"Local Food Systems have been researched and studied a great deal over the past years, with researchers seeking links between the community and sense of place. Several factors go into analyzing a local food system: food access, affordability, historical context, sense of place connection, urban vs. rural developments, demographics and the intersection of local policy. These factors set the contextual basis for this paper's review, measuring how experiential...

"Canyon Country Outdoor Education (CCOE) is a National Park Service (NPS) Environmental Education (EE) program in partnership with local elementary schools in Moab, Utah. The program consists of K-6th-grade classroom visits and field trips to Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and other local public lands. This project explores the impacts that previous experiences with CCOE may have had on students' memories, attitudes, and comprehension of content...

"Sex trafficking is a global crisis, infecting nearly every country worldwide; it is recorded that around 27 million people are trafficked annually with 58% enslaved for sexual purposes (Rockinson-Szapkiw, Spaulding, Justice, & Owens, 2017). In view of this crisis, there is an increasing need for multifaceted therapeutic interventions that address the many different elements in sex trafficking that impairs a person's well-being. Thus, the primary...

"This study explored ship-based tourism in Antarctica and the ability of the ship, M/S Midnatsol, to fulfill the objectives of encouraging visitors to protect the continent as outlined by the International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators (IAATO). The IAATO objective was explored through a review of the relevant literature and with a questionnaire answered by 289 passengers over two expeditions, that scored participants along a nature-relatedness...

"This study seeks to explore in what ways mental health education serves as the change agent that shifts the emotional coping paradigm of southern minority communities. The purpose of this study was to integrate theoretical and conceptual considerations, which suggest the existence of mental health issues with the southern African American community by exploring in what ways mental health education can serve as a change agent that shifts the emotional...

"This thesis explores the relationship between Archetypal Pattern Analysis and The Psychology of Selves, specifically in relation to the formation and stabilization of patterns, the reiterative nature of patterns and the recalcitrant nature of patterns. Also explored is the relationship between Archetypal Pattern Analysis and The Psychology of Selves in relation to The Theory of Bonding Patterns, Unconscious Communication (also known as The Voice...

"In this thesis, I argue that the current advances in landscape science, especially those rooted in phenomenology, allow landscape scientists to further develop a new narrative of the landscape as a living entity. By bringing Goethe's phenomenological approach into contemporary landscape ecology, ecologists can identify the formative properties of landscape and find better ways to heal the relationship between humanity and nature while facing our...

"This master's thesis is an evaluation of environmental representation in frequently-recommended, nature-related children's books intended for an emerging reader audience. The research explores the emerging reader experience and how to determine children's book quality. It identifies and challenges popular nature narratives and includes recommendations for adults who wish to use children's books to support the goals of environmental education."--leaf...

"While it is important to evaluate student-centered learning and outcomes, study abroad involves many more humans than just students. Many of the life-changing, perspective-broadening experiences marketed and delivered to study abroad participants depend on the participation of host families, community members, and local schools and educators. Living with someone from a different culture; exposure to other ways of knowing, being, experiencing, and...