Environmental Learning and Behavior in the Bay Area: Networks, place connections, and stewardship

WITH SUPPORT FROM THE S.D. BECHTEL, JR., FOUNDATION

This multi-phased, mixed-methods project examined how, when, where, and why people learn about the environment and are motivated to act sustainably within a community and regional context. Phase One consisted of two main studies: (1) a social network analysis of organizations and groups engaged with environmental learning, and (2) a sense-of-place and community engagement study among Bay Area residents. Phase Two consisted of in-depth case studies considering the impact of environmental learning on academic, conservation, and sustainability outcomes in a range of contexts.

This dynamic site allows exploration of findings from the 1200-person survey with Bay Area residents:  https://web.stanford.edu/~nmardoin/

PAPERS RELATED TO THIS PROJECT INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:

 

Community listening sessions: an approach for facilitating collective reflection on environmental learning and behavior in everyday life

NM Ardoin, RK Gould, D Wojcik, N Wyman Roth, M Biggar

Ecosystems and People 18(1), 469-477

 

Using social network analysis to explore and expand our understanding of a robust environmental learning landscape

DJ Wojcik, NM Ardoin, RK Gould

Environmental Education Research 27(9), 1263-1283

 

Scale and sense of place among urban dwellers

NM Ardoin, RK Gould, H Lukacs, CC Sponarski, JS Schuh

Ecosphere 10 (9), e02871

 

Exploring connections between environmental learning and behavior through four everyday-life case studies

RK Gould, NM Ardoin, JM Thomsen, N Wyman Roth

Environmental Education Research 25 (3), 314-340

 

Seizing opportunities to diversify conservation

RK Gould, I Phukan, ME Mendoza, NM Ardoin, B Panikkar

Conservation Letters 11 (4), e12431

 

Community context, human needs, and transportation choices: A view across San Francisco Bay Area communities

M Biggar, NM Ardoin

Journal of transport geography 60, 189-199

 

More than good intentions: the role of conditions in personal transportation behaviour

M Biggar, NM Ardoin

Local Environment 22 (2), 141-155

 

Collective impact on the ground

M Biggar, NM Ardoin, J Morris

Stanford Social Innovation Review

 

Environmental behavior’s dirty secret: The prevalence of waste management in discussions of environmental concern and action

RK Gould, NM Ardoin, M Biggar, AE Cravens, D Wojcik

Environmental management 58 (2), 268-282

 

Collaborative and transformational leadership in the environmental realm

NM Ardoin, RK Gould, E Kelsey, P Fielding-Singh

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning 17 (3), 360-380

 

An exploration of future trends in environmental education research

NM Ardoin, C Clark, E Kelsey

Environmental Education Research 19 (4), 499-520