Environmental Program Evaluation

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 …

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

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. …

EPE TIG Week: Seeing Global Interconnections and Trends by Michael Quinn Patton 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 activities in 16 priority regions around the world. The focus …

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

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 …

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

Hello evaluators, my name is Allison Van and in addition to my day job as an internal evaluator at University of North Carolina, I do some consulting for community initiatives.   A year ago, I stumbled upon Hart’s Mill Ecovillage and Farm. I was inspired by their mission of radically re-imagining relationships with the land and …

EPE TIG Week: Evaluating Disruptors: Thoughts from Engagement with an Eco-village by Allison Van Read More »

Hi, I’m Rupu Gupta, Co-Chair of AEA’s Environmental Program Evaluation Topical Interest Group and Researcher at New Knowledge Organization Ltd., an interdisciplinary research and evaluation think tank. Every year, Earth Day reminds us of the global movement to protect our planet’s environment and all the ways we as individuals can make a difference. But what …

EPE TIG Week: Rupu Gupta on Purposeful Partnerships to Create Equitable Connections with Nature Read More »

Hello from Katie Cary! I’m a senior consultant with EMI Consulting, an evaluation and consulting firm based in Seattle, Washington that focuses on energy efficiency and renewable energy programs and policies. Our firm predominantly works as evaluators and research partners for utility clients. More than ever, these utilities face an uncertain future for their energy …

EPE TIG Week: The Importance of Developmental Evaluation in the Changing Energy Landscape by Katie Cary Read More »