Lake Champlain’s watershed is shared by Vermont and New York in the US and Quebec in Canada. Strong identities and place-centered affiliations exist among citizen-based watershed groups and the underlying natural resource management regimes. Lake Champlain’s northern waters are a place both rich in citizen action and rich in nutrients. The northern waters include Missisquoi Bay, which is shared...

We examined whether participation (n = 623 students) in educational travel programs influenced support for environmental policies across different citizen types (justice-oriented, participatory, personally responsible, and non-citizen). Findings showed that (1) participation increased support for environmental policies across all groups, (2) justice-oriented citizens reported the highest suppor...

E-Government is taking a step further in innovation to invent a website that allows citizen to monitor the rate at which they consume electricity and water, and automatically inform citizens about the environmental impact. The secondary objective is to encourage public participation that will assist government in service delivery by gaining knowledge of citizens’ concerns. The literature survey...

Citizen Science or community science has been around for a long time. The scope of involvement in initiatives ranges from short-term data collection to intensive engagement delve into research topic together with scientists and/or other volunteers. Although many volunteer researchers have academic training, it is not prerequisite participation projects. It important adhere scientific standards,...

The paper after having examined the concept and possibilities of e-democracy, examines the situation in Italy and in Europe. The impact on daily social life has been given particular study through the introduction of a taxonomy of e-democracy in relation to the category of services and the targeted citizen segment. Finally, a technological solution has been proposed which allows for greater par...