It’s hard to believe that this semester is already coming to a close. On one hand it feels like it just started, but on the other hand I can look back and see how much I have grown as an Environmental Studies student (and now major!). Last semester in ENVS 160, some senior Environmental Studies […]
Environmental Analysis
This is the second core class for Environmental Studies, and focuses on "formulation, practice, and communication of research... including descriptive and inferential statistics, geographic information systems, survey and interview techniques, qualitative data analysis, and bibliographic research." This is the class in which we formed our concentrations.
Actor-Network Theory Diagram
By: Myles Bridgewater-Jackman, AnaCapri Mauro, and Kara Scherer In creating our mind map we first identified the four main actors pertinent to the revitalization of the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs: the Federation itself, perceptions, non-members, and demographics. FWOC produces the biannually distributed newsletter Outdoors West that details their resolutions as an organization. These resolutions […]
Paths to Decarbonization
This week we had a special panel event called “Paths to Decarbonization” in our ENVS 220 class. The panel included Melissa Powers of the Green Energy Institute and Jessica Loverling of the Breakthrough Institute. Chris Joyce, senior NPR science correspondent, moderated the discussion. True to the ENVS 220 fashion, we utilized technology to the fullest extent possible: […]
Theory to Practice: Taking Action
This past week has been a week of action — we are finally beginning to use the tools we have been learning about for the past few months! In lab this week, each group decided on an object of concern to research. My group decided to focus on “wilderness,” which is the object associated with the Federation […]
Generational Perceptions of Wilderness
In creating our framing questions, focus questions, and potential tools for analysis, we ran into several roadblocks. We started by trying to craft our framing question and became stuck in the object of wilderness and connecting it to our greater project as a whole. When we approached the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs website, we […]
Organizations and Objects Lab
Lab Group: Myles Bridgewater-Jackman, AnaCapri Mauro, Kara Scherer General Background For this lab, each group was assigned two organizations by the ENVS Steering Committee. Our group was assigned to research Portland General Electric, Portland’s main source of energy, and Sustainable Northwest, a nonprofit dedicated to maintain economic and ecological health in rural Oregon. After researching […]