Communication & Social Education Final Presentation - Project Energy Nebraska - ENVR 319 Fall 2021

Jonah McDowell, Kate Brashear, and Jadon Basilevac Author

03/09/2022 Added

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This is the final presentation given by the Communication & Social Education Team of the Fall 2021 section of Project Energy Nebraska. The presentation provides an overview of the project and the contributions made by the Communication & Social Education Team throughout the semester. Project Energy Nebraska constitutes one section of the ENVR 319 course that collaborates with ICLEI and Conservation Nebraska to create greenhouse gas inventories for Nebraska cities. The cities involved in Project Energy Nebraska in Fall 2021 were Norfolk and Grand Island.

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[00:00:01.360]hi everyone we are the project energy
[00:00:04.000]emissions education group working with
[00:00:06.000]grand island and norfolk
[00:00:07.839]kate myself and jonah were all involved
[00:00:10.559]in the project as well as ICLEI and
[00:00:12.559]conservation nebraska
[00:00:14.480]over the course of the semester our work
[00:00:16.320]is primarily focused on understanding
[00:00:18.400]and finding solutions for emissions
[00:00:20.080]related problems in grand island and
[00:00:22.560]norfolk
[00:00:27.199]as a whole nebraska has faced a variety
[00:00:29.359]of damaging environmental consequences
[00:00:31.760]as a result of climate change in the
[00:00:33.360]region
[00:00:34.480]issues like poor crop yields flooding
[00:00:36.960]industrial runoff and severe storms have
[00:00:39.760]all wreaked havoc on the environmental
[00:00:41.360]health in the midwest over the past
[00:00:43.120]decade however many nebraskans
[00:00:45.760]especially those in rural areas do not
[00:00:48.160]believe climate change is an immediate
[00:00:50.000]concern
[00:00:52.000]these same nebraskans do not see climate
[00:00:53.840]change as an issue that has relevance to
[00:00:56.320]their daily life or to their potential
[00:00:58.559]prosperity in the future
[00:01:04.879]to complete this project we worked with
[00:01:06.799]ICLEI and conservation nebraska. ICLEI
[00:01:09.600]is a network of local governments that
[00:01:11.920]work to promote sustainability within
[00:01:14.159]urban development these local
[00:01:16.080]governments can range from the united
[00:01:17.759]states to the world as a whole
[00:01:20.640]conservation nebraska is a local
[00:01:22.479]organization that strives to educate the
[00:01:24.320]public about environmental concerns
[00:01:26.320]within the region
[00:01:28.080]by working closely with ICLEI and
[00:01:29.680]conservation nebraska
[00:01:32.159]representatives we established a goal to
[00:01:34.079]not only educate the public about the
[00:01:36.159]issue of greenhouse gas emissions
[00:01:39.119]but to also develop a better
[00:01:40.799]understanding of the values and concerns
[00:01:43.200]of residents in grand island norfolk and
[00:01:46.000]rural nebraska as a whole
[00:01:51.200]to accomplish this we sought to achieve
[00:01:53.600]three sets of goals and objectives
[00:01:56.159]first we hope to discover what
[00:01:57.840]transportation
[00:01:59.200]related issues are prioritized by the
[00:02:01.200]community
[00:02:02.399]in order to do this we developed an
[00:02:04.240]eight question survey regarding
[00:02:05.840]transportation related emissions that
[00:02:08.239]was distributed to grant island and
[00:02:10.080]norfolk residents
[00:02:12.000]second we wanted to communicate the unl
[00:02:14.480]and community partnerships and the
[00:02:16.800]results of the survey to the public
[00:02:19.520]to do so
[00:02:20.959]we
[00:02:21.760]wrote a short press release discussing
[00:02:24.239]our project and the results of the
[00:02:26.160]survey that we hoped to publish on the
[00:02:28.160]unl website
[00:02:30.160]lastly we sought to create informational
