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Entangled with the natural world: Nature seen through culture’s eyes

...16. Shutterstock. Vox . By Brian Resnick. Web. Kisser, Charles. " Finding God in the Wilderness – Part 1. " In the Storyline . N.p., 29 May 2013. Web. Mulcahy, Kate. " 10 Comparisons Between Chimps and Humans ." Listverse . N.p., 14 Feb. 201...

Environmental (In)Justice in Rural Communities

...The Eastern Shore, particularly Dorchester County, prides itself as being the birthplace of the Underground Railroad - a story that when retold by white residents often omits the fact that Ms. Harriet Tubman was escaping the inhumane conditions of...

Environmental Literacy for Guanabara Bay, Brazil

...eld, Jenny. When Rio fails, sister city shows sewage cleanup possible. Associated Press. Online. June 6, 2016. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d3943de029894db390f7acea156918c7/when-rio-fails-sister-city-shows-sewage-cleanup-possible ... Bill Dennis...

Environmental literacy for the Assabet, Sudbury and Concord Rivers

...eary. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Walden Pond is an example of a kettle pond near the Sudbury River that has a lot of history. Thoreau spent 2 years, 2 months and 2 days living in a small cabin on Walden Pond in the Sudbury River watershed, resul...

Environmental Literacy: Determining the essential elements necessary for understanding a topic or a place

... drivers for Chesapeake Bay and its watershed, 5) Chesapeake Bay supports unique cultures and livelihoods, 6) American history has been shaped by Chesapeake Bay, and 7) Chesapeake Bay is extremely well studied and intensively managed. Chesapeake B...

Everything Down the Drain - Why?

...ciferous social reformer, also opposed the move. Hugo used his novel "Les Miserables" to make his case, interrupting the story of Jean Valjean and Cosette to do so. Human waste collected from Paris' cesspits provided the raw material for an indust...

Evolution’s hero vs. a historical footnote: A new Narrative Index sheds light on Darwin vs. Wallace

...buried in Westminster Abbey and is widely considered the father of evolution and Wallace is relegated to a footnote in history. Funeral ceremony of Charles Darwin in Westminster Abbey, with Alfred Wallace as one of the pallbearers. Credit: Creativ...

Experiential education: Changing the way we teach

...ield trips is the immersive nature of the experience. It is not one hour of language, one hour of math and one hour of history. It is the concentrated study of a single subject for a significant period of time (days to weeks to months). This conce...

Exploring "Down Under"

...speed into the interview process. Our goal was to collect interviews for the upcoming book “Healthy Waterways: The story of an amazing journey.” We would document the process of restoring the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay, and how exp...

Exploring Hawaii: arid zone ecology, vog and volcanoes

...t to the Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site , where Ben Saluda , interpreter for National Park Service, told us the story of the wildfire that passed through the park and led to severe erosion after subsequent rains. We could see tree trunks...

Exploring New York Harbor: Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge

...g across the Brooklyn Bridge ... As part of our involvement in the New York Harbor . I read " The Great Bridge: The epic story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge " by David McCollough . It was a wonderful read, providing historical context and...

Eyes on the prize: Looking beyond graduate school during the 2019 MEES Colloquium

...tor, Tim Canty , addressed the full assembly of MEES faculty and students for the first time. He shared a very relatable story about how, as a graduate student, he felt frustrated about having to jump through hoops like building his own computer w...

Facilitating a Belmont Forum workshop in Washington D.C.

...but therefore " template. Then, we brainstormed the common themes and recommendations for future efforts. We did a short storyboarding exercise to begin the process of developing a summary document from the workshop. Participants created the conte...

Facilitating a Great Barrier Reef partnership workshop in Brisbane

...be made as to which categories the different indicators will be assigned. Workshop participants voting on indicators. We storyboarded a six page partnership report card and sketched out a timeline for completion of this assessment. The post-worksh...

Failte gu Alba! (Welcome to Scotland!)

...nt to MPAs but diverse in design, scope, and topics. This was what the audience was there to see. The IAN table and storyboard area of our session. Furthermore, on the wall, I set up sketched butcher paper that showed the progression from new...

Farming and Chesapeake Bay: Initiating a dialog with the Vansville Farmers Club

...vided three handouts regarding Chesapeake Bay issues, and asked three questions of the Vansville Farmers Club. The first story regarded my experiences sailing into Chesapeake Bay in 1977 aboard a tall ship and meeting watermen of Smith Island , ca...

Fatos importantes sobre a Baía de Guanabara

...eld, Jenny. When Rio fails, sister city shows sewage cleanup possible. Associated Press. Online. June 6, 2016. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d3943de029894db390f7acea156918c7/when-rio-fails-sister-city-shows-sewage-cleanup-possible ... Bill Dennis...

Field Trips in Puerto Rico…. with a mission

...the workshop, Jamie Currie worked closely with Aranzazu Lascurain and Melody Hunter-Pillion to record a series of oral history interviews on experiences with the extreme 2015 drought in Puerto Rico . These interviews documented topics and perspect...

Final challenge: Environment and Society

...istoric views. Threats to park resources may also impact stakeholders. For example, increasing deer density reduces understory and increases the threat of Lyme disease to park visitors. Students giving presentations Stakeholders were identified as...

Finding the right indicators – a collective stakeholder engagement approach

...zation is therefore necessary in determining the scores. On drawing the balance in choosing indicators when crafting the story. It is good to have some constraints in choosing the indicators. The journey of a story was likened to an "And-But-There...

Finding the value of Transdisciplinary Research on Food Security and Land Use Change

... see people doing wherever I go. I get to travel to some amazing places in this job, and I always come back with another story about what great passion people have for improving things. I’m encouraged that, in every place I’ve ever bee...

Fish and energy movement in Kakadu National Park

...rch conducted as part of the National Environment Research Programme (NERP) . When you put the many pieces together, the story that emerges is all about connections. The floodplain ecosystem including the rivers, water holes, and billabongs as wel...

Five principles of holistic science communication

...e attendees of the Colloquium exhibited and embraced the growing diversity and interdisciplinarity of science. 2. Tell a story a) Great science and great stories have something in common—as Frank Sesno explained, both involve “Compelling character...

Flooding in Queensland: The story of the Paluma

Flooding in Queensland: The story of the Paluma ... The story of the naval survey ship Paluma that was cast up into the Botanic Gardens in February 1893 and refloated two weeks later...

Food Deserts: The Fight for Social Equity

...in convenient stores within food deserts cost more than the ones found in grocery stores in urbanized areas. This long history of oppression combined with an increase in economic disparities created locations that are stricken with poverty and all...

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