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CCEP Alliance Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2014
The CCEP Alliance Office is looking forward to seeing many CCEP Project colleagues and partners at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco. Numerous oral sessions and posters will showcase the amazing work and reach of the CCEP Projects.
Thank you to those Projects who contributed a response to the White House Call to Action to Advance Climate Education and Literacy through the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).
It was wonderful to “see” the CCEP Council during the Fall virtual meeting, held December 2-4, 2014. Meeting virtually allowed the Alliance to lessen its carbon footprint and kickoff the discussion for this year’s Alliance theme of “solutions.”
Lastly, on behalf of the CCEP Alliance Office, we wish everyone a safe and peaceful holiday season.
See you in San Fran! Sincerely, Romy Pizziconi CCEP Alliance Office University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography [email protected]
Project Updates ContinuedFrom the Alliance Office
CCEP Alliance Office • University of Rhode Island • Narragansett, RI • (401) 874-6119 www.ccepalliance.org
Over the summer, Climate Education Partners showcased their work on two radio interviews. In July, CEP was interviewed on Clear Channel 600KOGO News Radio for a “Climate Change San Diego” Segment. Listen to the full
broadcast. In August, Michel Boudrias appeared on KSON-FM San Diego to discuss the results of
the “San Diego, 2050 is calling. How will we answer?” report. Listen to the interview.
This same report, published with the San Diego Foundation, was recently featured in an article by the Council of Foundations, titled, “The San Diego Foundation and Climate Education Partners Provide Leadership on Regional Preparedness for Climate Change.”
CCEP Alliance Council Representatives CEP: Michel Boudrias, University of San Diego
CEP: Micah Estrada, University of California San Francisco
CUSP: Raluca Ellis, The Franklin Institute
CUSP: Kevin Crowley, University of Pittsburg
MADE CLEAR: Don Boesch, University of Maryland
MADE CLEAR: Pat Harcourt, University of Maryland
NNOCCI: John Anderson, New England Aquarium
NNOCCI: Billy Spitzer, New England Aquarium
PCEP: Marilyn Low, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
PCEP: Art Sussman, WestEd
PoLAR: Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard College
PoLAR: Jessica Brunacini, Columbia University
Alliance Office: Gail Scowcroft, University of Rhode Island
Andrea Gingras, University of Rhode Island
National Science Foundation: Jill Karsten, NSF
National Science Foundation: Dave Campbell, NSF
The Franklin Institute (TFI) received six mini-grant applications from organizations that attended the May 30 Community of Practice workshop titled “From Global to Local: Strategies for leading engagement in climate change issues in
Philadelphia.” Three proposals were funded, two of which were collaborations among multiple organizations.
TFI is co-presenting a monthly seminar series with Drexel University, and the Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (CCRUN): Green Infrastructure, Climate, and Cities. Three sessions were held on June 4, July 2, and August 6. The seminar series runs through March 2015. Watch the archived webinars here.
TFI also completed development and formative evaluation of the out of- school time program exploring green infrastructure and the live science show exploring how trees keep our cities cool.
AGU Fall Meeting
If a Project would like something to be featured in the CCEP newsletter, please contact Romy Pizziconi. Submissions and photos from the Alliance are encouraged! To receive the CCEP newsletter and other climate change education resources via e-mail, please e-mail [email protected] and include "subscribe" in the subject line. Besides those who work directly on your Project, please encourage others to subscribe including Project partners and participants.
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Climate Change Education Partnership Alliance
The CCEP Alliance community will be well represented at the upcoming American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, December 15-19, 2014. CCEP Projects and partners will be presenting in eight poster and nine oral sessions. In addition, The Alliance will be hosting an exhibit booth to provide information and resources about climate change education.
