1st Class, Wednesday, February 1, 2012 Tracey Manning, Ph.D., Volunteer Leadership: It’s More Than You Think! 1. David Rock’s blog, Your Brain at Work, online at: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-brain-work
2. Why neuroscience matters to executives, by David Rock & Jeffrey Schwartz. Online at:http://www.strategy-business.com/media/file/leading_ideas-20070410.pdf
3. Carol Dweck’s fixed vs. growth mindsets. Online at: http://mindsetonline.com/whatisit/about/index.html
4. The impact of unlearning on leadership, by Mike Myatt. Online at: http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2011/09/20/the-impact-of-unlearning-on-leadership/
5. Learn, unlearn, and relearn, by Marcia Conner. Online at: http://www.fastcompany.com/resources/learning/conner/022706.html
6. The work of leadership, by Ron Heifetz and Donald Laurie. Online at: http://oga.pcusa.org/mgbcommission/docs/workOfLeadership.pdf
Justine Schaeffer, The Wonder of Nature – Why What We Do Matters Three great books – enjoy this reading when you can.
1. Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens, by Doulas W. Tallamy. 2007. Timber Press. A wonderful explanation of why our gardens are critically important to maintaining biodiversity in North America.
2. Watching Nature: A Mid-Atlantic Natural History by Mark S. Garland. 1997. Smithsonian Institution. A guide to seasonal changes in nature.
3. There’s a Hair in My Dirt!: A Worm’s Story by Gary Larson. 1998. HarperCollins Publishers. An entertaining but cogent story related to the importance of science in environmental advocacy by the creator of Far Side.
Brian Campbell, Guided Winter Nature Walk near Robinson Nature Center Readings TBA
2nd Class, Monday, February 6, 2012
Overview Presentations by Partners
Margo Duesterhaus, Climate Change Initiative of Howard County http://www.hococlimatechange.org/
Betsy McMillion, The Friends of Patapsco Valley and Heritage Greenway, http://www.patapscoheritagegreenway.org/
Karen Learmouth, Howard County Public School System
Marianne Pettis, The James and Anne Robinson Foundation, http://www.robinsonfoundation.org/
Stacey Yankee, Robinson Nature Center, Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks http://www.co.ho.md.us/RobinsonNatureCenter.htm
Tim Titus, History of Environmental Activism, Consider building your environmental library around these three pillars of modern environmental thinking. Not only are the messages powerful, but good literature as well. You will want to read and reread these over the years.
Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold Silent Spring, Rachel Carson The Control of Nature, John McPhee (1990) Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 288pp.
3rd Class, Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Claire Parkinson, Ph.D., The Role of Satellites in Understanding the Earth System and Claire Parkinson, Ph.D.,The NASA Aqua Satellite and its Contributions to Earth Science and Applications
http://aqua.nasa.gov (home page for the Aqua satellite mission)
Our Changing Planet: The View From Space, Michael D. King, Claire L. Parkinson, Kim C. Partington, and robin G. Williams (Eds.), .(2007), Cambridge University Press, 400pp.
Christa Peters-Lidard, Ph.D., Land-based Hydrological Cycle
1. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Water/
2. http://www.nasa-news.org/home
Horace Mitchell, Ph.D., Site Visit to GSFC Scientific Visualization Studio and Remote Sensing Labs Readings TBA
4th Class, Monday, February 13, 2012
Forrest Hall, Ph.D., Carbon Cycle http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ Click on Feature Articles. For the carbon cycle, click on “land” or use the search engine to explore any of the areas being discussed.
Optional extra articles http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/BorealMigration/boreal_migration4.php
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/BOREASAlbedo/albedo_3.php
Anne Douglass, Ph.D., Chemistry in the Atmosphere - Discoveries from EOS Aura
The Aura web site: http://aura.gsfc.nasa.gov/ From there you can download our science highlights brochure.
The ozone resource page: http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/ozone_resource_page.html
Bryan Franz and Jeremy Werdell Observing the Living Oceans from Space: The Earth teems with life, supported to a large extent by tiny ocean plants called phytoplankton,
http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/ (general info)
http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/staff/franz/ (Franz papers)
http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/staff/jeremy/ (Werdell papers)
Christopher A. Shuman, Ph.D., Ice Sheets: Waking Giants, http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/wais/waisFlash/index.htm
Marc Imhoff, Ph.D., Gray Wave of the Great Transformation: A Satellite View of Urbanization, Climate Change, and Food Security 1. http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/ (Select a couple of articles of interest.)
2. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ (Select a couple of articles of interest.)
