ESD Project Initiative

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ESD Project Initiative

• Peta White and Kim Dohms and the
• Student Researchers

Sponsored by Saskatchewan Ministry of
Environments
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The ESD Project Initiative

• Surveying ESD Initiatives in the RCE Saskatchewan
  Region using student researchers to collect the
  data.

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Themed area working groups

• Six Thematic Issues
• Climate Change
• Health and Healthy Lifestyles
• Farming and Local Food Production, Consumption,
  and Waste Minimization
• Reconnecting to Natural Prairie Ecosystems
  Supporting
• Bridging Cultures for Sustainable Living and
  Community
• Building Sustainable Infrastructure including
  Water and Energy
• Cross-cutting themes
• Sustaining Rural Communities
• Educational Approaches for Regional ESD 

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What are we doing?

• The Student Researchers work together and
  independently. We meet once a month and have
  jointly designed our inventory survey. We use
  the survey quite independently to gather our
  information, coming together to decide how we
  might present it.

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The RCE Student Researchers
Employed from November 2007 to December 2008 Peta
White, Kim Dohms, Jill Arkles, Emma Findlater,
Holly McKenzie, Brooke Leurer, Billy Patterson,
and Ann-Marie Urban Employed in 2009 Peta White
and Kim Dohms Selection process Action process
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Billy Patterson
RCE Student Researchers
Jill Arkles
Ann-Marie Urban
Emma Findlater
Kim Dohms
Holly McKenzie
Brooke Leurer
Peta White
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What are our challenges?

• Engaging people to respond to our survey
  requests.
• Creating understanding of potential for this
  inventory.
• Creating understanding of why people should take
  the time to complete the survey.
• How best to present the inventory information.
• How best to collect and manage data.

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How have we addressed these?

• Email, personal phone calls, and filling out
  surveys ourselves using information from webpages
  has helped engage people.
• Focused on potential for networking and research
  possibilities online survey form brings
  participants to RCE homepage for further
  information that cannot be captured in a single
  email or phone call.
• Focused on networking and collaborating for
  increased identification of ESD initiatives.
• Created template of survey first as a document
  and then as an online survey form.
• Online survey form deposits data into database
  for easier data management.

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Our Online Survey

• You can view our survey at http//www.saskrce.ca
  /?qnode/532

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Our Online Survey
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Our Online Survey
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What have we found?

• 226 ESD Projects have been reported so far (with
  the desire to add more on a continual basis)
• Searchable Database (excel)
• ESD Project Reports (All projects and each
  Thematic Working Group)
• Visual Representation (map)

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Questions?Thank you