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DESCRIPTION:The Facing the Anthropocene: Interdisciplinary Approaches works
 hop presents: "Non-material Values of Nature in the US: Summary of the Nat
 ional Assessment of US Nature"Rachelle Gould (University of Vermont)Tuesda
 y\, March 31st\, 2026 | 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. (PST)Hartley Conference Cent
 er (397 Panama Mall\, Stanford\, CA) Abstract: In 2024\, the Biden adminis
 tration launched the first-ever National Nature Assessment\; in 2025\, the
  Trump administration cancelled the Assessment\, or at least federal suppo
 rt for it. In the ensuing months\, the author team continued work on the a
 ssessment\, which is now out for public review under a new NGO\, The Natur
 e Record (www.naturerecord.org/chapters). Dr. Rachelle Gould is the Chapte
 r Lead for the Assessment’s Culture Chapter (Culture and Relationships w
 ith Nature in the U.S.). This chapter focuses primarily on non-material va
 lues associated with human-nature relationships: values related to\, for i
 nstance\, spirituality\, heritage\, mental health\, bequest\, and stewards
 hip. In this talk\, Dr. Gould will first recognize the imperfection of the
  idea of nonmaterial values\, given that interactions with nature almost a
 lways include material and nonmaterial components. She will then summarize
  the Assessment’s culture chapter (which\, again\, you can access at the
  link above). She will also summarize a recently submitted manuscript that
  shares the analytical review of 600+ scholarly research papers that under
 lies the assessment chapter. Both of these products are in review (public 
 and peer)\, so feedback from attendees will thus feed into revisions of th
 e two versions of this work. Please join us and weigh in!   Bio: Rachelle 
 Gould is an Associate Professor at the Rubenstein School of Environment an
 d Natural Resources and Faculty Fellow at the Gund Institute for Environme
 nt (University of Vermont). Prof. Gould's collaborative interdisciplinary 
 research investigates the relationships between ecosystems and well-being\
 , focusing on the intersection of environmental values\, learning\, and hu
 man behavior. Issues of equity and inclusion are central to all of her wor
 k. All of her projects include a substantial focus on understanding hetero
 geneity in multiple domains – e.g.\, in perspectives on “the environme
 nt\;” in the benefits people receive from ecosystems\; and in how enviro
 nmental learning happens. Those projects also explore how to inform equita
 ble decision-making in the face of that heterogeneity.Prof. Gould has two 
 research areas: Cultural Ecosystem Services (and nonmaterial values of eco
 systems\, more generally)\, and Environmental Education. Using the lens of
  Cultural Ecosystem Services\, she examines how nature improves well-being
  in nonmaterial ways. Using the lens of environmental education\, she expl
 ores how people learn about the environment\, and how that learning does (
 and does not) connect to behavior.\n\nProf. Gould was a Lead Author on the
  United Nations IPBES Values Assessment (IPBES = Intergovernmental Platfor
 m on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services)\, which was released in August 2
 022. For the 2022-2023 academic year\, she is on a Fulbright fellowship wo
 rking to implement some of the Assessment’s recommendations.\n\nProf. Go
 uld and her research group also have projects underway in multiple places\
 , from Vermont to Hawaii’s Big Island. Partnering with communities and o
 rganizations is an important part of this work\; learn more about the grou
 p’s partners.\n\n This Workshop is sponsored by the Stanford Humanities 
 Center and made possible by support from an anonymous donor\, former Fello
 ws\, the Mellon Foundation\, the National Endowment for the Humanities\, a
 nd the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society.
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LOCATION:Mitchell Earth Sciences\, Hartley Conference Center
SUMMARY:Non-material Values of Nature in the US: Summary of the National As
 sessment of US Nature
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/non-material-values-of-natu
 re-in-the-us-summary-of-the-national-assessment-of-us-nature
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