{"id":9126,"date":"2015-04-15T11:20:36","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T15:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/?p=9126"},"modified":"2015-06-02T12:40:38","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T16:40:38","slug":"what-is-civic-ecology-25-definitions-tnoc-podcast-episode-004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/2015\/04\/15\/what-is-civic-ecology-25-definitions-tnoc-podcast-episode-004\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Civic Ecology? 25 Definitions. TNOC Podcast Episode 004"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3073\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ThisIsTNOC-Episode-004-Civic-Ecology-Definitions.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('3073','http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ThisIsTNOC-Episode-004-Civic-Ecology-Definitions.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ThisIsTNOC-Episode-004-Civic-Ecology-Definitions.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/?powerpress_pinw=9126-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ThisIsTNOC-Episode-004-Civic-Ecology-Definitions.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ThisIsTNOC-Episode-004-Civic-Ecology-Definitions.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also available at\u00a0<strong>iTunes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Story notes:\u00a0<\/strong>Marianne Krasny and Keith Tidball of Cornell\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/civicecology.org\" target=\"_blank\">Civic Ecology Lab<\/a> convened a workshop in Annapolis Maryland, at the offices of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sesync.org\" target=\"_blank\">The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center<\/a>, or SESYNC. (I [David Maddox] facilitated.) The workshop was a gathering of 25 scholars and practitioners, come to talk about civic ecology.<\/p>\n<p>But what <i>is<\/i> civic ecology?\u00a0I asked each of the participants to give their short definition.\u00a0This episode reveals\u00a0their answers, and there is lots of nuance around some common themes. The work was supported in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and SESNYC. Special thanks to Jennifer Klein for directing the recordings.<\/p>\n<p>You can also see a video version on youtube:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f3uxZnV3Tj0?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In order of appearance, the participants were:<\/p>\n<p><b>Keith Tidball<br \/>\n<\/b>Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.cals.cornell.edu\/people\/keith-tidball\">http:\/\/dnr.cals.cornell.edu\/people\/keith-tidball<br \/>\n<\/a><em>Keith Tidball wants you to get a land ethic fit for the 21st century. He studies how people and nature interact to make communities more resilient.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Zahra Golshani<br \/>\n<\/b>Nature Cleaners, Iran<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Nature.Cleaners.IR\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Nature.Cleaners.IR<br \/>\n<\/a><em>Nature Cleaners strives to build community and a sense of environmentalism through voluntary trash collection in Iran.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Traci Sooter<br \/>\n<\/b>Drury University, Springfield, Missouri<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drury.edu\/architecture\/Traci-D-Sooter\/\">http:\/\/www.drury.edu\/architecture\/Traci-D-Sooter\/<br \/>\n<\/a><em>Traci Sooter uses her expertise as a\u00a0green architecture to complete community-focused design projects with a focus on sustainability.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Rebecca Salminen Witt<br \/>\n<\/b>The Greening of Detroit<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greeningofdetroit.com\">http:\/\/www.greeningofdetroit.com<\/a><br \/>\n<em>The Greening of Detroit is invested in providing a greener future for Detroit by \u201cinspiring sustainable growth of a healthy urban community\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Erika Svendsen<br \/>\n<\/b>U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station,\u00a0New York<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrs.fs.fed.us\">http:\/\/www.nrs.fs.fed.us<br \/>\n<\/a><em>The Northern Research Station of the USFS works to understand forests in a human-disturbed landscape that includes NYC.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Jill Wrigley<br \/>\n<\/b>Collins Avenue Streamside Community<br \/>\nBaltimore, Maryland<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/collinsavenuestreamside.org\">http:\/\/collinsavenuestreamside.org<br \/>\n<\/a><em>The Collins Avenue Streamside Community is a collective of households attempting social &amp; ecological reconciliation in their neighborhood.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Veronica Kyle<br \/>\n<\/b>Faith in Place<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithinplace.org\">http:\/\/www.faithinplace.org<br \/>\n<\/a><em>Working with over 1,000 congregations of all faiths on issues of environmental stewardship. Based in Chicago.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Anniruddha Abhyankar<br \/>\n<\/b>The Ugly Indian, Bangalore<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theuglyindian.com\">http:\/\/www.theuglyindian.com<br \/>\n<\/a><em>The Ugly Indian is a community movement generating voluntary cleanup drives across India in hopes of changing civic standards.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Marianne Krasny<br \/>\n<\/b>Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.cals.cornell.edu\/people\/marianne-krasny\">http:\/\/dnr.cals.cornell.edu\/people\/marianne-krasny<br \/>\n<\/a><em>Marianne Krasny wants to know how civic ecology practices affect individuals, communities, and the environment.