By Debbie Ann Quiñones. Inspired by Blanchet-Cohen, N., & Di Mambro, G. (2015). Environmental education action research with immigrant children in schools: Space, audience, and influence. Action Research, 13 (2), 123-140. I find the premise of the Action Research project to be a little ironic: The immigrant who has left her homeland comes to America […]
Read More...Climate Change TRANSFORMATIONS IN PRACTICE Where: Dundee, Scotland When: Aug 28-Sep 2, 2017 The overarching theme of this conference is ‘sustainability transformations in practice’. Important advances about transformation across different disciplines are already emerging, such as from the arts, humanities, social science and different scientific fields, including social-ecological resilience research, social-technological transitions research, development studies, […]
Read More...This weekend I read an article in the New York Times that talked about a food revolution for low-income people. Dennis Derryck is the owner of a 92 acre farm in Schoharie County, NY. He has created a unique community supported agricultural program (CSA) to help provide residents in the Bronx with healthy food. As some […]
Read More...“What makes our work fundamental to the revitalization of social research more generally lies in its orientation towards taking action, its reflexivity, the significance of its impacts and that it evolves from partnership and participation” (underline added for emphasis). – Hillary Bradbury Huang, ARJ Blog This past weekend I walked the well worn paths of […]
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