Search | Integration and Application Network

How to organize and run short, productive and fun scientific workshops

...sed workshops, it is useful to develop a blog describing the essential attributes of the ecosystem, known as the environmental literacy . These blogs can be posted within a week or two of the workshop prior to the dissemination and editing of the w...

IAN attends CommOcean 2016 in Bruges, Belgium

... from all over the world convened with the common goal of advancing the field of science communication for ocean/environmental literacy and bridging the gap between scientists and formal and informal education. Official group photo of CommOcean 201...

In the Footsteps of Gengis Khan in the Mongolian Steppe: Part 3

...then talked about a theory of change based on these report cards. We also introduced the concept of establishing environmental literacy principles for the Tuul River. We also performed stakeholder mapping by placing the names of different governmen...

Indian River Lagoon: Environmental Literacy

Indian River Lagoon: Environmental Literacy ... The concept of environmental literacy derives from a series of programs that have established various literacy principles, for example, Ocean Literacy...

Integrate, Apply and Network

...National Park Service) booklets (e.g., science to action series with Conservation International ) development of environmental literacy principles, summarized as blog posts on the IAN website (e.g., Chesapeake Bay literacy, Great Barrier Reef liter...

Kick off workshop for Western Lake Erie report card project

...mental organizations with expertise and interest in Western Lake Erie and its watershed. We discussed developing environmental literacy principles for Western Lake Erie and its watershed. We established that groups with high interest and influence...

Laguna de Bay, Philippines: Environmental Literacy

Laguna de Bay, Philippines: Environmental Literacy ... ‘ Environmental literacy‘ series As part of the Integration and Application Network’s collaboration with the Partnerships in...

Learning to operate the Mississippi River

Long Island Sound: Environmental Literacy

Long Island Sound: Environmental Literacy ... ' Environmental literacy ' series The seven environmental literacy principles for Long Island Sound are the following: Long Island Sound is an estuary formed from a terminal glaci...

Lower Kafue River Environmental Literacy

Lower Kafue River Environmental Literacy ... In February 2018, Simon Costanzo , Michele Thieme and I travelled to Lusaka, Zambia to kick off a project to...

Lower Mississippi River: Environmental Literacy

Lower Mississippi River: Environmental Literacy ... 'Environmental literacy' series The seven environmental literacy principles for the Lower Mississippi River are the following: The Lower Mississippi River is undammed from St. L...

Missouri River: Environmental Literacy

Missouri River: Environmental Literacy ... ‘ Environmental literacy ‘ series The seven environmental literacy principles for the Missouri River are the following: The Missouri River is the longest tributary (2,300 miles) o...

Moreton Bay, Australia: Environmental Literacy

Moreton Bay, Australia: Environmental Literacy ... ' Environmental Literacy ' series The seven environmental literacy points for Moreton Bay (Australia) are the following: Moreton Bay is a shallow productive embayment formed by la...

Nicholas Copernicus and the Copernican Revolution

...led Commentariolus in which he outlined seven assumptions or principles of a heliocentric system (not unlike the environmental literacy principles outlined in a previous blog ). Copernicus' tower at Frombork, where he lived and worked. Source: Wiki...

Ohio River basin: Environmental Literacy

Ohio River basin: Environmental Literacy ... ' Environmental literacy ' series The seven environmental literacy principles for the Ohio River basin are the following: The Ohio River is the major eastern tributary of the Miss...

Persuasive Writing Skills: A Professional Development Session with John Sturtevant

...requires an attitude shift in composing presentation or written content. I like to think that our blog series on environmental literacy comes close to achieving this goal of providing readers with the essential facts that they need to know. It is s...

Reflections on teaching a global course on developing environmental report cards

...y provided a lot of insights and experience in their respective ecosystems, which came out in their introductory environmental literacy presentations, during class time discussions, and in their final presentations. It was a pleasure to learn about...

Sharing tools for stakeholder engagement and collaboration at the Chesapeake Watershed Forum

...at translate into collective actions that protect environmental resources and improve the social, mental, and phy...the added benefits of increasing public environmental stewardship and support of science or management...

Stakeholder workshop bring locals one step closer to a report card for the Tuul River Basin

...Uulanbaatar and an overview of the characteristics of the Tuul River Basin in Bill Dennison’s blog, ‘Environmental Literacy of the Tuul River, Mongolia’, here . As Bill didn’t cover this, I wanted to mention: flying to Mongo...

Stakeholder workshop for Darwin Harbour report card

...ors, followed by breakouts to explore the indicators, thresholds and potential data sources. We brainstormed the environmental literacy principles for Darwin Harbour and did a storyboard session to mock up the workshop newsletter. At the end of the...

Talk Less, Show More: Communicating Challenges and Successes in a Changing World

...ty of people felt that their actions contribute to water pollution. Clearly, we need to work to develop a better environmental literacy so that people better understand their role and contributions to water pollution. I was especially pleased to se...

The Chesapeake Bay and the Baltic Sea: Adapting to Changing Climates in the New World and the Old

...l partners3,5. The CBP's ability to specifically outline outreach oriented goals such as citizen stewardship and environmental literacy likely stems from its partners all falling under the same federal government6. HELCOM, is an especially impressi...

The Chesapeake Bay Trust: Protecting and Restoring a Vital Ecosystem

...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

...unicate 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

... 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...

Search form

All results