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Dustin Alger<br \/>\n<\/b>Higher Ground Sun Valley<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.highergroundsv.org\">http:\/\/www.highergroundsv.org<br \/>\n<\/a><em>Higher Ground Sun Valley gives individuals with disabilities, especially veterans, the chance to experience the outdoors through recreation and therapy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Anandi Premlall<br \/>\n<\/b>Sustainable Queens, The Queensway<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.about.me\/aapremlall\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.about.me\/aapremlall<br \/>\n<\/a><em>Sustainable Queens cultivates sustainable living, wellness, creativity, &amp; empowerment through community gardens in underserved communities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Laurel Kearns<br \/>\n<\/b>Drew Theological School, Madison, New Jersey<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/users.drew.edu\/lkearns\/\">http:\/\/users.drew.edu\/lkearns\/<br \/>\n<\/a><em>Laurel Kearns trains religious leaders to understand the changing relationships between people and the environment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Robert Hughes<br \/>\n<\/b>Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/\">http:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/<br \/>\n<\/a><em>EPCAMR is a coalition of individuals &amp; organizations that supports abandoned mine reclamation for community use.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Rosalba Lopez Ramirez<br \/>\n<\/b>Kelly Street Garden, New York<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kellystgreen.com\">http:\/\/www.kellystgreen.com<br \/>\n<\/a><em>A community garden in the South Bronx. Their mission? To grow food, grow community, grow wellness, and grow leaders.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Carrie Samis<br \/>\n<\/b>Maryland Coastal Bays Program<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdcoastalbays.org\/\">http:\/\/www.mdcoastalbays.org\/<br \/>\n<\/a><em>MCBP\u2019s goal is to protect and conserve the watershed of Maryland\u2019s five coastal bays through research, education, outreach, and restoration.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Lance Gunderson<br \/>\n<\/b>Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/envs.emory.edu\/home\/people\/faculty\/gunderson_lance.html\">http:\/\/envs.emory.edu\/home\/people\/faculty\/gunderson_lance.html<br \/>\n<\/a><em>Lance Gunderson is an ecologist interested in how scientific understanding influences resource policy and management.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Kellen Marshall<br \/>\n<\/b>Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, University of Illinois at Chicago<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/kellenmarsh\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/kellenmarshallgillespie\/<br \/>\n<\/a><em>Kellen Marshall is a graduate student with interdisciplinary interests related to stresses on urban ecosystems.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Arjen Wals<br \/>\n<\/b>Waginengen University, University of Gothenburg<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.wageningenur.nl\/en\/Persons\/Arjen-Wals.htm<br \/>\n<em>Arjen Wals studies how to better engage the public in academic research in order to strengthen society.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Carmen Sirianni<br \/>\n<\/b>Brandeis University; Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandeis.edu\/facultyguide\/person.html?emplid=6941dccea4920650a59484c9c213bef2598aa6b1\">http:\/\/www.brandeis.edu\/facultyguide\/person.html?emplid=6941dccea4920650a59484c9c213bef2598aa6b1<br \/>\n<\/a><em>Carmen Sirianni focuses on democratic renewal in the contemporary U.S., especially as it pertains to the environment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Caroline Lewis<br \/>\n<\/b>The CLEO Institute<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleoinstitute.org\/\">http:\/\/www.cleoinstitute.org\/<br \/>\n<\/a><em>The CLEO Institute is a non-profit dedicated to improving environmental education of the public as a means to support climate resilience.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Dennis Chestnut<br \/>\n<\/b>Groundwork Anacostia River, Washington, D.C.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/groundworkdc.org\">http:\/\/groundworkdc.org<br \/>\n<\/a><em>GARDC\u2019s uses environmental restoration goals as a vehicle for community development in communities around the Anacostia River.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Louise Chawla<br \/>\n<\/b>Environmental Design Program, University of Colorado, Boulder<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www\">http:\/\/www.colorado.edu\/envd\/people\/faculty\/louise-chawla<br \/>\n<\/a><em>Louise Chawla is interested in integrating nature into our every day, particularly through the engagement of children and youth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Rebecca Jordan<br \/>\n<\/b>Departments of Human Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources<br \/>\nRutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccajordan.org\">http:\/\/www.rebeccajordan.org<br \/>\n<\/a><em>A one-time evolutionary biologist of Lake Malawi\u2019s cichlid fish, Rebecca Jordan\u2019s current focus is on science education and citizen science.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Philip Silva<br \/>\n<\/b>Treekit; Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/treekit.org\">http:\/\/treekit.org<br \/>\n<\/a><em>Philip Silva studies how citizen science helps monitor urban forests. TreeKit makes tools for measuring, mapping, &amp; managing street trees.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Karim-Aly Kassam<br \/>\n<\/b>Environmental and Indigenous Studies, Cornell University<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.dnr.cornell.edu\/kassam\/\">http:\/\/www2.dnr.cornell.edu\/kassam\/<br \/>\n<\/a><em>Dr. Kassam\u2019s research interests are broad, but generally include ways of knowing as they relate to ecology.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Also available at\u00a0iTunes. Story notes:\u00a0Marianne Krasny and Keith Tidball of Cornell\u2019s Civic Ecology Lab convened a workshop in Annapolis Maryland, at the offices of The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, or SESYNC. (I [David Maddox] facilitated.) The workshop was a gathering of 25 scholars and practitioners, come to talk about civic ecology. 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