Civic Ecology Lab

Civic Ecology Lab, located in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University, integrate research and public engagement to support stewardship, learning, and resilience in communities facing social and environmental stresses globally. Their members conduct engaged research and facilitate global online learning communities. They focus on the contributions of grassroots stewardship and education to climate mitigation, environmental enhancement, and individual and community health and well-being, and contribute to knowledge about the outcomes of, and interactions among, four components of a social-ecological system: They also focus on how small-scale stewardship and education efforts scale up to have broader impacts, including through applying research, institutional partnerships, and spread of behaviors in social networks. They also work in New York City, Puerto Rico, China, and other locations, integrating social equity and diversity with climate and environmental concerns.