The developmental roots of environmental stewardship: Childhood and the climate change crisis

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Erin R. Hahn
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Stewardship

scholarly journals What Can Traditional Indigenous Knowledge Teach Us About Changing Our Approach to Human Activity and Environmental Stewardship in Order to Reduce the Severity of Climate Change?

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
John G Hansen ◽  
Rose Antsanen
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Environmental Stewardship ◽  
Fundamental Assumption ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Many Indigenous communities living on traditional lands have not contributed significantly to harmful climate change. Yet, they are the most likely to be impacted by climate change. This article discusses environmental stewardship in relation to Indigenous experiences and worldviews. Indigenous knowledge teaches us about environmental stewardship. It speaks of reducing the severity of climate change and of continued sustainable development. The methodology that directs this research is premised on the notion that the wisdom of the Elders holds much significance for addressing the harmful impacts of climate change in the present day. This article's fundamental assumption is that Indigenous knowledge offers practical and theoretical recommendations to current approaches to human activity and environmental issues. We share findings from interviews with Cree Elders who discussed their worldviews and knowledge systems. Findings revealed that Indigenous knowledge offers a philosophy and practice that serve to reduce the severity of climate change.

scholarly journals Farming the floodplain: overcoming tradeoffs to achieve good river governance in New England

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Warner ◽  
Rachel Schattman
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New England ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Environmental Stewardship ◽  
Local Agriculture

The goal of this case is for students to learn through the development of a sustainable river governance plan for Massachusetts focused on balancing needs and perspectives on local agriculture, flood resilience, and healthy ecosystems in the context of climate change. This will be challenging. Ideally, a river governance plan developed by the students would support local agriculture, increase flood resilience, and promote environmental stewardship. A role-playing exercise is included in this case that involves representatives of several stakeholders groups (personas assumed by a subset of students); these include a farmer, a fisher/recreationalist, a state river manager, an environmentalist, and a resident. The students will learn about the goals of a stakeholder to discuss with the others, negotiate with them, find ways to resolve conflicts and finally to create a governance plan.

scholarly journals What Can We Learn from Rural Youth in British Columbia, Canada? Environment and Climate Change—Issues and Solutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13562
Author(s):  
Pranita Bhushan Udas ◽  
Bonnie Fournier ◽  
Tracy Christianson ◽  
Shannon Desbiens
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Rural Youth ◽  
Environmental Stewardship ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Psychosocial Wellbeing ◽  
Human Responsibility

“What can we learn from rural youth?” was a youth-led arts-based participatory action research project carried out to understand and facilitate positive youth development in two rural communities in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Data was collected using photovoice, visual art, journal reflections, and group discussions. During the study, youth expressed a strong connection with nature for their development or wellbeing. Issues such as environmental degradation and climate change were identified as causes for concern. They discussed human responsibility for environmental stewardship both in their local communities and globally. Climate change hazards such as flood and fire, human action leading to environmental pollution, and human responsibility for environmental stewardship surfaced as issues for their development. Youth expressed a felt responsibility to act on climate change and to reduce the anthropogenic impact on the Earth. Based on youth voices, we conclude that attempts to engage youth in climate action without considering their psychosocial wellbeing, may overburden them.

REGIONAL COGENERATION VIA ELECTRICAL UTILITIES OPERATING ON NUCLEAR ENERGY AND COAL: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-144
Author(s):  
Marc A. Rosen
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Resource Utilization ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Environmental Stewardship ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Electrical Utilities

The use of electrical-utility cogeneration from nuclear energy and coal is examined for improving regional efficiency regarding energy-resource utilization and environmental stewardship. A case study is presented for a large and diverse hypothetical region which has nuclear and fossil facilities in its electrical utility sector. Utility-based cogeneration is determined to reduce significantly annual use of uranium and coal, as well as other fossil fuels, and related emissions for the region and its electrical-utility sector. The reduced emissions of greenhouse gases are significant, and indicate that electrical utility-based cogeneration has a key role to play in combating climate change.

scholarly journals Environmental Physics: An Introduction

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew N. O. Sadiku ◽  
Tolulope J. Ashaolu ◽  
Abayomi Ajayi-Majebi ◽  
Sarhan M. Musa
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Stewardship ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Environmental Processes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Environmental Physics

Physics is essential for understanding natural phenomena. It provides a basis for understanding the impact of humans on the environment. This understanding is essential for environmental stewardship. Environmental physics is essentially the applications of the principles of physics to environmental processes and problems. Environmental physicists use the principles and techniques of physics to study the earth’s environment. They have made significant contributions to understanding global climate change and other environmental issues. This paper provides an introduction to environmental physics.

Personality and adherence to international agreements: the case of President Donald Trump

2020 ◽  
pp. 004711782096565
Author(s):  
Scott Fitzsimmons
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Nuclear Proliferation ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Agreements ◽  
Causal Link ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
Environmental Stewardship ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
High Level

Although Donald Trump’s foreign policy behavior is often characterized as erratic and unpredictable, he is remarkably consistent in his hostility toward international agreements. The president has withdrawn or threatened to withdraw the United States from several agreements and has consistently characterized agreements as “horrible deals” that “cheat” his country. This article explores why Trump exhibits such consistent disdain for international agreements. To address this question, it develops propositions that draw a causal link between a leader’s personality traits and their willingness to challenge constraints: a leader with a relatively high belief in their ability to control events is more likely to challenge constraints than a leader with a lower belief in their ability to control events; moreover, a leader with a relatively high level of distrust of others is more likely to challenge constraints than a leader with a lower level of distrust of others. It then conducts a plausibility test of these propositions in the context of Trump’s decisions to withdraw from agreements in three significant policy areas: trade (the Trans-Pacific Partnership), environmental stewardship (the Paris Agreement on climate change), and nuclear proliferation (the Iran nuclear deal).

Moral Geographies of Climate Change

2019 ◽  
pp. 71-102
Author(s):  
Kristina Diprose ◽  
Gill Valentine ◽  
Robert M. Vanderbeck ◽  
Chen Liu ◽  
Katie Mcquaid
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Environmental Stewardship ◽  
Urban Residents ◽  
Local Perceptions ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Historical Responsibility ◽  
Local Climate Change ◽  
Moral Geographies

This chapter explores how local perceptions of climate change intersect with considerations of environmental justice, contrasting moral readings of climate change that differently emphasise ‘universal’, ‘industrial’ and ‘local’ blame. It contrasts Jinja residents’ narratives of self-blame for recent droughts, which linked (local) climate change with local causality, with Nanjing and Sheffield residents’ focus on the global scale of climate change and ‘meta-emitters’ in government and industry. This chapter argues that these moral geographies of climate change affect the extent to which people are willing to assume responsibility for environmental stewardship; much more so than their relative carbon footprint. In posing the question ‘Who is responsible for what?’, it explores divergent moral framings of climate change as a problem for them, there and thenor us, here and now and the possibilities of caring at a distance. This includes attention to the intergenerational challenges of climate change vis-à-vis urban residents’ perspectives on caring for the future and historical responsibility.

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