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August Networking Event August Networking Event: Social Value of Environmental Volunteering and Program Setup 31 August, 2017 2:00pm – 4:00pm
August Networking
Event
August Networking
Event: Social Value of
Environmental
Volunteering and
Program Setup
31 August, 2017
2:00pm – 4:00pm
Agenda
Welcome and Introduction
Greening Australia Presentation
Q&A and Wrap up
Networking
Today’s Speaker
Rafiq Huq
Environmental Manager
(Community Engagement)
Greening Australia
ENVIRONMENTAL
VOLUNTEERING PROGRAM:
STEPPING STONES TO
SUCCESS….
BY: RAFIQ HUQ
GREENING AUSTRALIA
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Step – 01 : Understand human network
• Close network
• Open network
Bonding networks
Bridging networks
Linking networks (4)
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Step – 02 : Identify potential customers
• Who are the stakeholder groups? How they perceive or
behave that affect the targeted area?
• What social or environmental issues may affect
relationship?
• How the decisions are made or powers are shared in local
community?
• Which communication media or channel can be effective?
• What impacts the program can create in the local to wider
communities. (1)
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Step – 03 : Consider stages of
environmentalism
Stage-1: Pragmatic natural-resource conservation
Stage-2: Moral and aesthetic nature preservation
Stage-3: Growing concern about he connection of health
and ecological damage
Stage-4: Global focus and psychological environmental
citizenship (2)
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Step – 04 : Remember six motivations identifies
by CSIRO
1.Helping a cause
2.Social interaction
3.Improving skills
4.Learning about environment
5.General desire to care for the environment
6.Desire to care for a particular place (3)
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Step – 05 : Plan and implement National
Standards
Standard-1: Policies and procedures
Standard-2: Management responsibilities
Standard-3: Recruitment, Selection and Orientation
Standard-4: Work and workplace
Standard-5: Training and Development
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Continued from last slide….
Standard-6: Services delivery
Standard-7: Documentation and records
Standard-8: Continuous improvement
End of this presentation, thank you for your patience.
Let us share our experiences and ideas.
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References:(1) Worboys, G., Lockwood, M., & Lacy, T. D. (2001). Protected Area Management: Principles and
Practice. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
(2) Cunningham, W. P., & Saigo, B. W. (1999). Environmental Science: A Global Concern (5th
(International Edition) ed.): Mc Graw Hill.
(3) Measham, T. G., & Barnett, G. G. (2007). Environmental Volunteering: Motivations, Modes and
Outcomes. Canberra: CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems.
(4) Huq, R., Burgin, S. (2016). "Eco-social Capital: A proposal for exploring the development of
cohesiveness in environmental volunteer groups." THIRD SECTOR REVIEW 22(nOVEMBER 1): 49-
68.
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ENVIRONMENTAL VOLUNTEERING:
Why it is worth?
By: Rafiq Huq
Greening
Australia
According to ABS report on social trend…
-In 2011-12, 73% Australians was involved in
activities in nature.
-Out of that, 93% did that only to enjoy, only around
10% was involved in nature conservation.
-In 2007-08, 82% Australian adults were concerned about
environmental problems.
-34% (of total population) was involved in activities to
protect the environment. This includes signing a petition
(17%), donating money (14%), communicating with
authorities (10%), participating in a rally (2%).
Another ABS report reveals…
Let’s talk about volunteering… are we hardwired to
give ???
“Happiness is a by-product of altruism ..it suggests
that we are hardwired to feel a certain joy when we
give”-Professor Stephen Post (1)
So, one of the important characters of human that makes
us different than other animals is that we like to help
others, we enjoy happiness by giving selflessly. And in
simplest words, this is volunteering…
What is volunteering then…?
“Emile Durkheim argued the enhanced level of interaction,
together with the increasing ecological boundedness of a
given group, raise its focus of attention and the intensity of
common emotions.” (2)
Now, why do we volunteer ?
Mark Snyder revealed 05 the psychology behind
volunteering motivations… (3)
1. Personal values
2. Community concerns
3. Self-esteem enhancement
4. A need to understand others
5. Personal development
Volunteer participation of some
countriesCountry % Score of Survey World
Ranking (4)
• Turkmenistan 60% 01
• Myanmar 55%
02
• Indonesia 50%
03
• Sri Lanka 49%
04
• USA 46%
05
• New Zealand 44% 06
• Australia 40%
11
• Malaysia 33%
20
• India 21%
% Score of Volunteer Participation…
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
% Score of Vol. Participation of three countries
Australia
Bangladesh
Malaysia
World-ranking of Volunteer Participation…
5
15
25
35
45
55
65
75
85
95
105
115
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
World Ranking of Vol. Participation of three countries
Australia
Bangladesh
Malaysia
Are we comparing Apple to Orange.. ?
