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Spatial Discounting, Place Attachment and Environmental Concern: Toward an Ambit-Based Theory of Sense of Place

Sense of Place (SOP) theory can connect environmental discourse across disciplines, provided it is supported by an adequate suite of conceptual tools. Sense of place encompasses both objectivist notions of spatial discounting, generally advanced by economists and geographers, and the subjectivist, phenomenological and psychometric aspects of place attachment emphasized by environmental psychologists. This paper introduces ambit as an integrative tool for developing theories about sense of place that include both subjective and objective aspects of human activity. Signifying the spatial extent of activity over time, the human ambit anchors spatial dimensions of environmental concern to alternative theories about sense of place. We conceptualize ambit as the focal level of a tri-level hierarchy stratifying mechanisms, behavior, and reflexivity associated with place. After developing the observable ambit as integral to a hierarchical theory of place-based behavior, we explore its use in providing a more empirical understanding of human behavior in space–time.
http://epscor.w3.uvm.edu/2/node/2259

The Vermont Genetics Network and VT EPSCoR will host a Grant Writing Workshop on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at the Doubletree Hotel in South Burlington, VT.

This year's grant writing workshop will feature Dr. Robert Porter who will deliver two sessions; WRITING SUCCESSFUL GRANTS in the morning, and GRANTS OF INTEREST TO UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS in the afternoon. A concurrent session will be offered in the afternoon on GRANTS MANAGEMENT for grant administrators. This session will not only cover pre-award application support but also the ins and outs of managing funded projects. Please RSVP by November 10, 2014 via email to vgn@uvm.edu - include your Name, Institution/Affiliation and Department.

Additional information about the event is located here.

We hope to see you there!

Professional News: Aug. 27, 2014
UVM News
Following her Scholar-in-Residence appointment at Goddard College in August, geography professor Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux has been named the school's commencement speaker. Dupigny-Giroux gave a public presentation during her residency, ...

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Teachout, Cuomo Opponent, Is Unbowed by Underdog Status ...  The New York Times

Keene yoga center to open next month
The Keene Sentinel
Bringing the community together through yoga is the focus of a new studio set to open next month. Josephine Russell and her son, Bryan, are putting the finishing touches on the Keene Yoga Center, at 80 Roxbury St. in the former Odd Fellows Hall.

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‘Building a Better Teacher’ and ‘Getting Schooled’  The New York Times

'Jamaican scam' targets elderly, drains bank accounts | News | newburyportnews.com  The Daily News of Newburyport

New Football League, FXFL, Coming to Boston With High Hopes of NFL Quality
Boston.com
“I mean I'm getting inundated with phone calls and e-mails from guys on NFL rosters and their agents,” FXFL commissioner Brian Woods told Boston.com. “We're not getting guys off the street or veterans. The on field product is going to be exceptional.”.

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FXFL developmental league places one of 4 teams in Brooklyn
Greenfield Daily Reporter
NEW YORK — The FXFL developmental football league will have a team in Brooklyn and will play a six-game season in four cities this year. The Brooklyn Bolts will play at MCU Park, the home of the minor league baseball Cyclones, a Class A farm team of ...

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A radical alternative to a carbon tax
Barre Montpelier Times Argus
So what are we waiting for? As usual, true leadership. Our leaders are waiting to see whether public opinion will support them if they act. Alan Betts is a leading climate scientist and a past president of the Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering.

A radical alternative to a carbon tax
Rutland Herald
Alan Betts is a leading climate scientist and a past president of the Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering. He lives in Pittsford and can be reached at vtclimatescience@aol.com. Tweet. Email Article; Print Article. 2 Comments. MORE IN Perspective.

A radical alternative to a carbon tax
Rutland Herald
So what are we waiting for? As usual, true leadership. Our leaders are waiting to see whether public opinion will support them if they act. Alan Betts is a leading climate scientist and a past president of the Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering.

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A radical alternative to a carbon tax
Rutland Herald
Alan Betts is a leading climate scientist and a past president of the Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering. He lives in Pittsford and can be reached at vtclimatescience@aol.com. Tweet. Email Article; Print Article. 2 Comments. MORE IN Perspective.

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At Issue: Replacing top leadership
WCAX
Governor Shumlin's decision to fire Vermont Human Services Secretary Doug Racine comes during high-profile troubles for the state's largest agency, including with Vermont Health Connect and the Department for Children and Families. But UVM Public ...

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Diving into Big Data
UVM News
UVM professor of engineering Donna Rizzo knows how messy problems of groundwater pollution can be brought into a tidy framework. She's developed mathematical techniques to cleverly probe and connect bucket loads of data collected from, say, ...

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Diving into Big Data
UVM News
UVM professor of engineering Donna Rizzo knows how messy problems of groundwater pollution can be brought into a tidy framework. She's developed mathematical techniques to cleverly probe and connect bucket loads of data collected from, say, ...

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Diving into Big Data
UVM News
UVM professor of engineering Donna Rizzo knows how messy problems of groundwater pollution can be brought into a tidy framework. She's developed mathematical techniques to cleverly probe and connect bucket loads of data collected from, say, ...

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13 NEWRnet interns working at the University of Delaware, the University of Vermont, Salve Regina University and University of Rhode Island have spent the summer investigating the drivers of local and regional water quality using advanced water sensors to acquire real-time, high-frequency water quality data, and using the fields of experimental economics and agent-based modeling to determine how stakeholders respond to this new technology.

Diving Into Big Data
UVM News
UVM professor of engineering Donna Rizzo knows how messy problems of groundwater pollution can be brought into a tidy framework. She's developed mathematical techniques to cleverly probe and connect bucket loads of data collected from, say, ...

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Public Water Systems Watch for Toxic Algae in Lake Champlain
Seven Days
"I've lived in Bedford since 2004, and it happens every summer," said Aleksandra Drizo, a research fellow at the University of Vermont and the CEO of PhosphorEduc, a company that creates and markets technology for removing phosphorous from water.

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