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Environmental engagement in troubled times: a manifesto

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  • James D. Proctor

    (Lewis & Clark College)

  • Jennifer Bernstein

    (University of Southern California)

  • Philip Brick

    (Whitman College)

  • Emma Brush

    (The Breakthrough Institute)

  • Susan Caplow

    (University of Montevallo)

  • Kenneth Foster

    (Concordia College)

Abstract

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.

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  • James D. Proctor & Jennifer Bernstein & Philip Brick & Emma Brush & Susan Caplow & Kenneth Foster, 2018. "Environmental engagement in troubled times: a manifesto," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 8(3), pages 362-367, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jenvss:v:8:y:2018:i:3:d:10.1007_s13412-018-0484-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s13412-018-0484-7
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