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Changing Public Behavior  

Educator Self-Study Module
STEP 4. Collect audience information relevant to the environmental practice and specific behaviors

I. Introduction

References for introductory section:

Personal communication with:

  • Lorna M. Butler, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology and Cultural Anthropology, Iowa State University
  • Barbara McDonald, Ph.D., Education Specialist, USDA Forest Service.
  • Theresa Trainor, M.A., Program Analyst, US EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds

Publications/Websites/Online PDF files:

  1. A Guide for Engaging Communities in Environmental Planning and Decision Making. Department of Environment and Conservation NSW (2006), 59-61 Goulburn Street, Sydney, Australia.
    http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/2006288_engagingcommunities.pdf and general website: www.environment.nsw.gov.au
  2. Agua Pura: A Leadership Institute Planning Manual for Latino Communities. University of California, Cooperative Extension, and University of Wisconsin-Madison, Environmental Resources Center.
    Website introductory piece: http://www.uwex.edu/erc/apsummary.html and on-line PDF file at: http://www.uwex.edu/erc/pdf/AguaPuraComplete.pdf
  3. Community, Culture, and the Environment: A Guide to Understanding a Sense of Place. 2002. U.S. EPA (EPA 842-B-01-003), Office of Water, Washington, D.C.
    http://www.epa.gov/air/care/library/community_culture.pdf
  4. Fitchen, Janet. (1988) “Anthropology and Environmental Problems in the U.S.: The Case of Groundwater Contamination”. Practicing Anthropology, 10(3-4): 5,18-20.
  5. NOAA Coastal Services Center and the National Marine Protected Area Center. “Social Science for Marine Protected Areas Web site and PDF file”.
    http://www.csc.noaa.gov/mpass/tools_secondarydata.html (only available online)
  6. State University of New York Institute of Technology, TEL 598, Research Methods. http://www.tele.sunyit.edu/traingulation.htm
  7. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. (2001). "Human Aspects of the Conservation Planning Environment”. Peoples, Partnerships, and Communities. Issue 23, August 2001.
    http://www.ssi.nrcs.usda.gov/publications/1_PPCs/PPC023_HumanAspectsConservation.pdf

STEP 4. Collect audience information relevant to the environmental practice and specific behaviors

I. Introduction: Table of Contents

The “Conservation Planning Environment”

Social and cultural issues are important

     Case Study I

Active participation of community members is vital to success

NR professionals can incorporate social dimensions in their work

What are social assessment tools ?

     Table 1:
     Recommended
     Tools and
     Descriptions

     Triangulation in      Research

References



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