About Us
The Environmental Communication Community of Practice (EC CooP) is a learning community composed of faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students, and community partners who share interests in environmental communication and interdisciplinary approaches to knowledge making.
We host guided discussions focused on the following topics:
Civic engagement, environmental justice, decolonization, and community organizing
Making meaningful career connections through online presence, networking opportunities, and relationship building
Writing and peer support
Grant proposal development
Oral and poster presentations for academic conferences
Using engaged digital media approaches
Coordinating research and fieldwork activities
The Environmental Communication Community of Practice (EC CooP) is a learning community composed of faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students, and community partners who share interests in environmental communication and interdisciplinary approaches to knowledge making.
We host guided discussions focused on the following topics:
Civic engagement, environmental justice, decolonization, and community organizing
Making meaningful career connections through online presence, networking opportunities, and relationship building
Writing and peer support
Grant proposal development
Oral and poster presentations for academic conferences
Using engaged digital media approaches
Coordinating research and fieldwork activities
Here are photos of some of our EC CooP activities:
Supporting academic presentations and conference participation. Here Dr. Sandaruwan Pradeep Kumara Subasinghe Mudiyanselage and Carter Hathway give a presentation at the Maine Sustainability and Water Conference
Being involved with Spire, the Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability. Former CMJ undergraduate student James Robe and EC CooP member helped create Spire.
Providing facilitation, note taking and digital media support for community-based learning events, like Shellfish Focus Day at the annual Maine Fishermen's Forum.
Supporting engaged teaching and environmental communication field trips
Making memories and having fun