Sunday, December 14 • 1 p.m.: Exploration Station, Marriott Marquis Hotel • 7 p.m.: Game Night featuring FutureCoast, InterContinental Hotel Monday - Friday • CCEP Exhibit, booth #2712, Moscone South Monday, December 15 • 8 a.m.: “Drivers of Intra-Summer Seasonality and Daily Variability of
Coastal Low Cloudiness in California Subregions,” Moscone South, Poster Hall
• 3:25 p.m.: “Public Perceptions of Arctic Change,” Moscone West, 3002 • 1:40 p.m.: “Fight Swack, Adapt to Climate Change or How to Use Humor
to Engage the Public in Climate Issues,” Moscone South, Poster Hall • 1:40 p.m.: “Developing Climate Literate, Pre-service, Middle- and High-
school Teachers,” Moscone South, Poster Hall • 1: 40 p.m.: “Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Goods and Services in a
Melting Arctic,” Moscone South, Poster Hall • 1:40 p.m.: “Climate And Sea Level: It's In Our Hands Now,” Moscone
South, Poster Hall • 4 p.m.: “North American west coast summer low cloudiness: Broadscale
variability associated with sea surface temperature,” Moscone South, Poster Hall
Tuesday, December 16 • 8:45 a.m.: ““It Takes a Network”: Building National Capacity for Climate
Change Interpretation,” Moscone South, 102 • 9 a.m.: “Fostering Creativity through Collaboration: Polar Learning and
Responding Climate Change Education Partnership,” Moscone South, 102
• 9:15 a.m.: “How to Effect Change Through Cross-sector Collaboration,” Moscone South, 102
• 1:40 p.m.: “Climate Literacy: Effective Responses and Solutions through Best Practices in Communication, Partnerships, and Networks III Posters,” Moscone South, Poster Hall
• 1:40 p.m.: “Climate Literacy: Strategies for Talking About Controversial Issues Outside of the Classroom / Preparing Climate Literate K-12 Teachers and Students II,” Moscone South, 102
• 1:40 p.m.: “Building Capacity: The National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation
• 1:55 p.m.: “Climate Literacy in the Classroom: Supporting Teachers in the Transition to NGSS,” Moscone South, 102
• 2:10 p.m.: “Getting Decision Makers to the Table: Digestible Facts, a Few Good Friends and Sharing Recipes for Solutions to Climate Change Impacts,” Moscone South, 102
Wednesday, December 17 • 8:45 a.m.: “Effective Broader Impacts - Lessons Learned by the Ocean
Science Community,” Moscone South 102 • 1:40 p.m.: “Signs of the Land: Reaching Arctic Communities Facing
Climate Change,” Moscone South, Poster Hall Thursday, December 18 • 1- 4 p.m.: Integrating Serious Gaming Into Climate Change Education,”
Marriott Marquis, Golden Gate C2 Friday, December 19 • 10:20 a.m.: FutureCoast: “Listen to your futures,” Moscone South, 102
A full list of CCEP sessions, posters, and their descriptions are available here.
Project Updates
In September, an article by Learning Sciences team members was published in the Journal of Geoscience Education’s special issue on climate literacy. The article, Science Teacher Professional
Development in Climate Change Education Informed by the Next Generation Science Standards,
included content based upon the team’s planning for the MADE CLEAR Summer Climate Science Academy.
A focus on solutions: Across the states of Delaware and Maryland, there is a growing focus on actions individuals, classes, and communities can take to help mitigate harmful effects of climate change. The MADE CLEAR project, is helping educators develop the
skills and find the resources they need to include solutions as part of climate education. A participant from the 2014 MADE CLEAR Climate Academy is teaching her students about the climate system and regional impacts of climate change, then meeting curriculum requirements for engineering and technology activities by having her students design energy efficient buildings and vehicles. MADE
CLEAR Informal Climate Educators are learning how to present activities that highlight the benefits of energy efficiency and reducing carbon dioxide emissions and are guiding students in stewardship activities. Even at the university level, both students and faculty in the MADE CLEAR project are working to reduce wasted energy and reliance on petroleum fuels. As more institutions, universities, schools, and community groups commit to climate education and greater energy efficiency, the efforts of individuals and groups are providing models for peers and colleagues. MADE CLEAR is working to support these efforts.
