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Drought in the U.S.- Affiliated Pacific Islands

...sheets that, once finalized, will be used for broader stakeholder education and engagement. We concluded the workshop by storyboarding a four-page newsletter that will further describe each of the themes discussed, regarding the impacts of drought...

Dugong oil vat, sand mining and Geoff Moore

...ommunity Heritage Award for 2010, for the Online Heritage Trail . Geoff Moore volunteering at the museum. Geoff told the story of the large cast iron vat that the museum recently acquired. The vat was made in Falkirk, Scotland between Edinborough...

Earth’s Value

Ecodrought on the east side of the Pacific Northwest

... region. Since we held our first workshop on the west side of the Cascades, we joked that we had received the 'west side story'. Thus, we were in Boise to get the 'east side story'. This reference to the west side story inspired me to adapt the po...

Ecological drought in the Southeast U.S.: Forest fires, supermoon and new age libraries

...cept to structure narratives, and the workshop participants quickly adapted their research concepts into this format. We storyboarded the workshop newsletter before breaking up. We were impressed with the Hill Library, but the workshop participant...

Ecosystem health report card - how should we tell the story?

Ecosystem health report card - how should we tell the story? ... Kawawa Banda and Chinyawezhi Kakoma Report cards are effective communications tools. They raise awareness of a rive...

Ecosystem Transformation: Resilience in the Face of Change

... below 1.5 ° C. Sobering, the report is an immediate call to action. As has been the case throughout Earth’s history, with a shift in the climate regime comes subsequent shifts in the physical environment; a result of the interconnected...

Ending a NOAA partnership and beginning a new EcoCheck chapter

...tural Resources and NOAA. Caroline Wicks, Heath Kelsey, Russell Callender, Bill Dennison, and Ken Barton with a framed history of EcoCheck's first phase. Eleven scientists worked for EcoCheck over the course of the partnership with NOAA. EcoCheck...

Engaged participants made the Indian River Lagoon Report Card workshop a pleasure to facilitate!

...: Heath Kelsey facilitates the fish and shellfish breakout session. At the end of the workshop, we always wrap up with a storyboarding exercise that helps illustrate to the participants that the product coming out of the workshop is theirs. We nee...

Engaging with the Belyuen people and Larrakia people, Traditional Owners of Darwin Harbour, Australia

...assed on to the next generations of indigenous people. They stressed the importance of indigenous language, song, dance, story, ceremony and country. The impacts of climate change were a topic that they raised throughout our conversation. The Larr...

Entangled with the natural world: Nature seen through culture’s eyes

...16. Shutterstock. Vox . By Brian Resnick. Web. Kisser, Charles. " Finding God in the Wilderness – Part 1. " In the Storyline . N.p., 29 May 2013. Web. Mulcahy, Kate. " 10 Comparisons Between Chimps and Humans ." Listverse . N.p., 14 Feb. 201...

Environmental (In)Justice in Rural Communities

...The Eastern Shore, particularly Dorchester County, prides itself as being the birthplace of the Underground Railroad - a story that when retold by white residents often omits the fact that Ms. Harriet Tubman was escaping the inhumane conditions of...

Environmental Literacy for Guanabara Bay, Brazil

...eld, Jenny. When Rio fails, sister city shows sewage cleanup possible. Associated Press. Online. June 6, 2016. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d3943de029894db390f7acea156918c7/when-rio-fails-sister-city-shows-sewage-cleanup-possible ... Bill Dennis...

Environmental literacy for the Assabet, Sudbury and Concord Rivers

...eary. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Walden Pond is an example of a kettle pond near the Sudbury River that has a lot of history. Thoreau spent 2 years, 2 months and 2 days living in a small cabin on Walden Pond in the Sudbury River watershed, resul...

Environmental Literacy: Determining the essential elements necessary for understanding a topic or a place

... drivers for Chesapeake Bay and its watershed, 5) Chesapeake Bay supports unique cultures and livelihoods, 6) American history has been shaped by Chesapeake Bay, and 7) Chesapeake Bay is extremely well studied and intensively managed. Chesapeake B...

Everything Down the Drain - Why?

...ciferous social reformer, also opposed the move. Hugo used his novel "Les Miserables" to make his case, interrupting the story of Jean Valjean and Cosette to do so. Human waste collected from Paris' cesspits provided the raw material for an indust...

Evolution’s hero vs. a historical footnote: A new Narrative Index sheds light on Darwin vs. Wallace

...buried in Westminster Abbey and is widely considered the father of evolution and Wallace is relegated to a footnote in history. Funeral ceremony of Charles Darwin in Westminster Abbey, with Alfred Wallace as one of the pallbearers. Credit: Creativ...

Experiential education: Changing the way we teach

...ield trips is the immersive nature of the experience. It is not one hour of language, one hour of math and one hour of history. It is the concentrated study of a single subject for a significant period of time (days to weeks to months). This conce...

Exploring "Down Under"

...speed into the interview process. Our goal was to collect interviews for the upcoming book “Healthy Waterways: The story of an amazing journey.” We would document the process of restoring the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay, and how exp...

Exploring Hawaii: arid zone ecology, vog and volcanoes

...t to the Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site , where Ben Saluda , interpreter for National Park Service, told us the story of the wildfire that passed through the park and led to severe erosion after subsequent rains. We could see tree trunks...

Exploring New York Harbor: Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge

...g across the Brooklyn Bridge ... As part of our involvement in the New York Harbor . I read " The Great Bridge: The epic story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge " by David McCollough . It was a wonderful read, providing historical context and...

Eyes on the prize: Looking beyond graduate school during the 2019 MEES Colloquium

...tor, Tim Canty , addressed the full assembly of MEES faculty and students for the first time. He shared a very relatable story about how, as a graduate student, he felt frustrated about having to jump through hoops like building his own computer w...

Facilitating a Belmont Forum workshop in Washington D.C.

...but therefore " template. Then, we brainstormed the common themes and recommendations for future efforts. We did a short storyboarding exercise to begin the process of developing a summary document from the workshop. Participants created the conte...

Facilitating a Great Barrier Reef partnership workshop in Brisbane

...be made as to which categories the different indicators will be assigned. Workshop participants voting on indicators. We storyboarded a six page partnership report card and sketched out a timeline for completion of this assessment. The post-worksh...

Failte gu Alba! (Welcome to Scotland!)

...nt to MPAs but diverse in design, scope, and topics. This was what the audience was there to see. The IAN table and storyboard area of our session. Furthermore, on the wall, I set up sketched butcher paper that showed the progression from new...

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