Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Hvenegaard, Carson, Thesis advisor (ths): Bocking, Stephen, Degree committee member (dgc): Hill, Stephen, Degree committee member (dgc): Rutherford, Stephanie, Degree committee member (dgc): Zohar, Asaf, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Local environmental initiatives can create visible and essential changes and inspire greater environmental action. Municipal governments and local environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) are important local actors, but their partnerships and relationships have not received much attention. This thesis examines what activities and relationships have been developed between… more Full Text: It Takes a Village: Cooperation and Relationships Between Local ENGOs and Municipal Governments for Environmental Initiatives A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of …
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Hoyt, Andrew Mitchell, Thesis advisor (ths): Bocking, Stephen, Degree committee member (dgc): Dunaway, Finis, Degree committee member (dgc): Rutherford, Stephanie, Degree committee member (dgc): Martin, Laura J, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Colonization has transformed the landscapes of the American Midwest and compromised the region's resources and ecologies. In response, governments, environmental scientists, and Indigenous nations have undertaken myriad efforts over the past century to restore Midwestern environments. Yet the appropriate goals and techniques for this work have been deeply contested. This thesis… more Full Text: ECOLOGY, SETTLER COLONIALISM, AND THE ENVIRONMENTS OF THE AMERICAN MIDWEST: THE SCIENCE AND POLITICS OF ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION SINCE 1950 A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of …