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2. Animals in environmental education: assessing individuals' emotional reactions to interactions with wildlife
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Silva dos Santos, Marina (author), Kelsey, Kathleen D. (author), Fuhrman, Nicholas E. (author), and Irwin, Kris (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-12-31
- Published:
- USA: PKP Publishing Services
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 208 Document Number: D13314
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education
- Journal Title Details:
- 61(4) : 61–77
- Notes:
- 17 pages, Environmental education (EE) programs, when combined with human-wildlife interactions (HWI), can trigger emotions, an essential part of attitudes that influence pro-environmental behaviors (PEB). We used participant observation and a post-event evaluation survey to investigate emotional response to HWI among participants from marine educational programs at the University of Georgia Marine Education Center and Aquarium, Savannah, GA. We found that during HWI participants demonstrated positive (e.g., empathy) and negative emotions (e.g., frustration) with animals, including misconceptions and negative perceptions toward snakes and horseshoe crabs. In addition, outdoor exploration, contact with wildlife (direct or indirect), biofacts exhibitions and live animal presentations were the practices that most engaged participants in the programs, indicating that animals (e.g., turtles and crabs) can increase participants’ interest in educational activities. By incorporating wildlife in EE practices, educators can engage individuals in activities and stimulate their emotional attachment to animals, which can encourage changes in perceptions, leading to PEBs necessary for environmental conservation.
3. Can photojournalism help save the environment?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Cotterill, Madigan (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-04-21
- Published:
- Review of Journalism
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 209 Document Number: D13436
- Notes:
- 13 pages
4. Driven to sustainability: corporate commitments are a response to consumers and investors
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Henderson, Greg (author)
- Format:
- Magazine article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-12-09
- Published:
- USA: Drovers CattleNetwork, Lenexa, Kansas.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 208 Document Number: D13246
- Notes:
- 4 pages. Magazine article copy in folder, corresponding online article linked.
5. Fake meat: the only fight that matters
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wareham, Jared (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2022
- Published:
- Drovers
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 209 Document Number: D13415
- Notes:
- 1 page
6. I'm not okay. Are you?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mintz, Martha (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-12-16
- Published:
- USA: Agricultural Communicators Network (ACN)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D12974
- Notes:
- 5 pages
7. Progressive Farmer
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hillyer, Gregg (author)
- Format:
- Magazine
- Publication Date:
- 2020-05
- Published:
- USA: DTN
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13192
- Journal Title Details:
- May 2020
- Notes:
- 58 pages. Articles of interest may include: "The Keys to Great Communication," and "Work Boosts Grazing."
8. The role of self-control, hope and information in technology adoption by smallholder farmers – A moderation model
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bukchin, Shira (author), Kerret, Dorit (author), and Tel-Aviv University, Israel
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-01-18
- Published:
- Israel: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11219
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 73(2020) : 1-9
- Notes:
- 9 pages, via online journal, The overall willingness of smallholder farmers to adopt new green technologies remains low, in spite of the great progress made in understanding the factors that affect their decision. The present study introduces an interdisciplinary approach combining positive psychology and sustainable development studies to show that two personal resources – self-control (a learned repertoire of goal-directed skills that enable people to act upon their aims) and cognitive goal-oriented hope (the ability to follow different routes to pursue one's goal), prompt the adoption of technologies by smallholder farmers. Both personal resources facilitate achieving future goals and changing existing circumstances. A theoretical moderation model on the adoption of agricultural technologies aimed to protect soil degradation in Nepal is proposed and empirically tested. Data were collected from 268 households in the Jhapa district by a face-to-face questionnaire. A multiple regression analysis tested and confirmed the hypothesized moderation model. Following the discovery of a significant interaction, the nature of the interaction was farther explored by calculating simple slopes. Analysis results show a significant positive connection between self-control (p-value = 0.002), hope (p-value = 0.005), information (p-value < 0.001), and technology adoption. Self-control was also found to have a significant moderating effect in enhancing a positive association between receiving information and technology adoption (p-value = 0.017). In addition to its theoretical innovation and empirical contribution, the importance of this study lies in its practical implications, given that policy, education, and communication may influence hope and self-control levels.