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    72 results for "environmental literacy":

    • The Chesapeake Bay Trust: Protecting and Restoring a Vital Ecosystem
      The Chesapeake Bay Trust: Protecting and Restoring a Vital Ecosystem (Blog Post)
      ...ment: The Trust funds outdoor learning programs for students and professional development for educators to build environmental literacy (CBT, 2024b). David Flores demonstrates to Baltimore students the use of a water quality probe. “Living Classroo...
    • The real art of the deal: Lessons in effective science advising
      The real art of the deal: Lessons in effective science advising (Blog Post)
      ...: communicate science in a way that reaches a target audience , align different people’s point of views, develop environmental literacy , and avoid any possible misunderstandings or anything that could be considered misconduct. Through playing the...
    • The role of science in environmental management case studies along a population gradient
      The role of science in environmental management case studies along a population gradient (Blog Post)
      ... health rather than water quality. Figure. 4: Megacities are increasing in coastal Asia (courtesy by Pearl River environmental literacy from Bill Dennison) From small scale to large scale in terms of population, more restoration should be done comp...
    • Transdisciplinary literacy: Seven principles that help define transdisciplinary research
      Transdisciplinary literacy: Seven principles that help define transdisciplinary research (Blog Post)
      ... the relevant stakeholders. Place based research means that a shared problem literacy should be developed (e.g., environmental literacy for environmental problems). Place based research is inherently parochial, yet many researchers conducting place...
    • USAUS-H2O Annapolis-Washington D.C. workshop
      USAUS-H2O Annapolis-Washington D.C. workshop (Blog Post)
      ...chools. I was struck at how much the content descriptions in the Australian National Curriculum were akin to the environmental literacy principles that we have been developing in various IAN case studies. A example of one of the science description...
    • Using report cards to get the synoptic big picture: An astronaut's view
      Using report cards to get the synoptic big picture: An astronaut's view (Blog Post)
      ...d (WWF) and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) One of the attributes of report c...rnold 's recent visit to the Marine Estuarine and Environmental Science Colloquium was that he didn't see politic...
    • Water supply is a concern in report card planning for the Missouri River Basin
      Water supply is a concern in report card planning for the Missouri River Basin (Blog Post)
    • What you can do to help - exploring tools for Raising the Grade!
      What you can do to help - exploring tools for Raising the Grade! (Blog Post)
      ... stakeholders can implement and rally behind. For report cards to go beyond a tool for science communication and environmental literacy, to an agent of behavior and environmental change, understanding the interconnection of social and environmental...
    • What’s the Story in Your Report Card?
      What’s the Story in Your Report Card? (Blog Post)
      ...ory: 1. What story does your report card tell? Last week the Healthy Rivers for All course attendees spoke about environmental literacy. Essentially, we were talking about what makes a place special. What is the story of a place? And how do you bui...
    • Blog highlights (Enewsletter Article)
      Blog highlights ... 8th World Water Forum in Brazilia Lower Kafue River environmental literacy Who tells your story? Hello and goodbye: The brief in-person encounter with my online class...
    • Blog highlights (Enewsletter Article)
      ...ndards WWF and UMCES Retreat 24-25 May 2017 Three Gorges Dam Visit Developing environmental intelligence through environmental literacy and citizen science...
    • Blog Highlights (Enewsletter Article)
      ... ... Learning to Operate the Mississippi River Diving into NOAA's Coral Reef Program Laguna de Bay, Philippines: Environmental Literacy The Meta River Report Card Workshop- The Orinoco River Basin, Colombia...
    • Blog Highlights (Enewsletter Article)
      Blog Highlights ... Does rising sea level signal the end for LUMCON, or a beginning? Environmental literacy for the tropical Northern Territory, Australia Talking about moose and climate change in snowy Massachusetts Reg...
    • Blog Highlights (Enewsletter Article)
      Blog Highlights ... Missouri River: Environmental Literacy 2014 River Rally in Pittsburgh IAN Receives National Cooperative Ecosystems Study Unit Award 2014 Chesapeake Bay...
    • Blog Highlights (Enewsletter Article)
      Blog Highlights ... The poetry and art of Johannes Kepler Ohio River Basin: Environmental Literacy 2013 Chesapeake Bay Report Card Released Baltimore's Annual Healthy Harbor Report Card...
    • Citizens for Science seminar series
      Citizens for Science seminar series (Enewsletter Article)
      ...e Mid-Atlantic region. The goal is to use volunteer-collected data to develop eco-health report cards , increase environmental literacy, and empower the public. In the first seminar of the series, Bill Dennison talks about the Challenges and advant...
    • Engaging community members at Nature Everywhere Week
      Engaging community members at Nature Everywhere Week (Enewsletter Article)
      ...D. This was a week-long event aimed at fostering community participation with hands-on stewardship and promoting environmental literacy. Similar to previous listening sessions, our table featured activities meant to engage the community and underst...
    • The Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers: Developing a Report Card Stakeholder Workshop Newsletter
      The Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers: Developing a Report Card Stakeholder Workshop Newsletter (Enewsletter Article)
    • Bay Backpack Website
      Bay Backpack Website (Project)
      ...ental educators with teaching resources, action projects, field experiences and funding opportunities that build environmental literacy and engage students in Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences, or MWEEs. It was developed and is maintaine...
    • What we do
      What we do (Page)
      ...t science into management and decision-making. Make scientific information available to broad audiences. Improve environmental literacy. Increase engagement of stakeholders in environmental decision-making. One of IAN's strengths is our ability to...
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