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=== Management-based environmental stewardship === === Management-based environmental stewardship === '''Management-based environmental stewardship focuses on the responsibility of businesses, organizations, and governments to manage resources sustainably, and use their particular positions of power and influence to protect, rather than harm, the natural environment. Since these institutions are often profit-driven, resource extraction is fundamental to their operations. This form of stewardship seeks to prevent exploitative extraction. However, competing financial interests still remain a barrier to more businesses taking on the role of environmental stewardship. Additionally, not all institutions under these categories hold the necessary environmental expertise, so collaboration with scientific research institutions is crucial for informing management decisions to ensure sustainability <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Golden |first=Abigail S. |last2=Arlidge |first2=William N. S. |last3=Crandall |first3=Chelsey |last4=Ehrlich |first4=Elias |last5=van den Heuvel |first5=Lotte |last6=Klefoth |first6=Thomas |last7=Kochalski |first7=Sophia |last8=Lorenzen |first8=Kai |last9=Sbragaglia |first9=Valerio |last10=Skov |first10=Christian |last11=Venturelli |first11=Paul |last12=Arlinghaus |first12=Robert |last13=Shephard |first13=Samuel |date=2025-03 |title=What Is(n't) Environmental Stewardship? Eliciting Unspoken Assumptions Using Fisheries as a Model |url=https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.13083 |journal=Conservation Letters |language=en |volume=18 |issue=2 |doi=10.1111/conl.13083 |issn=1755-263X}}</ref>. One example of this form of stewardship can be seen through hospitals in the United States that partner with the Afya Foundation which collect unused medical supplies before they are discarded in order to distribute them to lower-income countries where there are medical supplies shortages'''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kleber |first=Julie |date=2018-06-01 |title=Environmental Stewardship: The Nurse’s Role in Sustainability |url=https://www.ons.org/publications-research/cjon/22/3/environmental-stewardship-nurses-role-sustainability |journal=Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=354–356 |doi=10.1188/18.CJON.354-356 |issn=1092-1095}}</ref>'''.''' '''Management-based environmental stewardship focuses on the responsibility of businesses, organizations, and governments to manage resources sustainably, and use their particular positions of power and influence to protect, rather than harm, the natural environment''' <ref name=":3" />'''. Since these institutions are often profit-driven, resource extraction is fundamental to their operations. This form of stewardship seeks to prevent exploitative extraction. However, competing financial interests still remain a barrier to more businesses taking on the role of environmental stewardship. Additionally, not all institutions under these categories hold the necessary environmental expertise, so collaboration with scientific research institutions is crucial for informing management decisions to ensure sustainability <ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Golden |first=Abigail S. |last2=Arlidge |first2=William N. S. |last3=Crandall |first3=Chelsey |last4=Ehrlich |first4=Elias |last5=van den Heuvel |first5=Lotte |last6=Klefoth |first6=Thomas |last7=Kochalski |first7=Sophia |last8=Lorenzen |first8=Kai |last9=Sbragaglia |first9=Valerio |last10=Skov |first10=Christian |last11=Venturelli |first11=Paul |last12=Arlinghaus |first12=Robert |last13=Shephard |first13=Samuel |date=2025-03 |title=What Is(n't) Environmental Stewardship? Eliciting Unspoken Assumptions Using Fisheries as a Model |url=https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.13083 |journal=Conservation Letters |language=en |volume=18 |issue=2 |doi=10.1111/conl.13083 |issn=1755-263X}}</ref>. One example of this form of stewardship can be seen through hospitals in the United States that partner with the Afya Foundation which collect unused medical supplies before they are discarded in order to distribute them to lower-income countries where there are medical supplies shortages'''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kleber |first=Julie |date=2018-06-01 |title=Environmental Stewardship: The Nurse’s Role in Sustainability |url=https://www.ons.org/publications-research/cjon/22/3/environmental-stewardship-nurses-role-sustainability |journal=Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=354–356 |doi=10.1188/18.CJON.354-356 |issn=1092-1095}}</ref>'''.'''

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=== 'WE ACT - PLEASE' framework === === 'WE ACT - PLEASE' framework === '''The 'WE ACT - PLEASE' is an acronym that provides a framework for successful and holistic environmental stewardship. It first addresses fives areas in which pollution must be mitigated by institutions - "Waste, Energy/water, Agriculture/food, Chemicals, and Transportation (WE ACT)" - and six institutional factors essential in the successful mitigation of these pollutants - "Professional Obligation, Leadership, Education, Accountability, Science, and Engagement (PLEASE)"''' <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schenk |first=Elizabeth C. |date=2019-08 |title=Environmental Stewardship in Nursing: Introducing the “WE ACT-PLEASE ” Framework |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1891/1078-4535.25.3.222 |journal=Creative Nursing |language=en |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=222–231 |doi=10.1891/1078-4535.25.3.222 |issn=1078-4535}}</ref>'''.''' '''The 'WE ACT - PLEASE' is an acronym that provides a framework for successful and holistic environmental stewardship. It first addresses fives areas in which pollution must be mitigated by institutions - "Waste, Energy/water, Agriculture/food, Chemicals, and Transportation (WE ACT)" - and six institutional factors essential in the successful mitigation of these pollutants - "Professional obligation, Leadership, Education, Accountability, Science, and Engagement (PLEASE)"''' <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schenk |first=Elizabeth C. |date=2019-08 |title=Environmental Stewardship in Nursing: Introducing the “WE ACT-PLEASE ” Framework |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1891/1078-4535.25.3.222 |journal=Creative Nursing |language=en |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=222–231 |doi=10.1891/1078-4535.25.3.222 |issn=1078-4535}}</ref>'''. Professional obligation highlights the individual responsibility each individual has to be an environmental steward in whatever workplace or personal setting one finds themselves in through the making of environmentally conscious decisions'''<ref name=":3" />'''. Leadership also highlights the unique responsibility of institutional managers to use the power they have to ensure sustainable resource use and the initiation or support of stewardship actions'''<ref name=":3" />'''. Education, whether in the classroom or through the experiential knowledge gained by volunteerism, is essential to mobilizing support for environmental stewardship'''<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />'''. [[Accountability]] typically requires the presence of an outside actor to ensure people or institutions are taking on their responsibilities. For example, governmental monitoring programs can be put in place to make sure businesses are not going over set emission caps. Science - particularly [[environmental science]] - is also important for informing stewardship actions to ensure they are successful in their goals'''<ref name=":3" />'''. Finally, engagement is important, particularly for NGO and grassroots efforts that require volunteer support''' <ref name=":2" />'''. Additionally, individuals must be engaged and personally take on the role of being an environmental steward for successful large scale environmental restoration and protection'''<ref name=":3" />'''.''' [[Category:Wikipedia Student Program]] [[Category:Wikipedia Student Program]]