By Delia Russo-Savage Place is such an incredibly complex idea that it is hard for me to even begin to describe. When I hear the word place, an array of images and words come to mind, some that overlap and some that have nothing at all to do with one another. I think of mountains, […]
Digging in Deeper: Intensive Research
For our intensive research, we focused on word choice and what that might convey about the opinions one might have regarding. We thought that by looking at the words the Federation of Western Outdoor Club was using in it’s publications Outdoors West, we could get a better idea of how their ideas surrounding wilderness and conservation […]
Setting the Stage: Initial Research
To begin our research, we read FWOC’s website. There wasn’t much to look at, as FWOC has not focused much on developing their social media interactions. We decided that in order to get a better idea of what FWOC was, we needed to figure out what kind of people were in its member organizations. From […]
Semester Reflections
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 […]
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: […]