Environmental engagement in troubled times: a manifesto

被引：5
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作者：
Proctor J.D. [1 ]
Bernstein J. [2 ]
Brick P. [3 ]
Brush E. [4 ]
Caplow S. [5 ]
Foster K. [6 ]
机构：
[1] Environmental Studies Program, Lewis & Clark College, 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road, Portland, 97219, OR
[2] Spatial Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, 3616 Trousdale Parkway, AHF B55, Los Angeles, 90089, CA
[3] Environmental Studies Department, Politics Department, Whitman College, 345 Boyer Ave, Walla Walla, 99362, WA
[4] The Breakthrough Institute, 436 14th Street, Suite 820, Oakland, 94612, CA
[5] Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Montevallo, 75 College Drive, Montevallo, 35115, AL
[6] Department of Political Science, Concordia College, 901 8th Street South, Moorhead, 56560, MN
来源：
Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences | 2018年 / 8卷 / 3期
关键词：
Activism; Engagement; Environmental studies and sciences; Globalism; Higher education; Politics; United States;
D O I：
10.1007/s13412-018-0484-7
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摘要：
These are troubled times: our scholarly efforts in environmental studies and sciences seem under assault on all fronts. Yet we argue not just for environmental action, but for greater emphasis on environmental engagement as a foundation for effective action. The etymology of engagement suggests connection, commitment, and communication—a risky yet indispensable ingredient of effective action. We exemplify this approach to environmental engagement in four contexts of increasing scope: within our environmental studies and sciences community, across the college campus, among our fellow Americans, and at the global scale. In all such contexts, engagement is no end-run around conflict; it is political just like any form of action. Yet by engaging, we can be the environmental leadership that is so plainly missing and desperately needed to produce meaningful change. © 2018, AESS.
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页码：362 / 367
页数：5
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