Demography is a major factor in generating volunteer motivation…
According to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2014)
oHousehold income and volunteering are positively correlated.
o In 2014, families with lowest quintile income contributed 23% volunteer
participation.
oFamilies with highest quintile contributed 39% volunteer participation
But Australian Bureau of Statistics also revealed that….
o64% Social connections mattered in the decision to become a
volunteer (ABS 2006)
Now, let’s focus on Environmental Volunteering..
Let’s touch base with where all starts…
ECONOMY
ECOLOGY
HUMAN
ENVIRONMENT
SOCIETY
ENVIRONMENTAL
VOLUNTEERING
What is Environmental Volunteering… ?
When people contribute their time and efforts to create a positive
change to the environment or to restore natural resources…
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation of
Australia revealed that Australians get involved in Environmental
Volunteering with six motivations (6)
1. Helping a cause
2. Social interaction
3. Improving skills
4. Learning about environment
5. General desire to care for the environment
6. Desire to care for a particular place
Let’s talk about the value of environmental volunteering...
Firstly, where is the balance of triple bottom line or the Three-legged
Stool of Sustainability ?
Ann Dale revealed from her research that
reconciliation in ‘Triple-bottom-line’ Capitals result
into Sustainable Community Development where
Social Capital takes the leading role. (5)
Gooch reported that voluntary restoration of
natural resources also has positive relationship
with “sense of place” as ecological identity (7)
Social capital through the networks of Env.
Volunteering can be termed as ‘Eco-social
Capital’. (8)
Sustainable communities, is it only a dream ?
Empowerment
Relationship
Connection
Reciprocity
Communication
Deliberate dialogues
Social Capital
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SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT (5)
Sustainable Community: ‘…places where people want to live and work,
now and in the future, they meet the diverse needs of existing and future
residents, are sensitive to their environment and contribute a high quality of
life’ (9)
Social Networks and Sustainability….
Sustainable Communities depend on the formation and maintenance of
networks through bonding, bridging and linking (10)
Through the networks common values can be sustained by means of
shared vision
Changes required for Sustainable Development require collective
mobilization of people
For this reason, formal platforms like RCE (Regional Centres of
Expertise) of ESD Networks are so important
Greater Western Sydney RCE (hosted by Western Sydney University)
facilitate networking of 32 regional partners of public, private and not-for
profit organisations.
They are also land-managers, env-volunteer program managers or
both.
What about other values?
Precise global outcome of Environmental Volunteering in Ecosystem
Services yet to be established.
But ‘The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity’ Report indicated
that an annual investment of US$45 billion into protected areas alone,
the delivery of ecosystem services worth some US$5 trillion a year
could be secured.
Economic value is relatively obvious… for example
• In 2014, 31% Australians volunteered 743 million hours, out of that
29.4 million volunteer hours were contributed for Environmental
Volunteering.
• According to Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Volunteers
contributed $43 billion worth work in 2006.
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That’s the end of my presentation, thank you for your time today..
I hope you’d understand Environmental Volunteering little bit better
than before…
Any question?
I believe that the greatest success of
environmental volunteering is when
we develop positive focus of our next
generation environmental stewards.
Please watch this video….
Emmaus College Video.mkv
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References:
(1) McKenny, L. (2008). "The pursuit of happiness." Sydney Morning Herald(May 8, 2008).
(2) Emirbayer, M. (2003). Introduction-Emil Durkheim: Sociologist of Modernity. In M. Emirbayer (Ed.), Emil Durkheim:
Sociologist of Modernity (pp. 1-28). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
(3) Winerman, L. (2006). Helping others, helping ourselves. Monitor on Psychology. USA, American Psychological
Association. 37: 38.
(4) CAF (2016). CAF World Giving Index 2016: The world's leading study of generosity, Charity Aid Foundation: 1-48.
(5) Dale, A. (2005). Social Capital and Sustainable Community Development: Is There a Relationship. In A. Dale & J.
Onyx (Eds.), Social Capital & Sustainable Community Development (pp. 13-32). Toronto: UBC Press.
(6) Measham, T. G., & Barnett, G. G. (2007). Environmental Volunteering: Motivations, Modes and Outcomes. Canberra:
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems.
(7) Gooch, M. (2002). A sense of place: Ecological identity as a driver for catchment volunteering. Paper presented at the Australia
& New Zealand Third Sector Research Conference, UNITEC. Retrieved 19 June, 2008
(8) Huq, R., Burgin, S. (2016). "Eco-social Capital: A proposal for exploring the development of cohesiveness in
environmental volunteer groups." THIRD SECTOR REVIEW 22(nOVEMBER 1): 49-68.
(9) UK Communities & Local Gov (2009). Communities and Neighbourhoods Retrieved 20 Nov, 2009, 2009, from
http://www.communities.gov.uk/archived/general-content/communities/whatis
(10) Dale, A., & Newman, L. (2010). Social capital: a necessary and sufficient condition for sustainable community development?
Commynity Development Journal, 45(1), 5-21.
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