eeRESEARCH combines research for environmental education and the movement to connect children and nature. The database includes multiple ways to search for articles, syntheses, and research summaries.
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Young Children's Embodied Encounters with Nature
Jørgensen, K-A. (2016). Bringing the jellyfish home: Environmental consciousness and ‘sense of wonder’ in young children’s encounters with natural landscapes and places. Environmental Education Research, 22(8), 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2015.1068277
Examples of activities to foster collaboration for a sustainable future
McGreavy, Bridie, Druschke, Caroline Gottschalk, Sprain, Leah, Thompson, Jessica L., & Lindenfeld, Laura A. (2016). Environmental communication pedagogy for sustainability: Developing core capacities to engage with complex problems. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 15, 261-274.
Environmental hope encourages pro-environmental behaviors in students
Kerret, Dorit, Orkibi, Hod, & Ronen, Tammie. (2016). Testing a model linking environmental hope and self-control with students’ positive emotions and environmental behavior. The Journal of Environmental Education, 47, 307-317.
Using a theoretical framework to promote lasting change in sustainability education within higher education institutions
Holdsworth, Sarah, & Thomas, Ian. (2016). A sustainability education academic development framework (SEAD). Environmental Education Research, 22, 1073-1097.
How to encourage elementary teachers to use school gardens as a teaching complement
Kincy, Natalie, Fuhrman, Nicholas E., Navarro, Maria, & Knauft, David. (2016). Predicting teacher likelihood to use school gardens: A case study. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 15, 138-149.
Using the Evaluability Assessment Method to Determine Programming's Intended Outcomes
da Silva, Daniela Salvatierra, Jacobson, Susan K., Monroe, Martha C., & Israel, Glenn D. (2016). Using evaluability assessment to improve program evaluation for the Blue-throated Macaw Environmental Education Project in Bolivia. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 15, 312-324.
Compassion towards other humans positively correlates with pro-environmental tendencies and increases pro-environmental intentions
Pfattheicher, Stefan, Sassenrath, Claudia, & Schindler, Simon. (2016). Feelings for the suffering of others and the environment: Compassion fosters proenvironmental tendencies. Environment and Behavior, 48, 929-945.
Developing Long-Term Environmental Identity
Williams, C.C., & Chawla, L. (2016). Environmental identity formation in nonformal environmental education programs. Environmental Education Research, 22(7), 24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2015.1055553
How matter comes to matter in children’s nature play: Posthumanist approaches and children’s geographies
Änggård, E. (2016). How matter comes to matter in children’s nature play: Posthumanist approaches and children’s geographies. Children’s Geographies, 14(1), 14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2015.1004523
Natural environments and childhood experiences promoting physical activity, examining the mediational effects of feelings about nature and social networks
Calogiuri, G. (2016). Natural environments and childhood experiences promoting physical activity, examining the mediational effects of feelings about nature and social networks. Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(4). http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13040439
Helping out on the land: Effects of children’s role in agriculture in reported psychological restoration
Collado, S., Staats, H., & Sorrel, M. A. (2016). Helping out on the land: Effects of children’s role in agriculture in reported psychological restoration. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 45, 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2016.01.005
Life trajectories of youth committing to climate activism
Fisher, S.R. (2016). Life trajectories of youth committing to climate activism. Environmental Education Research, 2(2), 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2015.1007337