5th Class, Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Tracey Manning, Ph.D., Strengths-Based Volunteer Leadership: Leaving an Environmental Legacy Everyday leadership, by Andre Martin: http://www.ccl.org/leadership/pdf/research/EverydayLeadership.pdf
Developing everyday leadership, by Robert Stuberg: http://www.successmagazine.com/Developing-Everyday-Leadership/PARAMS/article/527/channel/210
The Leadership Challenge history: http://www.leadershipchallenge.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-131054.html
The truth about leadership, Recent YouTube discussion with Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiAtoO61C_w&feature=related
Cathy Hudson, Why I Volunteer: Introduction to Nonprofit Organization Reading TBA
Denise Sharp, Agriculture and the Environment: Field Trip to Waterford Farm,
http://www.marylandagriculture.com/county_info.cfm?countyid=2
Skim, or savor if time allows,: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, (2007), HarperCollins Publisher, New York.
6th Class, Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Nathan Hultman, Ph.D ,International and National Environmental Policies International Programs 1. Pew Center on Global Climate Change: http://pewclimate.org/international/about
2. World Resources Institute: http://www.wri.org/publication/bottom-line-climate-policy-terminology
US Domestic Legislation Pew Center on Global Climate Change: 3. http://pewclimate.org/what_s_being_done/in_the_congress
World Resources Institute: 4. http://www.wri.org/publication/bottom-line-cap-and-trade
5. http://www.wri.org/publication/usclimatetargets 6. http://www.wri.org/publication/bottom-line-state-federal-policy-roles
Joseph Sullivan, Ph.D, Changing Life (Global to Local) Reading TBA
Wayne Higgins, Ph.D., Relationship between Climate and Weather NOAA Climate Service Portal: http://www.climate.gov Climate Prediction Center: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov IPCC Website: http://www.ipcc.ch/ USGCRP Website: http://www.globalchange.gov/ National Climatic Data Center site on Global Warming: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html Global Change Master Directory: http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/Resources/pointers/glob_warm.htm Dave Jones, Field Trip to StormCenter Communications, Inc., Browse website: www.stormcenter.com
7th Class, Monday, February. 27, 2012
Ned Tillman, History and Current Physical Processes Impacting the Bay What is the Status of Life in the Chesapeake Bay Field Trip to Illustrate the Geology and Soils of Howard County
The Chesapeake Watershed A Sense of Place and a Call to Action, by Ned Tillman (2009).Chesapeake Book Co, Baltimore, 240 pp.
8th Class, Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Mark Southerland, Ph.D, Watersheds Need Protection from Storm Water 1. EPA, http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/stormwatermonth.cfm
3. Chesapeake Stormwater Network , http://www.chesapeakestormwater.net/ Tim Titus and Cathy Hudson, Patapsco River 1. www.patapscoheritagegreenway.org 2. http://patapscofriend.myphotoalbum.com
Fred Tutman, Patuxent River The Patuxent River Watershed: Howard County http://www.paxriverkeeper.org/main/miscstuff.html 9th Class, Monday, March 5, 2012
Terry Cummings, Status 2012: Restoring the Chesapeake Bay Reading TBA
Andrew Ratner, Smart Growth Principles and Initiatives in Maryland; 1. State making little progress with Smart Growth, study says, Jan. 6, 2011, By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun; 2. Indicators of Smart Growth in Maryland, The National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education, University of Maryland, By Jason Sartori, Terry Moore and Gerrit Knaap, director, January 2011: http://www.smartgrowth.umd.edu/research/pdf/SartoriMooreKnaap_MDIndicators_010611.pdf 3. GROWING! GROWING! GONE!, The Chesapeake Bay and the Myth of Endless Growth, By Tom Horton, Abell Foundation, August 2008: http://www.abell.org/pubsitems/env_Growing_808.pdf 4. Maryland's Second Generation of Smart Growth, American Planning Association, “Planning” magazine, By Sandra Olivetti Martin: http://planning.maryland.gov/PDF/Press/SecondGenerationSmartGrowthMarch2010.pdf 5. Plan Maryland: What Is It: http://plan.maryland.gov/whatIsIt/whatIsIt.shtml
Sean McGuire, The Impacts of our Economy and Maryland’s Genuine Progress Indicator
Joshua D. Feldmark, Effective Environmental Advocacy Readings TBA
Joshua D. Feldmark and Jessica Feldmark, The Spectrums of Social Change Readings TBA 10th Class, Wednesday, March 7, 2012
County Government and the Environment http://www.co.ho.md.us/default.asp (Become familiar with the Howard County Government website.)
Lindsay DeMarzo, Office of Environmental Sustainability Howard County Environmental Management Report from the Ho. Co. Commission on the Environment & Sustainability, http://www.co.ho.md.us/OES/OES_HomePage.htm Select "Commission Report" on a side tab marked 2007 (Office of Environmental Sustainability and the new board).
