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Brehm, Joan M.; Eisenhauer, Brian W. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2021
This study presents findings from a residential survey that examines education and outreach programs and their impacts on adoption of best management practices (BMPs). Findings indicate that specific exposure to the BMP through a place-based experience facilitated by a local organization (ecology action center--EAC) has a positive effect, but the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Outreach Programs, Program Effectiveness, Best Practices
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Grantham, Susan; Vieira, Edward T., Jr. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2018
The purpose of this study was to evaluate ExxonMobil's social responsibility/social responsiveness (SR) communication to determine the company's social responsibility messaging in terms of the Social Responsibility themes of the Triple bottom Line Model (profit, people, planet) and to evaluate if the messaging changed in response to external…
Descriptors: Corporations, Social Responsibility, Organizational Communication, Administrators
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Schneller, Andrew J.; Harrison, Laura M.; Adelman, Julia; Post, Shannon – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2021
This mixed methods case study research evaluates the outcomes of a place-based experiential environmental education curriculum that incorporated environmental art and muralism to teach fifth to sixth graders about the Hudson River Watershed, environmental issues, and ecosystem recovery. Students showed a statistically significant improvement at…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Environmental Education, Place Based Education, Outdoor Education
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Cronje, Ruth Johnson; Neff, Paula Kleintjes; Mowry, Donald; Running, Garry L. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2016
Undergraduates can become effective agents of environmental outreach when challenged to produce evidence-based messages to inform the public about local environmental issues. We recount our experience partnering our undergraduate students with community organizations dedicated to water stewardship to create a "Pedal and Paddle Pollution…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Environmental Education, Outreach Programs, Community Organizations
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Robertson, Jodie; Edgar, Nick; Tyson, Ben – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2013
In 2006, dairy farmers in the Aorere Catchment of New Zealand began to investigate allegations that they had a pollution problem affecting the viability of the community's shellfish industry. From 2007 to 2010, the New Zealand Landcare Trust's Aorere Catchment Project (ACP) helped farmers engage in actions to improve conditions in their waterways.…
Descriptors: Water Quality, Agricultural Occupations, Foreign Countries, Improvement Programs
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Choy, Marisa S.; Johnson, Stephen A.; Ortolano, Leonard – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2011
This article describes a simulation-based teaching approach that helps university students learn about negotiation in the context of environmental regulatory enforcement. The approach centers on negotiation of a penalty between government agencies and a fictitious corporation that has violated provisions of the U.S. Clean Water Act. The exercise…
Descriptors: Water Quality, Water, Experiential Learning, Public Agencies
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Camargo, Camilo; Shavelson, Richard – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2009
The objective of many environmental education programs is to promote pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors in students. However, evaluation of these programs has focused on asking participants what they think (attitudes) and what they do (behaviors) regarding the environment problems through self-report questionnaires and interviews. These…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Environmental Education, Performance Based Assessment, Ecology