NNOCCI has trained more than 190 colleagues from 85 institutions and 30 states about strategic framing and climate change in order to build capacity for initiating and facilitating positive,
productive conversations about the issues involved. The project will train at least 100 more
informal science educators. The network is building a mutually supportive community of professional educators from informal science education centers committed to an ongoing learning process. Applications for Fall 2015 will become available in February 2015.
The February 2014 issue of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) CONNECT Magazine features several NNOCCI-related stories about communicating Climate Change. This article by Julie Sweetland from the Frameworks Institute provides helpful information about framing climate change conversations in informal science institutions.
PCEP staff and partners have been very busy and productive and have launched their new PCEP web portal. This website is one way that visitors can learn more about the Pacific Island region and access dozens of the resources that they have
produced to promote climate education. Check back often for more resources.
Along with many Pacific Islanders, PCEP staff are pleased that Marshallese poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner made a very moving and inspirational presentation at the Opening Ceremony of the United Nations (UN) Climate Summit to a large audience that included about 100 heads of state. The UN had decided to feature a presenter from the population likely to be most affected by climate change. After a worldwide call for nominations, Kathy was chosen. She describes herself as a poet, writer, performance artist, and journalist. PCEP staff also know Kathy as the daughter of Dr. Hilda Heine, Minister of Education for the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Dr. Heine is an enthusiastic supporter of climate change education.
PCEP has also produced a computer interactive with WGBH TV . This innovative educational tool that helps explain the carbon cycle and its relationship to climate change. Access the interactive.
In late July 2014, a diverse and intergenerational group of Alaska Natives came together on Howard Luke’s Galee’ya Camp by the Tanana River in Fairbanks to discuss climate change and
it's impacts on local communities. Over a period of four days, the Signs of the Land: Reaching Arctic
Communities Facing Climate Change Camp program wove together traditional knowledge, local observations, Native language, and climate science through a mix of storytelling, presentations, dialogue, and hands-on, community-building activities. Supported by the PoLAR Partnership, the Signs of the Land Climate Change Camp was developed and conducted collaboratively by multiple partners, including Association of Interior Native Educators, the Doyon Foundation, the University of Alaska Fairbanks International Arctic Research Center, and the Gwich’in Steering Committee to test a model for engaging indigenous communities in the coproduction of climate change knowledge, communication tools, and solutions-building. Native Alaskans have strong subsistence and cultural connections to the land and its resources, and in addition to being keen observers of the environment, they have a long history of adapting to changing conditions.
Participants in the camp included Alaska Native Elders, classroom teachers, local resource managers and planners, rural community members, and climate scientists. A linguist worked with Elder Native language speakers to collect and document description native language. In many cases, Elders’ observations about the environment pre-date scientific records in Alaska, and their knowledge can help to inform climate change research. The group also played and provided feedback on PoLAR resources, including the EcoChains card game and the SMARTIC activity. Based on their experiences during the camp, participants designed individualized outreach plans for bringing culturally-responsive climate learning to their communities and classrooms throughout the upcoming year. Plans included small group discussions, student projects, teacher training, and conference presentations.
Save the Date!
Sunday
Dec. 14-19, 2014
AGU Fall Meeting San Francisco, CA
Tuesday
June 9-11, 2015 CCEP Alliance Spring Meeting San Diego, CA
More News
In recent weeks, two groups from the CCEP Alliance Community have presented on the CLEAN weekly telecons.
• On November 18, 2014, Andrea Gingras of the Alliance Office at the University of Rhode Island presented an overview of the Alliance.
• On December 9, 2014, Art Sussman of WestEd, and Marilyn Low and Corrin Barros of PREL, presented on the multifaceted climate education in the Pacific Islands Region.
Notes, slides, and audio recordings for both calls are available here.
CLEAN calls are every Tuesday at 1 p.m. ET.
