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Explorations, Vol. 5, No. 1
Articles include:
Cover: What Have We Done with Tomorrow? by Leslie C. Hyde, UMCES Extension Agent for Knox-Lincoln Counties.
Editorial Reflections, Carole J. Bombard
UMCES: an overview
Conversation with the Director: Assistant Vice-President Judith Bailey
Reaching Out for Teen Awareness, by Theresa M. Ferrari
Profile of a Harbormaster, by Carole J. Bombard
Minding Maine’s Business, by Mary S. Bowie
Family Resource Management: Learning to ease the burden, by Olive Dubord and Doris Cushman
Breaking Free and Taking Control: Helen Sawyer’s Story, by Doris Manley
Partnership in Conservation: The Josephine Newman Sanctuary, by Nancy Coverstone
The Mount Desert Island Health Promotion Project, by Ron Beard
Dynamics of Weed Control in Agriculture, by Leigh Morrow
From Generation to Generation: An Extension Homemaker Family, by Nadine B. Reimer
ICLAD: The Institute for Community Leadership and Development, by Jim Killacky and Deb Burwell
Exploding the Cinderella Syndrome: Strengthening Stepfamilies, by Wendy Pollock
Integrated Pest Management: Bringing it all together, by Glen Koehler and Jim Dill
Addressing the Issues, by Patricia M. Pierson
Anti-Bruise: What’s It All About? Maine Potato Harvest Anti-Bruise Program, by Neal D. Hallee
H.O.P.E. Addresses Teenage Pregnancy, by Jane M. Kelly
Saving Money and the Environment, by Vaughn H. Holyoke
Reservoir Tillage in Nonirrigated Potato Production, by Leigh Morrow
Managing Pesticide Drift, by James D. Dwyer, Leigh S. Morrow and James F. Dill
The St. George River Project — what have we done with tomorrow?
Putting Research to Work, by Stephen Belyea
The Best Maine Blue: Fresh Pack Blueberries, by Tom DeGomez
Maine’s Green Sea Urchin, by Benjamin A. Baxter
Interfaces and Cooperation: Wildlife and Fisheries Sampler, by Catherine A. Elliott
Extension Responds to the Salmonella Scare, by Nellie Hedstrom and Mahmoud El-Begearm
Participatory Action Research: A Useful Tool for Exploring Work-Life Balance Issues
Many of our Extension clients struggle with issues of work-life balance, self-care, and sustainable leadership. Extension staff do as well. This article describes the richness of the Participatory Action Research (PAR) tool as an educational and community development intervention and a qualitative research methodology. The project on self-care and women\u27s sustainable leadership described here also engaged researchers as participants in the study. Using PAR to create solutions to issues of self-care and work-life balance has great potential in Extension with benefits to clients and staff as well