Rylie Neely, Hannah Van Dusen, Alex Preso, and Ethan Kelner Procedure: The ENVS 160 class at Lewis and Clark College surveyed 103 people on their views on climate change’s importance compared to other pressing current issues. Half the class, about 40 students, was assigned to survey participants in the Portland’s downtown area, and the other […]
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Disconnect in the Perception of Climate: PDX vs. National
By Jon Hosch and Evan Howell Introduction and Procedure On January 27, 2017 we embarked into downtown Portland to investigate public opinion on climate change. We were armed with an ENVS 160 survey rating citizen’s concern of climate change in relation to other issues on a scale from 1-10. After receiving a number of diverse […]
Portland’s Take on Climate Change: What Do We Think?
Alannah Balfour & Cora Layman Introduction In recent years, there has been great debate surrounding the idea of climate change. The world has fought over whether climate change is real, and if so, what we as a society can do about it. The frustrating part of these climate change debates is that opinions are constantly […]
Changing Climates and Changing Opinions
Overview/Procedure: To obtain a better understanding of the public opinion of climate change, we (Tallie Steiner and Eden Smith) went to Pioneer Square in downtown Portland to survey people’s opinions. We arrived at Pioneer Square at around three o’clock in the afternoon on Friday, January 27th and immediately identified an older white couple, one man […]
Climate Change Opinions From One of America’s Greenest Cities
The team members include Juliana Prendergast Natalie Casson and Curtis Hall Introduction and Procedure For this survey, we wanted to look at and analyze the thoughts and concerns on climate change in our general community. To begin this process, we had to collect data. Everyone in the class went to either downtown Portland or out […]
Climate Change in Portland:Voices from the Streets
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The Portland Perspective
Jade Murphy Lauren Cloughesy Keldy Mason Norbu Globus In order to get a feel of the general consensus of not only Portland, but all of America, we took a look at multiple credible national surveys on the public’s attitude towards climate change. These surveys show that just over half of Americans say they are very […]
Portlanders More Homogeneous Than Originally Perceived: A Climate Change Survey
By Allie Osgood, Hannah Machiorlete, and Ada Barbee Αccording to Why We Disagree About Climate Change author Mike Hulme, climate change has shifted from existing as a geological and environmental problem to a “social phenomenon” (xxv). Through this survey and analysis, we seek to understand the evaluation of climate change from the perspective of Portland […]
Portlandia’s Discourse on Climate Change
Team members: Kyle Mezrahi, Berkly Martell, Summer Watkins, Shoshana Rybeck, and Jesse Milman Procedure Although the assignment reads “…form a group of 2-4 people”, Professor Proctor gave us permission to form a group of five. The main goal of this surveying assignment was to understand how the various people of Portland, Oregon perceive the importance […]
Climate Change: A Thorn in the City of Roses
Team members: Nicole Godbout, Lauren Walker, and Ben Carsner Procedure Climate change continues to be a hotly debated topic as many countries and corporations value profit more than the conservation and preservation of our planet. It is important to understand the reasoning and opinions of individuals and nations that form these debates. Our Intro to […]
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