Susan Overstreet, Department of Planning and Zoning, Division of Resource Conservation http://www.howardcountymd.gov/DPZ/Environment/environment.htm
Mark Raab, Department of Recreation and Parks
http://www.co.ho.md.us/RAP/RAP_GeneralInfo.htm
Mark Richmond, Department of Public Works http://www.co.ho.md.us/DPW/DPW_HomePage.htm
John McCoy, Columbia Association (CA) and Watershed Management http://www.columbiawatershed.org/
HoLLIE Program Coordinators, Class Discussion about Regional Watershed Issues, Reading TBA
11th Class, Monday, March 12, 2012
Sabrina S Fu, Ph.D, The Roots of Our Environmental Crisis and What We Can Do Together, Taking Diversity in Stride 1. Daily, G.C., Ehrlich, P. (1992). Population, sustainability, and earth’s carrying capacity. Bioscience 42, 761–771. http://dieoff.org/page99.htm 2. Ehrlich, P.R., Holdrens, J.P. (1971). The impact of population growth. Science, 171, 1212–1217. 3. Hardin, G. (1993). Living within limits. Oxford University Press: New York. (Book to peruse) 4. Schulze, P. C. (2002). I=PBAT. Ecological Economics, 40, 149-150. http://www.population-growth-migration.info/essays/IPAT.html 5. Price, M. Changing behaviors by degrees. American Psychological Association, 39(3), 48. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/monitor/2008/03/planet.html 6. Gertner, J. (2009, April 19). Why isn't the brain green? New York Times Magazine, 39-43. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/magazine/19Science-t.html 7. Guerin, D., Crete, J. & Mercier, J. (2001, June). A multilevel analysis of the determinants of recycling behavior in the European countries. Social Science Research, 30(2), 195-218. Retrieved July 24, 2010, from ScienceDirect. http://eab.sagepub.com/content/37/3/364.abstract 8. Oskamp, S. (2000). Psychological contributions to achieving an ecologically sustainable future for humanity. Journal of Social Issues, 56(3) 373-390. http://www.climatechangecommunication.org/resources_reports.cfm (general information on author and reports) 9. Stuart Oskamp, et. Al. (1991, July). Factors influencing household recycling behavior. Environment and Behavior,23(4), 494-519. Retrieved January 6, 2011, from Psychology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection http://eab.sagepub.com/content/23/4/494.short 10. Valle, P.O.D., Rebelo, E., Reis, E. & Menezes, J. (2005, May). Combining behavioral theories to predict recycling involvement. Environment And Behavior, 37(3), 364-396. Retrieved August 18, 2008, from Psychology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection http://eab.sagepub.com/content/29/6/769.abstract 11. Welte, T.H.L. & Anastasio, P.A. (2010). To conserve or not to conserve: Is status the question?. Environment and Behavior,42(6), 845-863. Retrieved January 6, 2011, from Psychology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection http://eab.sagepub.com/content/early/2009/10/23/0013916509348461.abstract 12. Zelezny, L.C. (2000). Elaborating on Gender Difference in Environmentalism. Journal of Social Issues, 56(3) 443-457.
Cathy Hudson, Sustainability: What It Is and What It Could Look Like Reading TBA
Tracey Manning, Ph.D., How We Change Minds, Hearts, and Behavior – and Why It’s Not Easy
Why change is difficult – and how to make it http://zenhabits.net/the-habit-change-cheatsheet-29-ways-to-successfully-ingrain-a-behavior/
David Rock’s article on how to help others change: http://www.workplacecoaching.com/pdf/CoachingTheBrainIJCO.pdf
Global warming’s “Six Americas” by Leiserowitz, A. & Maibach, E. Online at: http://www.c2es.org/docUploads/SixAmericas.pdf
Talking to climate skeptics: A few thoughtful blogs http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelly-rigg/how-to-talk-to-climate-sk_b_810078.html
http://theconsensusbuildingapproach.blogspot.com/2010/11/talking-to-climate-skeptics.html
12th Class, Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Audrey Suhr, New on the Job: Culture Crisis Time Reading TBA
Tracey Manning, Ph.D., Fostering Teamwork and Collaboration between Partners and Legacy Leaders
Hersey Blanchard situational leadership model: http://www.learningdomain.com/Situational.pdf
Situational leadership: Applying it with extension: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/lane/midmngrs07/documents/NotesfromGroups_000.pdf
YFC (Christian youth group) application of situational leadership to volunteer development: http://www.yfc.net/military/blog/developing-people-and-teams/
Betsy Singer and Barbara Schmeckpeper; Ph.D., What’s Next: Closing Thoughts Reading TBA
Audrey Suhr , et al, Field Trip: Early Spring Guided Walk at Howard County Conservancy Browse website: www.hcconservancy.org
Savor the books assigned by Justine Schaeffer for the nature walk on Day 1.
Enjoy the outdoors every day; find something you’ve never seen before – and for reading, carry a Sibley, Peterson, or Audubon field guide in your pack. |
Reading Assignments 2012 |