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Article
The Family-Environment Connection: Filling a Nationwide Program Gap
Journal of Extension
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
10-1-2013
Abstract
Since its inception, Extension has focused on helping individuals, families, and communities change economic, environmental, and social conditions. Over the organization's history, environmental condition change programming has been mostly the purview of natural resource educators and less often conducted by family and consumer science professionals. There is no evidence of a comprehensive approach to environmental education in Extension linked to family development. In addition, no evidence was found of any Extension educators conducting environmental education with the family unit as the audience. The Family-Environment Connection initiative created by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach aims to fill this gap.
Copyright Owner
Journal of Extension
Copyright Date
2013
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Anthony Santiago, Nancy K. Franz, Rebecca Christoffel, Kristi A. Cooper, et al.. "The Family-Environment Connection: Filling a Nationwide Program Gap" Journal of Extension Vol. 51 Iss. 5 (2013) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/nancy_franz/69/
This article is published as Santiago, A., Franz, N., Chrisstoffel, R., Cooper, K., & Schmitt, B. (2013). “The Family-Environment Connection: Filling a Nation-Wide Program Gap.” Journal of Extension,51(5). extension number: 5IAW3. Posted with permission.