Assigned Readings

Green & Haines, Ch. 14; Wheeler & Beatley, Part 3

Boyd, S.F. (2001). Sustainable communities and the future of community movements. National Civic Review 90(4), 385-390.

MacKendrick, N.A. & Davidson, D.J. (2007). State capital relations in voluntary environmenta improvement. Current Sociology 55(5), 674-695.

Class Preparation

Select any of the following papers. Develop a summary of the key concepts presented focusing on those that you can apply in your class projects.

Cooper, C.B., Dickinson, J., Phillips, T. & Bonney, R. (2007). Citizen science as a tool for conservation in residential ecosystems. Ecology and Society 12(2), Article 11.

Dardis, F.E. (2007). The role of issue-framing functions in affecting beliefs and opinions about a sociopolitical issue. Communication Quarterly 55(2), 247-265.

Sheppard, J.W. (2006). The paradox of urban environmentalism: Problem and possibility. Ethics, Place & Environment 9(3), 299-315.

Wandersman, A. (2003) Community science: Bridging the gap between science and practice with community-centered models. American Journal of Community Psychology 31(3/4), 227-242.