A quarter billion annual visitors to US National Parks could learn that their choices determine the sustainability of the global resources they and their parks depend on. Will they? 

 

  



Bottom matter from the home page of the National Parks Foundation. It associates the National Park Service's primary symbols - its logo and ranger's flathat - with multinational corporations.

Above is the question posed by my master's thesis, "Interpreting Global Sustainability in National Parks," as approved and filed with UC Berkeley's Graduate Division in December of 2004 to fulfill the thesis requirement for an MS in Environmental Science, Policy and Management. About 100 staff from the NPS and its partners responded to my email survey, and 17 provided face-to-face interviews.

What do people learn about global sustainability in our national parks?

Browse my thesis:
. . in html. The Bibliography contains live links to all web sites referenced in the thesis.
. . in pdf. You will need to download the free Acrobat Reader if it is not alread installed on your computer.
. . single-spaced in pdf to print out in fewer pages.

Investigate global sustainability


Climate Change Education Portal Site
Union of Concerned Scientists
International Forum on Globalization
Glacier National Park
UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
NPS ParkNet: Global Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
UNESCO Proposals for Enhancing Global Sustainability

Email me with your suggestions and questions. My CV.