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Turnover, Memory, Persistence: Four Decades of Ecological Community at Lost Valley

Creator:

Bruno, Mark P.

Abstract:

This study is an ethnographic investigation of residential turnover, organizational memory, and the persistence of Lost Valley, an Oregon ecovillage founded in 1989. Literature on organizational turnover, memory, and persistence is reviewed and integrated with scholarship on intentional communities and ecovillages, generating a theoretical framework for data collection and analysis....

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Masters Thesis

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understanding of ethnographic methods. Special thanks go to my committee, Drs. Joan Gross, Lori Cramer, and
Recognizing and overcoming the critical cultural barriers to progress in the sustainability movement : from a human perspective

Creator:

Bestvina, Bodarc

Abstract:

This thesis seeks to better understand the most pressing cultural barriers to progress in the sustainability movement, and to offer suggestions for overcoming barriers. This research includes a two-year long case study of the sustainability movement at OSU, where the researcher coordinated projects encouraging behavior change. Despite increasing severity and...

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Masters Thesis
Standing in the Way of Control : Small Farmers, Water Use, and Technology Adoption in Oregon

Creator:

Hepperly, Jody R.

Abstract:

In recent years, several interrelated forces—prolonged drought, growing populations, height-ened environmental protections, sustained agricultural use, and hydrologic alterations due to climate change—have increased pressure on water users in the Western United States, where the agricultural sector accounts for up to 90% of total water withdrawals. Technology im-provements developed since the...

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Masters Thesis