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Environmental Studies is a field that crosses the boundaries of traditional disciplines, challenging faculty and students to look at the relationship between humans and their environment from a variety of perspectives. The Environmental Studies Program at the University of Oregon draws upon the strengths of our campus community and our connections to the greater geographic area of the Pacific Northwest. Our students have the opportunity to integrate coursework in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, as well as the professional programs of management, public policy, design, and law.

The program offers undergraduate and graduate training leading to a B.A./B.S. in Environmental Studies or Environmental Science; an M.A./M.S. in Environmental Studies; or a Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Studies, and Policy (ESSP).

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Benton County’s Prairie Species Habitat Conservation Plan: Signposts for the future of species-based land-use regulation?

Novick, Adam (The Wildlife Society, Oregon Chapter, February 10, 2011)

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Novick, Adam 2011-03-07T20:05:00Z 2011-03-07T20:05:00Z 2011-02-10 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11006 18 p. Presented at the annual meeting of the Oregon chapter of The Wildlife Society, Bend OR, 10 Feb 2011. Does Benton County's recently approved Habitat Conservation Plan address concern that species-based land-use regulation (whether prohibitions or mitigation requirements) might be counterproductive to the survival of maintenance-dependent species on non-federal land? I suggest that despite significant limitations, the plan gives this concern unprecedented recognition, including a promise of some prosecutorial discretion and a recommendation to refine rules implementing the US Endangered Species Act. I discuss what might help the US Fish and Wildlife Service and others do more to address this concern. en_US The Wildlife Society, Oregon Chapter Biodiversity conservation policy Conservation-reliant species Regulatory disincentives US Endangered Species Act of 1973 Habitat conservation -- Oregon -- Benton County Safe harbor agreements Candidate conservation agreements with assurances Prosecutorial discretion Benton County (Or.) p\Prairie species Aldo Leopold Game theory Game-theoretic analyisis Supply curve analysis United States. Endangered Species Act of 1973 Endangered Species Act of 1973 Leopold, Aldo Land use -- Oregon -- Benton County -- Planning Benton County’s Prairie Species Habitat Conservation Plan: Signposts for the future of species-based land-use regulation? Presentation
Educating for Ecological Intelligence: Practices and Challenges

Bowers, C. A. (University of Oregon, 2009)

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Bowers, C. A. 2009-05-28T15:53:48Z 2009-05-28T15:53:48Z 2009 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/9268 115 p. Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Educational Reforms that Foster Ecological Intelligence -- Chapter 3. Educating Students About the Political Economy of the Cultural Commons and the Nature of Sustainable Wealth -- Chapter 4. The Misuse of Academic Freedom in an Era of Global Warming -- Chapter 5. How Computers Contribute to the Enclosure of the Cultural Commons -- Chapter 6. The Leadership Role of Deans in Colleges of Education en_US University of Oregon Ecology -- Study and teaching Cultural commons Educating for Ecological Intelligence: Practices and Challenges Book
Transitions: Educational Reforms that Promote Ecological Intelligence or the Assumptions Underlying Modernity?

Bowers, C. A. (2008)

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Bowers, C. A. 2009-02-23T23:19:28Z 2009-02-23T23:19:28Z 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/8618 203 p. Table of Contents: Introduction Chapter 1 Conceptual Steps to Ecologically Sustainable Educational Reforms Chapter 2 E. O. WilsonÃ¢ s Drift into Scientism: The Challenge Facing Science Educators Chapter 3 The Environmental Ethic Implicit in Three Theories of Evolution Chapter 4 Why the Lakoff and Johnson Theory of Metaphor Marginalizes the Cultural Issues Related to the Ecological Crises Chapter 5 Revitalizing the Cultural Commons or an Individualized Approach to Planetary Citizenship: The Choice Before Us Chapter 6 The Case Against John Dewey as an Environmental and Eco-Justice Philosopher Chapter 7 Why a Critical Pedagogy of Place is an Oxymoron Chapter 8 The Double Bind of Environmentalists Who Identify Themselves as Liberals Chapter 9 The Real Failure of University Faculty Chapter 10 Rethinking Social Justice Issues Within an Eco-Justice Conceptual and Moral Framework Chapter 11 Suggestions for a State-Wide Approach to Ecologically Sustainable Educational Reforms Chapter 12 What Should be Included in Teacher Education Programs in an Era of Global Warming en_US Transitions: Educational Reforms that Promote Ecological Intelligence or the Assumptions Underlying Modernity? Book
Toward a Post-Industrial Consciousness: Understanding the Linguistic Basis of Ecologically Sustainable Educational Reforms

Bowers, C. A. (2008)

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Bowers, C. A. 2008-10-08T18:15:59Z 2008-10-08T18:15:59Z 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/7411 178 p. The focus in the following chapters is on the different ways that language, which is now represented in most classrooms from the early grades through graduate school as a conduit in a sender/receiver process of communication, carries forward many of environmentally destructive misconceptions of the past. Each chapter examines, within the context of different discourses, how the layered metaphorical nature of the language/thought connection continues to reinforce the same mindset that underlies a number of key characteristics of Western culture that still are not being addressed—even by environmental thinkers. 435469 bytes application/pdf en_US Educational change Education -- Social aspects Environmental education Environmental ethics -- Study and teaching Toward a Post-Industrial Consciousness: Understanding the Linguistic Basis of Ecologically Sustainable Educational Reforms Book
University Reform in an Era of Global Warming

Bowers, C. A. (2008)

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Bowers, C. A. 2007-10-24T19:36:07Z 2007-10-24T19:36:07Z 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/5135 Corrected, revised and expanded ed. 151 p. 331034 bytes application/pdf en_US Educational change Global warming -- Environmental aspects University Reform in an Era of Global Warming Book

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