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How environmental report cards can democratize science

...p with the analysis and interpretation of the data. A consensus approach is used with the expert scientists so that the 'story' being developed is based on sound science. This rigorous scientific process is typical for scientists, but it is the ne...

How many scientists does it take to make a good story? Learning the art of communicating science

How many scientists does it take to make a good story? Learning the art of communicating science ... Aimee Hoover, Cara Schweitzer, Suzi Spitzer The words ‘science...

How maps can lie: Chesapeake watershed stream health

...tle of this blog post, "How maps can lie" refers to the ability of someone to choose 'green dots on top' for a good news story vs. 'red dots on top' for a bad news story, depending on their intent. The Chesapeake Bay Program chose the 'green dots...

How the past influences the future: Understanding the maturity gradient in environmental science and management

...mparison to both Western Samoa and coastal Louisiana, the New York harbor and Long Island Sound have a relatively long history of environmental science and management (Figure 1). The New York harbor does not resemble the body of water that existed...

How to build a website that looks better than your Myspace when you were younger

... Using the web can help you transform your data into an easy to digest format, and it gives you the ability to tell your story and reach multiple audiences regardless of who you are and where you are. Our task last week was to build a website foll...

How to help your audience feel comfortable: Four steps in creating clean, colorful and welcoming graphs

...These symbols are very user-friendly and can be edited using Adobe Illustrator to match your local species, ecosystem or storyline. You may choose to include a symbol for all your data elements or perhaps just one single image to draw in the crowd...

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

...p facilitators to adjust the activities and schedules as needed, and for interim synthesis, conceptual diagram creation, storyboard and mock-up to take place. IAN workshops are interactive and productive. 3. Workshop approach. The IAN approac...

IAN as a Boundary Organization

...ersonnel forming boundary organizations (e.g., Hodge Environmental , Chesapeake Environmental Communications , My Sea My Story) or participating in them (e.g., Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub , The Water Institute of the Gulf ). The...

IAN attends CommOcean 2016 in Bruges, Belgium

... political backing . There were also a lot of examples of different campaigns used to raise awareness, for instance, the story of how the name Boaty McBoatface became trending in Europe. Paul Rose's keynote presentation. Credit: Vanessa Vargas One...

IAN in Cambodia

IAN Returns to Honolulu for the Hawaiian Islands and the Remote Pacific Islands Coral Reef Report Cards Workshops

...Benthic Condition, Climate, and Communities & Management. Other key objectives included identifying the overall story and messages that the report card needs to convey, and if possible, to identify the different regions that should be use...

IAN's First Ever Strategic Plan

... our vision, mission, and values. It was helpful to define these aspects of IAN. We also reflected on our fifteen-year history and summarized it in specific phases: initiation (2002-2004), partnership (2005-2009), engagement (2010-2014), globaliza...

If the river's not flowing, is it still a river? Learning about the Verde River Watershed

...s producing local barley for beer in the Verde Valley. We were able to see the interesting machinery and hear the unique story of how barley is prepared to be used in beer production. Learning about the barley process. Photo: Alexandra Fries. Barl...

In the Footsteps of Gengis Khan in the Mongolian Steppe: Part 1

... shops. Directly to the side of the government house is the National Museum of Mongolia . I enjoyed learning about the history of Mongolia from this museum from exhibits such as the Mongol Empire and the ger (rhymes with air) or Mongolian yurt. Ge...

In the Footsteps of Gengis Khan in the Mongolian Steppe: Part 2

...d trips before our Tuul River report card workshop, we headed downstream to visit two mines: one recently built with a history of environmental protections, the other an old soviet mine with no apparent environmental regulation. On our way, we pas...

Indigenous ideals and shaping environmental movements

...s that arise when economics is the key driver in agricultural practices and environmental management. Delving into the history and effects of toxins to invasives, Carson reinforces the idea of coupled human and natural systems and creates a sense...

Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 11 - Conclusion

...d positive results. John Snow's map of Cholera outbreaks help to identify the contaminated pump If we look back at the history of science and its effectiveness to change the world we see that the Copernican revolution started in 1543 when he wrote...

Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 12 - Questions From the Seminar

...now is truly into scientific literature, but we actually did this from start to finish in six months, and we did it in a storyboard fashion. The way we do it is we mock them up as a story board so we try to say to ourselves “What’s the...

Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 3 - National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis

...resolve the charisma gap. So we got to thinking how we can create more charismatic ecosystems? And if you think of the history of environmental movement, we started with charismatic megafauna. For example, the World Wildlife Fund has adopted a pan...

Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 7 - Innovations in Environmental Reporting

...edia attention I will argue that the Chesapeake Bay is probably the best studied estuary in the world. It has had more history of science and practically invented estuarine science. Chesapeake Bay has more labs and student theses and insights gene...

Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 9 - Innovations in Governance

...ance: Part 9 - Innovations in Governance ... The last thing I want to talk about is innovations in governance. This is a story I want to start in New York City, where there was a guy called Jack Maple . He always had a bow-tie and a bowler. He was...

Insights on story-telling from the salmon in the tree

Insights on story-telling from the salmon in the tree ... I first heard the story of the salmon in the tree while visiting in Haida Gwaii this summer. Haida Gwaii is a set of islands along the northwest...

Integrating science, message, and design

...ciences, rhetoric, art, psychology, public administration, publishing, and digital technology - each with its own rich history and strikingly different culture. We reach optimistically across the divide between research and practice, hoping to shi...

Integration and Application Network in 2015: The year in review

...er 88,000 people have downloaded the symbol library to date. IAN staff released two new websites in 2015: Chesapeake Bay Story and EcoHealth report cards . Three apps were also produced in 2015: How's the Beach? (South Carolina beach water quality...

Integration and Application Network retreat: June 2014

...editing, computer coding), graphic design skills (e.g., Adobe creative suite, photography, video production, web design, story boarding), stakeholder engagement skills (e.g., developing and maintaining collaborations, workshop facilitation, social...

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