In its first four years, the Environmental Sustainability Working Group (ESWG) has been awarded over $20,000 in support of undergraduate research opportunities. Each ESWG research intern is able to develop a project of their choosing that falls under the broad umbrella of environmental sustainability, including climate change risk perception, communication and organizational responses. ESWG interns…
Final Project Update
Historical Analysis of Oklahoma City Parks and Implications for Future Planning Project Description This research project explores the history and present state of the Oklahoma City park system and park access. This has been a multi-part project, which has included an in-depth literature review of factors that have shaped the environmental justice conditions of Oklahoma…
Does Creation Actually Care?
Honors Research Update, October 2022 After three years of studying environmental sustainability, one thing I can say with absolute certainty is this: we need all the help we can get. The constant battery endured by supporters of the environmentalist cause comes from all sides, and it feels like the interests of powerful corporations consistently take…
“For God So Loved the World”
A short introduction to my newest research project, with some funny pictures on the side. I was driving up I-35 recently when something caught my eye. Picture a billboard image of cute barnyard animals frolicking in a pasture, topped with a pastel rainbow over a cloudless blue sky, and a message that read something like,…
Summary of Progress and Summer Goals
Historical Analysis of Oklahoma City Parks and Implications for Future Planning Project Description This research project explores the history and present state of the Oklahoma City park system and park access. This has been a multi-part project, which has included an in-depth literature review of factors that have shaped the environmental justice conditions of Oklahoma…
Thoughts on Parks
This summer I have had the amazing opportunity to volunteer in Grand Teton National Park. One of the most rewarding parts of working in a national park is seeing first time visitors experience and appreciate the beauty of the park. Visitors will run up to us to show us pictures of wildlife they saw on…
Environmental Sustainability Working Group @ OU 