Ep125 Tom Rhoads, Exploring the Intersection of Environmental Education and Economics
In this episode, we get to learn from Dr. Tom Rhoads, an economist and professor at Towson University.
Dr. Rhoads shares his transition from sports economics to environmental economics and his research integrating economics into environmental education.
Dr. Rhoads explains that his interest in environmental education began about five years ago when he noticed a shift in the demographics of his class, with more environmental science and studies majors than economics majors. This led him to change his approach to teaching environmental economics, focusing more on the environment and finding the economics within it.
LINKS
Aldo Leopold, Sand County Almanac*
Working Paper - Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2023 Conference | Thinking like an economist while reading the land: Using reading quizzes to show environmental studies and sciences and economics intersecting in Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac; Working paper
Presentation Slides - North American Association for Environmental Education, 2023 Conference | Costs, Benefits, and Environmental Action; Presentation slides
Now Available! A new paper in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences
Rhoads, T.A. Thinking like an economist while reading the land: using reading quizzes to show environmental studies and sciences intersecting with economics in Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac. J Environ Stud Sci (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-024-00922-4
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Producer: Tania Marien
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