Environmental Program Evaluation

Howdy! I’m Dawn Valentine, founder of the Variable Scoop. I would like to share how photovoice can support community-based initiatives for environmental justice with health outcomes. We use tools that empower people who are typically excluded from decision-making processes and education to raise awareness of social and environmental issues. In addressing environmental injustice and environmental …

Environmental Program Evaluation TIG Week: Using Photovoice to Promote Healthy Equity in Environmental Justice by Dawn Valentine Read More »

Hello! We are Evan Kuras (he/him), Evaluation Consultant with MXM Research Group, and Rupu Gupta (she/her), Owner of Rupu Gupta Consulting and Program Chair of AEA’s Environmental Program Evaluation (EPE) TIG. We’re celebrating Earth Week by reflecting on what it takes for everyone to steward a healthy planet through evaluation! Equity is foundational for evaluators …

Environmental Program Evaluation TIG Week: Reflections on the Intersection of Equity, Environment, and Evaluation by Evan Kuras and Rupu Gupta Read More »

Hi, We are Rupu Gupta, Program-Chair of AEA’s Environmental Program Evaluation Topical Interest Group, and Co-Chair of the Community Resilience Cluster within Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP), and Arika Virapongse, Chair of ESIP’s Community Resilience Cluster, Director of Middle Path EcoSolutions, and Community Director of the Ronin Institute.

Hi, I’m Allison Van, Chair of the Environmental Program Evaluation (EPE) Topical Interest Group (TIG) and Executive Director of Spark: a centre for social research innovation at McMaster University. The EPE TIG has spent the last year thinking and having conversations about what environmental program evaluation is and should be in the midst of our …

EPE TIG Week: Modern Environmental Program Evaluation by Allison Van Read More »

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 around the world. I study the impacts of visits to …

EPE TIG Week: Facilitation Styles in Environmental Education with Animals by Shuli Rank Read More »

Hello! I’m Cat Scharon, research assistant with Inform Evaluation & Research (Inform) and a student at the University of Pittsburgh’s Ed.D program, focusing on Out-of-School Learning. I’ve spent my career working in informal spaces including museums, zoos, and aquariums, and since joining Inform have rekindled my focus on lifelong STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) and …

EPE TIG Week: Environmental Volunteer Motivations: Place & Space by Cat Scharon Read More »

Greetings, AEA365! Liz DiLuzio here, lead curator of the blog. Those of you long time, loyal readers may recognize today’s post by Sara El Choufi. It was originally posted to the site back in 2014. Forgive the pun, but the EPE TIG’s curation team thought that its evergreen content made it worth the repost. We …

EPE TIG Week: Thinking Globally: How to evaluate the effectiveness of aid to the environment on a global level by Sara El Choufi Read More »

I am Katie Butler, a 20+ year evaluator of environmental programs. I worked in the EPA’s Office of Inspector General for 16 years, evaluating things like disaster response and fish contamination programs. Now, I run a small consulting company dedicated to improving environmental programs. I am writing to invite you into the environmental evaluation tent. …

EPE TIG Week: Blossoming Needs and a Big Tent in Environmental Evaluation by Katie Butler Read More »

Hi, We are Rupu Gupta, Program-Chair of AEA’s Environmental Program Evaluation Topical Interest Group, and Co-Chair of the Community Resilience Cluster within Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP), and Arika Virapongse, Chair of ESIP’s Community Resilience Cluster, Director of Middle Path EcoSolutions, and Community Director of the Ronin Institute. With multiple hats on, we’re raising a …

EPE TIG Week: Evaluators as Data Shepherds by Rupu Gupta and Arika Virapongse Read More »

Hi there! My name is Greta Landis and I’m an Evaluation Specialist at the Natural Resources Institute, part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension. I’m also Co-chair of the Environmental Program Evaluation TIG. At the last two Eval Reimagined virtual conferences, our TIG was thrilled to see new faces from a wide range …

EPE TIG Week: What We Talk About When We Talk About Environmental Program Evaluation by Greta Landis Read More »