ESD Project Initiative

Peta White and Kim Dohms and the

Student Researchers

Sponsored by: Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment’s

The ESD Project Initiative

Surveying ESD Initiatives in the RCE Saskatchewan Region using student

researchers to collect the data.

Themed area working groups…

Six Thematic Issues:• Climate Change• Health and Healthy Lifestyles• Farming and Local Food Production, Consumption, and

Waste Minimization• Reconnecting to Natural Prairie Ecosystems Supporting• Bridging Cultures for Sustainable Living and Community • Building Sustainable Infrastructure including Water and

Energy

Cross-cutting themes:• Sustaining Rural Communities• Educational Approaches for Regional ESD 

What are we doing?

The Student Researchers work together and

independently. We meet once a month and have jointly

designed our inventory survey. We use the survey

quite independently to gather our information, coming

together to decide how we might present it.

The RCE Student Researchers

Employed from November 2007 to December 2008

Peta White, Kim Dohms, Jill Arkles, Emma Findlater, Holly McKenzie, Brooke Leurer,

Billy Patterson, and Ann-Marie Urban

Employed in 2009 Peta White and Kim Dohms

Selection processAction process

Billy Patterson

Ann-Marie Urban

Emma Findlater

Jill Arkles

Peta WhiteBrooke Leurer

Kim Dohms

Holly McKenzie

RCE Student Researchers

What are our challenges?

Engaging people to respond to our survey requests.

Creating understanding of potential for this

inventory.

Creating understanding of why people should take

the time to complete the survey.

How best to present the inventory information.

How best to collect and manage data.

How have we addressed these?

Email, personal phone calls, and filling out surveys ourselves using

information from webpages has helped engage people.

Focused on potential for networking and research possibilities; online

survey form brings participants to RCE homepage for further information

that cannot be captured in a single email or phone call.

Focused on networking and collaborating for increased identification of ESD

initiatives.

Created template of survey; first as a document and then as an online

survey form.

Online survey form deposits data into database for easier data

management.

Our Online Survey…

You can view our survey at: http://www.saskrce.ca/?q=node/532

Our Online Survey…

Our Online Survey…

What have we found?

226 ESD Projects have been reported so far (with

the desire to add more on a continual basis)

Searchable Database (excel)

ESD Project Reports (All projects and each

Thematic Working Group)

Visual Representation (map)

Questions?

Thank you