Series

This paper reports findings from a research project, ‘Connecting Roots’, funded by the AHRC UK. Based on the learning from delivering six co-creation workshops to local communities, this paper discusses how design can be applied to support communities to collaboratively imagine future possibilities of health and wellbeing. It sits within the context of scaling up nature and nature based activities (e.g. park runs, community gardens) as a non-clinical approach for better health and wellbeing. These workshops aimed to address the challenge of inequality of access focusing on Walsall, a metropolitan borough in the UK exhibiting some extremes of deprivation, a …

Reimagining Design Education: Renewal And Transformation, Elena Caratti, Silvia Ferraris, Silke Lange, Yingchun Zang

IASDR Conference Series

We live in a time when change is happening globally to an unprecedented extent. The awareness of the phenomena underpins the current discourse and research activities in design and design education. Many design educators understand the demand for change and are looking for new strategies to respond to it. The challenge is how to transform and renew design disciplines and its learning processes so that the next generation of designers can actively and responsibly promote change. Some educators are already focusing on the dimensions of change, namely, contemporary issues such as climate change and sustainable goals. Others are reflecting on …