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2014 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice

Impact of Environmental Education: A Case Study from Seattle.

Student(s):

Marion Romero

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Tiffany McGuyer

Partner(s):

  • Washington Conservation Voters

Faculty advisor(s):

Beth Bryant School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, University of Washington

During my project my objective was to acquire members of Washington Conservation Voters (WCV) to volunteer for Doorbelling days and Phone Banking events. I was interested in the structure of the WCV community members and wanted to learn more about which commu- nities were being outreached to. Likewise I wanted to analyze which communities invested their time in volunteering and campaigning for environmental advocates. Through participant observation and scholarly research I discovered the majority of WCV members and people in other Environmental non-profits are dominantly Caucasian. Thus Environmental NGOs are failing communities of color by misrepresenting them.