Attributing extreme weather to climate change: State Park employees as institutional actors
Trevor S. Lies,
Syed Muhammad Omar,
Alyssia Roennengart
et al.
Abstract:Researchers in environmental psychology celebrate the potential for state and national parks to inspire civic engagement in the issue of climate change. Yet, prevailing conceptions of nature may reflect ongoing colonial concerns, such that parks may represent a space to avoid thinking about—rather than reckon with—escalating ecological crises. In this paper, we approach the topic of climate change in state parks from a perspective informed by decolonial theory. In particular, we report a mixed‐methods study wi… Show more
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