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The Very Hungry Grad Student: Consuming, Digesting, and Applying Knowledge in an Interdisciplinary Field
... as a researcher carries a professional weight with it that should not be ignored. At the same time, acknowledging the history with which a community has grown and developed is critical to providing sound and useful research. You will never know i...
Thiess International Riverprize finalists for 2014
...further degrading the Petitcodiac River. The Riverkeeper initiated a campaign with four objectives: 1) Communicate a new story for the river, 2) Enforce water quality regulations, 3) Raise funds for legal fees and communication costs, and 4) Perce...
This is What Science Stands For: Exhibiting at AGU Fall Meeting 2018
... its largest presence at the conference this year, with around thirty events happening throughout the week. Workshops on storytelling, multimedia, and even poetry, panels featuring prominent science writers and advocates, and interactive activitie...
Thoughts on Chennai, India
...side. Having always wanted to visit India, this was a fantastic opportunity and apart from beautiful sunrises, amazing history, and a welcome break from a long northern winter, I was struck by how friendly and engaging Indian folks are. That is no...
Tips for great photos and videos
... evening light create the picture you envision? This type of list can help you stay focused on the tasks at hand. Have a story in mind when taking photos . To help create this story, review photos of places you intend to visit on Flickr to see wha...
To get the grade: Collaborate! Stakeholder engagement and the missing link between research and action
...enous village from the forested upper valley and maintaining the integrity of the community and the ecosystem. The above story is only hypothetical and somewhat simplistic in nature. Yet, it models a plausible real-world scenario, which was based...
Top ten conceptual diagrams: Seagrasses, streams, eco-rhythms
... guideposts when discussing new projects and working in a new region. In addition, these diagrams represent a scientific story that connects science to environmental management. The graphical approach differs, with two dimensional vs. three dimens...
Top ten human symbols: People, buildings and boats
... in Palau was created by Jane Thomas during our visit to Palau in 2007. These buildings were beautifully decorated with 'storyboards' which used various symbols to depict historic events (many were X-rated). Apart from the content, the Micronesian...
Top ten quotes that influenced my career
...r for anyone with aspirations to really make a difference. Margaret Mead was an interesting scientist and her personal history makes the source of this quote meaningful. " It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credi...
Top ten science communication booklets
...an exciting challenge since Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) an emerging management paradigm that does not have a long history. The diagrams ended up playing a central role in communicating EBM. Tracey Saxby was the Science Communicator and in add...
Top ten tree and shrub symbols: Cypress, agave, weeping willows and gums
...s ” by Murray Bail which won the Miles Franklin Award in 1999 and weaves the classification of Eucalyptus trees into the story of a young Australian woman. This symbol was created by Lana Heydon. 2) The Pisonia ( Pisonia spp.) tree is a really biz...
Training local teams in report card creation
...e indicator discussion. Image credit Heath Kelsey. Highlights of the training for me were SNAP , Get the Grade , and the storytelling component of the science communication section . SNAP is an interactive activity that solicits input from partici...
Two halves of a whole: the natural and cultural resources of the National Park Service
... integrity, landscape dynamics, and air are the natural resources buckets, and built environment, meanings and values, history, and contemporary communities are the cultural buckets. Our challenge in this class is to develop a research proposal th...
UMCES Soiree at CERF 2013
...n device touted at CERF2013 of constructing sentences with ____AND____BUT____THEREFORE____: "UMCES has a long and rich history of attracting and training environmental leaders AND tackling the most important environmental issues BUT the future env...
Uncovering five values of citizen science at CitSci2019
...es, such as pop-culture references, memes, and comic strip art. Several workshops were offered on diverse topics such as storytelling, science communication, and improvisation theater. Alex, Caroline, and I presented a workshop called “ Best pract...
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science faculty convocation: Bill Chameides, President's Award, new joint degree program, remembering Debbie Morrin-Nordlund
...o talked about the transitions between 'pure' science, policy-relevant science, normative science and advocacy. Bill's history of the environmental movement was remarkably similar to one that I developed for the Science for Environmental Managemen...
Untangling the web of stakeholders
... and solve larger problems related to coupled human and natural systems. References 1. Christina Prell (2012), A Brief History of Social Network Analysis . Social Network Analysis. London U.K.: SAGE. 2. Bodin et al. (2011), Social Networks and Nat...
Upper Mississippi River: Environmental Literacy
... recreational areas, with popular boating, swimming, fishing and hunting areas. The Upper Mississippi River has a rich history of human settlement, with Native American paleo-Indians, hunters and gathers, potters and mound builders, and farmers, f...
USAUS-H2O Canberra workshop
...e were doing thirteen years ago. Trev Gilmour was based at the Australian embassy in Washington, D.C. and had an amazing story of his experiences with the visiting Australian Prime Minister John Howard . The teachers came from schools in each of t...
Visiting the National Press Club to talk about Chesapeake Bay
...re effectively leveraged by the watershed states, local municipalities and community groups. Chesapeake Bay has a long history of high quality research and comprehensive monitoring. Thus, we have access to excellent time course data sets that allo...

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