In 2006, New York City introduced PlaNYC2030, a plan to create a more sustainable urban environment. As part of this plan NYC will continue to plant trees in every planting opportunity in the city. This paper will address ways in which one can investigate resident needs beyond what is discussed in the plaNYC2030’s “Green the […]
Filed under: natural landscape, social justice, environmental planning on April 1st, 2008 | No Comments »
A couple of years ago I took a class on Participatory Action Research (PAR). At that time I was just interested in it as a research methodology and only heard about PAR being used in urban education settings. Lately, I have been wondering if PAR is used in other community settings (like environmental justice) and […]
Filed under: observations and opinions, social justice on February 27th, 2008 | No Comments »
I spent the last year and a half researching how people use the natural environment for recreation. In particular I participated with and interviewed cavers (people who explore caves) here in the northeast U.S. During this research I noticed how cavers constructed social networks in order to gain access to a particularly nice resource […]
Filed under: natural landscape, social justice, environmental planning on January 13th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
