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I want to measure societal impacts of my initiative…
...by assessing capacity building and education

Aggregate indicator title

Environmental education and stewardship 

Description

Individual and societal outcomes in terms of education and stewardship

Domain

Society

Qualitative/Quantitative

Quantitative 

Primary/Secondary data

Primary data

Source of data

Participants

Time series

Yes, ex ante and ex post

Unit of measurement (observation)

Absolute values

Unit of analysis

Project

Analytical level (logic model)

Outcome, impact

Links with indicators in other domains

N/A

Data collection method(s)

Interviews with participants in training sessions

Data collection item(s)

To what degree you feel the [name of the program] volunteers are making a difference in their communities in different ways? (see the indicator building filed)

Ranking on a scale of 0 (none) to 100 (a lot)

Indicator building
  • Participating in environmental stewardship projects
  • Educating and engaging the public
  • Creating knowledgeable and credible volunteers in the local community
  • Generating advocates for natural resource agencies; Increasing self-confidence of volunteers
  • eveloping community through social connections
Availability of data

Low

Feasibility

Moderately resource demanding

Comments/caveats

 

Source of indicator definition

Merenlender et al. (2016