In This Together looks at the climate crisis and explores how we can harness our social networks to make a real impact fighting it. In contrast to notions of the lone environmental crusader, Marianne Krasny shows us the power of "network climate action"—the idea that our own ordinary actions can influence and inspire those close to us. Through this spread of climate-conscious behavior, our individual actions become collective ones that eventually effect widespread change.Weaving examples of everyday climate-forward initiatives with insights on behavioral and structural change, Krasny demonstrates how we can scale up the impact of our efforts through leveraging our community connections. Whether by inviting family to a plant-rich meal, friends to become activists with a climate non-profit, or colleagues to donate to a women's health organization, we forge the social norms and shared identity that are the building blocks of policy change and better practices. With on the ground dos and don'ts easily pursued in our daily lives, In This Together shows us a practical and hopeful way forward into our shared future
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In This Together looks at the climate crisis and explores how we can harness our social networks to make a real impact fighting it. In contrast to notions of the lone environmental crusader, Marianne Krasny shows us the power of "network climate action"—the idea that our own ordinary actions can influence and inspire those close to us. Through this spread of climate-conscious behavior, our individual actions become collective ones that eventually effect widespread change.Weaving examples of everyday climate-forward initiatives with insights on behavioral and structural change, Krasny demonstrates how we can scale up the impact of our efforts through leveraging our community connections. Whether by inviting family to a plant-rich meal, friends to become activists with a climate non-profit, or colleagues to donate to a women's health organization, we forge the social norms and shared identity that are the building blocks of policy change and better practices. With on the ground dos and don'ts easily pursued in our daily lives, In This Together shows us a practical and hopeful way forward into our shared future
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"This edited volume presents diverse case studies about the implications of civic ecology practices worldwide. It answers how civic ecology practices emerge, the role the practices play in the ability of communities and individuals to address social-ecological stresses, and given climate-associated disturbances, what strategies can be used to expand impacts of community driven practices to foster large-scale resilience and sustainability"--
Strange intruders are invading our part of the world, threatening our environment and our economy. These newcomers and their impact on our ecological balance are the focus of Invasion Ecology , a new book that teaches students to investigate the behaviors of nonnative and native species. Studying real-life invaders such as purple loosestrife and Phragmites, students will learn about the links between biology and ecology -- and explore how scientists are fighting these aggressors with biological controls
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This paper addresses the issue of how to provide affordances for youth development in the context of environmental stewardship in cities. Urban environmental education encompasses place-based and action-oriented stewardship practices, including community gardening and vegetable production, often with the dual goals of developing youth and community assets. Yet in-depth understanding of how these goals are achieved is lacking. Using narrative inquiry, we explored participant experiences in a multi-year agriculture internship program conducted by the food justice organization East New York Farms! (ENYF) in Brooklyn, NY. Emerging from our conversations with youth were five themes defining their intern experience: ENYF as somewhere to belong, to be pushed, to grapple with complexity, to practice leadership, and to become yourself. We propose a theory of change that emphasizes politicized notions of caring as a foundation for cultivating developmental assets, including competence, contribution, and critical consciousness, among youth who participate in ENYF programs multiple years. This paper extends the literature on socio-environmental affordances to encompass urban environmental education programs, which incorporate physical and social features that act as affordances. Further, this paper describes a feedback loop in which youth afforded opportunities to develop assets through contributing to their community in turn create affordances for additional youth and adults.
