Conserving the Future: Wildlife Refuges and the Next Generation

Michael,
I was told that the Content Management System would take another two years to roll out field stations. Is this accurate?

Kristen, I just posted on Jimmy’s comment about this general conversation of land ethic/environmentally sustainable society. To sum it up, I believe incentives will be needed as a tool to achieve mass societal change.

Thanks Jimmy. Both you and Kristin are helping me to dig deeper about the possibility of actually achieving this pie in the sky vision. I am a firm believer in developing goals and not worrying too much about ”how” you’ll get there. The how just happens as you move forward. However, this is a very complex societal issue and requires a bit of the ”how” forethought so that it can be sold.

I believe all human behavior can be encapsulated into one or the other, seeking pleasure or avoiding pain. One suggestion for the mechanics of achieving societal environmental sustainability is through incentives. Corporations and citizens alike are more likely to change their behavior if there are incentives. Incentives = Pleasure. Right now, taking actions to be environmentally sustainable can be painful to the wallet or just not EASY (at least that’s the perception). If we provide incentives, we can turn the table on pain avoidance and make it pleasurable to behave in an environmentally sustainable manner.

Thanks for concurring with my opinion on this Tim. I am so looking forward to the Content Management System (CMS) rollout, but I’ve been told that it won’t be for another 2 years, so that sort deflates my excitement. This points to the core issue of our website management. If we can’t respond to the latest technology in a timely manner, we can’t be competitively relevant to the public and our partners at large. By the time two years comes around, CMS might be replaced with a newer, better technology.

Basically CMS will allow those with little knowledge of web programming languages to build and manage the sites content. It will be as easy as what we are doing on this blog site.

If anyone knows anything about the CMS rollout, I’d like to know if what I heard about timing is accurate. Thanks.

Thanks for contributing to this discussion about websites Mark. It is an important issue to me too that I believe needs serious, not urgent, attention.

Lisa,
I am so relieved to know that I am not alone in my beliefs about this matter. Thank you for sharing more detail about this and for all that you contribute in time and energy as a friend and volunteer.