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Environmental Program Evaluation

EPE TIG Week: Environmental Evaluation and Life in a Post-Vaccine World by Dylan Galos

Hi I’m Dylan Galos. I’m an evaluator at the Minnesota Department of Health. My work focuses on community health improvement and health equity in COVID-19. A year ago, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19, illness caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV2, a global pandemic. Mitigation measures included closures of non-essential businesses, travel restrictions, and mandates …

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Evaluation and the Challenge of Our Time by Scott Chaplowe

Hello! I’m Scott Chaplowe here to tell you about our Presidential Strand session, Evaluation and the Challenge of Our Time Friday, Oct 30, 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM, (Session #1917). Sponsored by the Environmental Program Evaluation TIG, it will shine a light on the intersection of climate change and evaluation. In addition to myself, the …

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EPE TIG Week: Testing Ways to Inspire Conservation Action by Shuli Rank

Hi everyone, my name is Shuli Rank and I’m a Research and Evaluation Associate at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). WCS runs the Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, New York Aquarium, Prospect Park Zoo, and Queens Zoo, and conducts local and global conservation and research activities in 16 priority regions around the world. The focus …

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EPE TIG Week: Encouraging Environmental Education Centers to be Realistic About Inspiring Conservation Actions by Rachel Becker-Klein

Hello, my name is Rachel Becker-Klein and I am the founder and Senior Evaluator at Two Roads Consulting. Two Roads has expertise applying utilization-focused and participatory evaluation and research methods to many different types of evaluation efforts. We are currently working with the Alliance for Watershed Education of the Delaware River (AWE), an alliance of …

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EPE TIG Week: Equipping Students to Address Climate Resilience Locally by Lisa Marckini-Polk & Patricia Jessup

We are Lisa Marckini-Polk (Civic Research Services, Inc.) and Patricia Jessup (Jessup & Associates, LLC), Michigan-based evaluators who have collaboratively evaluated several environmental programs, primarily in K-12 education. Currently we are evaluating a three-year program that equips high school students in Detroit and Ypsilanti, Michigan to increase climate resilience in their communities. The populations in …

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EPE TIG Week: Independent Evaluation Consulting Opportunities and Climate Change by Stephen Maack

Hi, I’m Stephen Maack, an AEA member since 2002, a long-time member and former Chair of the Independent Consulting TIG.  I own REAP Change Consultants, a sole proprietorship, and have done many education-related and library evaluation contracts and some non-profit and health consulting.  Due to the importance of climate change during the remainder of my …

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EPE TIG Week: Evaluation and the Battle of Our Time by Scott Chaplowe

Hello! I’m Scott Chaplowe, a member of AEA since 2003, and currently a Director of Evidence, Measurement and Evaluation at the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), based in London. Rad Wake-Up Call: The urgency of climate change and rapid environmental degradation presents an opportunity for action by evaluators on what is arguably the most pressing …

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EPE TIG Week: Seeing Global Interconnections and Trends by Michael Quinn Patton

I am Michael Quinn Patton, founder and director of Utilization-Focused Evaluation, and author of Blue Marble Evaluation: Premises and Principles. In 1972, the first photo of the whole Earth from space became known as The Blue Marble, the home of all humans, seen for the first time without borders or boundaries, a whole Earth perspective. …

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EPE TIG Week: Testing Ways to Inspire Conservation Action by Shuli Rank

Hi everyone, my name is Shuli Rank and I’m a Research and Evaluation Associate at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). WCS runs the Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, New York Aquarium, Prospect Park Zoo, and Queens Zoo, and conducts local and global conservation and research activities in 16 priority regions around the world. The focus …

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EPE TIG Week: Discovering the Key Information that Makes a Difference in Behaviors by Jean Eells

Hi, I’m, Jean Eells, and I operate E Resources Group, LLC, with an emphasis on environment and agriculture.  I’m sharing an outcome from changing one aspect of a conservation education program that was revealed through evaluation.  About half of my work is contracted through the Women, Food and Agriculture Network and is focused on educational …

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