[00:02:32.640]material to increase public awareness of
[00:02:34.800]carbon emissions as well as our project
[00:02:38.480]to accomplish this goal we created an
[00:02:40.720]informational digital flyer discussing
[00:02:43.040]transportation related emissions that we
[00:02:45.599]plan to distribute to grand island and
[00:02:47.599]norfolk residents
[00:02:53.120]the survey we created consisted of eight
[00:02:55.519]questions in a digital format
[00:02:57.760]the questions ask participants to rank
[00:02:59.760]what transportation related issues they
[00:03:01.840]value what they would like to see more
[00:03:03.840]of and how their current community
[00:03:05.840]transit
[00:03:06.800]can be improved
[00:03:08.400]our press release was a short
[00:03:09.840]description of our semester-long project
[00:03:12.080]in which we provided quotes
[00:03:14.159]from ICLEI and conservation nebraska
[00:03:16.319]representatives
[00:03:18.080]we hope to publish this press release on
[00:03:20.159]the unl website
[00:03:22.640]environmental studies webpage
[00:03:24.799]our digital flyer consists of background
[00:03:27.360]information regarding carbon emissions
[00:03:30.159]as well as transportation related
[00:03:31.920]content this flyer will provide
[00:03:34.080]additional information to community
[00:03:36.000]residents and will be distributed to the
[00:03:38.480]same recipients as our initial
[00:03:40.239]transportation
[00:03:41.680]survey
[00:03:44.640]from our survey we found that 88 of
[00:03:47.440]residents agree that reducing
[00:03:49.120]transportation related emissions
[00:03:51.280]would go a long way in benefiting public
[00:03:53.280]health
[00:03:54.319]additionally most residents value better
[00:03:56.640]public transit and improve traffic flow
[00:03:59.519]however because we have a limited number
[00:04:01.439]of responses i believe it was only
[00:04:03.680]around 25 out of the 200 we were hoping
[00:04:06.319]to get
[00:04:07.280]it's probably too soon to draw
[00:04:09.040]conclusions from any of our data
[00:04:11.360]because of this we're planning on
[00:04:12.799]keeping our survey open throughout next
[00:04:14.400]semester to allow for the next project
[00:04:16.639]team to take over our work and to
[00:04:18.720]receive a greater amount of data
[00:04:21.040]from both communities
[00:04:24.960]overall our current data suggests that
[00:04:27.040]residents greatly value traffic flow
[00:04:29.680]wider streets improved traffic signals
[00:04:31.919]and the potential for additional bus
[00:04:33.680]lanes
[00:04:34.800]residents also appear to value road
[00:04:36.560]quality a reduction of traffic
[00:04:38.240]congestion and the addition of more wiki
[00:04:41.440]biking and walking paths within their
[00:04:43.600]communities
[00:04:45.040]however while residents agree that
[00:04:46.720]reducing carbon emissions and improved
[00:04:48.639]transit systems would benefit them
[00:04:50.400]personally
[00:04:51.600]the reduction of these greenhouse gas
[00:04:53.360]emissions is not a top value among most
[00:04:55.919]residents
[00:04:57.040]i believe it placed fourth on our survey
[00:05:00.400]because of this we believe additional
[00:05:02.400]education initiatives would go a long
[00:05:04.639]way in helping residents to better
[00:05:06.400]understand the issue of sustainability
[00:05:09.600]and potentially create stronger
[00:05:11.120]community support for future
[00:05:13.280]environmental projects
[00:05:18.240]here's a list of all our references that
[00:05:20.639]helped us to achieve our work this
[00:05:22.639]semester
[00:05:26.320]and if you have any questions regarding
[00:05:28.720]our work uh on this project as a whole
[00:05:31.120]this entire semester or specifically our
[00:05:34.000]survey
[00:05:35.039]our press release or our digital flyer
[00:05:38.720]feel free to take the time to ask us
[00:05:40.479]those questions

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