Beyond intrinsic vs. instrumental: Relational values appeal broadly

The CHANS lab paper (led by Kai)–on relational values as an alternative values-framing for environmental protection and sustainability–was just published in PNAS. Chan, K. M. A., P. Balvanera, K. Benessaiah, et al. (2016). “Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment.” PNAS 113(6): 1462–1465. http://www.pnas.org/content/113/6/1462.full

Chan et al., Relational Values for the Environment (PNAS)

Chan, K. M. A., P. Balvanera, K. Benessaiah, et al. (2016). “Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment.” PNAS 113(6): 1462–1465. http://www.pnas.org/content/113/6/1462.full Access the recommendation on F1000Prime

Wieland et al., Debunking trickle-down ecosystem services

Wieland, R., S. Ravensbergen, E. J. Gregr, T. Satterfield and K. M. A. Chan (2016). “Debunking trickle-down ecosystem services: The fallacy of omnipotent, homogeneous beneficiaries.” Ecological Economics 121: 175-180.

Levine et al., Exorcising the Ghost of Homo economicus

Levine, J., K. M. A. Chan and T. Satterfield (2015). “From rational actor to efficient complexity manager: Exorcising the ghost of Homo economicus with a unified synthesis of cognition research.” Ecological Economics 114(0): 22-32.

Levine et al. in Ecology & Society: mental models of coastal foodwebs

Levine, J., M. Muthukrishna, K. M. A. Chan and T. Satterfield (2015). “Theories of the deep: combining salience and network analyses to produce mental model visualizations of a coastal British Columbia food web.” Ecology and Society 20(4). http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol20/iss4/art42/

Engaging Communities in Offshore Wind: Case Studies and Lessons Learned from New England Islands

Sarah Klain collaborated with the non-profit organization Island Institute to report on lessons learned about community engagement, community benefits and offshore wind farms proposed near three New England islands. Residents of these island are likely to be the first impacted by offshore wind farms in North America. Island community members may influence the future of this industry by obstructing (e.g., filing lawsuits), accommodating or championing this new use of ocean space. Click here for the full report and associated webinar.

Three wind turbines

Martin Pettitt CCL

Mach, M. E., R. G. Martone and K. M. A. Chan (2015). “Human impacts and ecosystem services: Insufficient research for trade-off evaluation.” Ecosystem Services 16: 112-120.

Mach, M. E., R. G. Martone and K. M. A. Chan (2015). “Human impacts and ecosystem services: Insufficient research for trade-off evaluation.” Ecosystem Services 16: 112-120.

Kai publishes an op-ed on trophy hunting (a moral test, not cost/benefit calculus)

Kai published an op-ed in the National Observer on trophy hunting for grizzly bears in B.C. In it he warns Premier Christy Clark that her stance on this issue risks tarring her with a moral stain, as many voters see this as an issue of appropriate vs. abhorrent relationships with nature, not a purely economic matter.

Bennett, Kadfak & Dearden, 2015. Environment, Development & Sustainability. Community-based scenario planning: A process for vulnerability analysis and adaptation planning to social-ecological change in coastal communities.

Bennett, N., Kadfak, A. & Dearden, P. (2015). Community-based scenario planning: A process for vulnerability analysis and adaptation planning to social-ecological change in coastal communitiesEnvironment, Development and Sustainability.

Bennett, Blythe, Tyler & Ban. Regional Environmental Change, 2015. Communities and Change in the Anthropocene: Understanding Social-Ecological Vulnerability and Planning Adaptations to Multiple Interacting Exposures

Bennett, N. Blythe, J., Tyler, S., Ban, N. (2015). Communities and Change in the Anthropocene: Understanding Social-Ecological Vulnerability and Planning Adaptations to Multiple Interacting Exposures. Regional Environmental Change.