“…[a sensible quality, like the color blue,] which is on the point of being felt sets a kind of muddled problem for my body to solve. I must find the attitude which will provide it with the means of becoming determinate, of showing up as blue; I must find the reply to the question which […]
Filed under: observations and opinions on June 5th, 2009 | No Comments »
Even before Obama was president-elect, probably as soon as he secured the democratic nomination for President of the United States, I began thinking about how I would attend his inauguration. For me, Obama winning the election was more than just getting rid of Bush or buying into hype, it was the first time I had […]
Filed under: politics, future, fostering identity, observations and opinions on January 26th, 2009 | No Comments »
This is an article I want to pass on to my students:
“Neuroscientists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky received a 2002 Nobel Prize for their 1979 research that argued humans rarely make rational decisions. Since then, this has become conventional wisdom among cognition researchers
Contrary to Kahnneman and Tversky’s research, Alex Pouget, associate professor of brain and […]
Filed under: personality, fostering identity, observations and opinions on December 25th, 2008 | No Comments »
Eventually this will be either reality or the next Lost. Hopefully we won’t have a fleet of spaceships with hierarchies of civilian classes experiencing food and water shortages and poor educational opportunities.
photo credit:chefrandenchefranden
Filed under: future, observations and opinions, goals on June 16th, 2008 | No Comments »
When talking about the natural landscape/environment here so far (i.e. environmental justice, environmental planning, identity, and motivation to care about the natural environment), where and what is the “future”? When I think of “our future environment” my mind immediately jumps to spaceship oxygen gardens.But, unfortunately the majority of earthlings do not have spaceship access, much […]
Filed under: gardens, future, observations and opinions on June 12th, 2008 | No Comments »
This is a paper proposal slightly off topic for this blog, but, the idea of civic engagement and youth participation is increasingly central to bringing environmental justice to the forefront of American minds.
The authors and discussion topics so far approached in this course have centered on how we define American national identity and […]
Filed under: fostering identity, observations and opinions, social justice on May 16th, 2008 | No Comments »
“StreetsBlog is a daily source for news and information about New York City’s burgeoning Livable Streets movement.
The blog is produced by The Open Planning Project, edited by Aaron Naparstek, and is a project of the New York City Streets Renaissance Campaign.”
Filed under: observations and opinions, social justice on May 15th, 2008 | No Comments »
Over the past year I have interviewed and interacted with people who explore caves in the northeastern United States. This grounded theory research originally began with a broad question and a sub-question, respectively: How do cavers think and feel about caving, access to caves and the practice of caving by others? How does the physical […]
Filed under: caves, anthro of property, observations and opinions, natural landscape on April 20th, 2008 | No Comments »
Psychological ownership can be defined as that state where an individual feels as though the object of ownership is ‘theirs’ and has a sense of responsibility not necessarily bounded by legal right or static place (Pierce, Kostova & Dirks, 2001; 2003). Three features help elaborate this definition. First, the sense of ownership manifests itself in […]
Filed under: anthro of property, observations and opinions, natural landscape on April 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
A professor at University of Vermont’s Environmental Policy and Planning department recently sent out a call for papers on Conservation and Conflict Resolution. His overall research question is “Can cooperation over environmental factors such as water distribution, pollution control, (and) wildlife conservation lead to spillover cooperative behavior between erstwhile adversaries?” He believes, and I agree, […]
Filed under: observations and opinions, environmental planning on March 11th, 2008 | No Comments »
