ED21E:
Climate Literacy: Effective Responses and Solutions through Best Practices in Communication, Partnerships, and Networks I

Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Gail Scowcroft, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States and Mona Behl, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, United States
Primary Conveners:  Gail Scowcroft, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States
Co-conveners:  Jennifer Saltzman, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, Mona Behl, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, United States and Joshua Sneideman, Department of Energy Washington DC, Einstein Fellow, Washington, DC, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Jennifer Saltzman, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
 
Toward Collective Impact for Climate Resilience: Maximizing Climate Change Education for Preparedness, Adaptation, and Mitigation
Tamara S Ledley, TERC, Cambridge, MA, United States, Frank Niepold III, NOAA Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States and Mark McCaffrey, National Center for Science Education, Oakland, CA, United States
8:15 AM
 
The National Climate Assessment as a Resource for Science Communication
Richard C J Somerville, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
8:30 AM
 
Enhancing Communication of Climate Impacts Assessments: Examples of Local Stories, Animations and Video.
Melanie F Fitzpatrick, Union of Concerned Scientists, Berkeley, CA, United States and Bjorn O Grigholm, University of Maine, Climate Change Institute, School of Earth and Climate Sciences, Orono, ME, United States
8:45 AM
 
“It Takes a Network”: Building National Capacity for Climate Change Interpretation
William Spitzer, New England Aquarium, Programs, Exhibits and Planning, Boston, MA, United States
9:00 AM
 
Fostering Creativity through Collaboration: Polar Learning and Responding Climate Change Education Partnership
Stephanie L Pfirman1, Jessica Brunacini2, Theresa Hernandez2 and Elizabeth Bachrach3, (1)Barnard College, New York, NY, United States, (2)Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY, United States, (3)Goodman Research Group, Cambridge, MA, United States
9:15 AM
 
How to Effect Change Through Cross-sector Collaboration
Raluca Ellis1, Karen Elinich1, Richard Johnson1, Lauren B Allen2, Kevin J Crowley2 and Elizabeth Bachrach3, (1)Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States, (2)University of Pittsburgh Center for Learning in Out of School Environments, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, (3)Goodman Research Group, Cambridge, MA, United States
9:30 AM
 
Building Lasting Impact: Ten Years of the Earth to Sky Interagency Partnership
Anita Davis, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Becky Lacome, Stephen T. Mather Training Center - NPS, Harpers Ferry, WV, United States, Bart Merrick, NOAA Environmental Science Training Center, Cooperative Oxford Lab, Oxford, MD, United States, John Morris, National Park Service Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, United States, Ruth Paglierani, University of California Berkeley, Multiverse, Berkeley, CA, United States and Sandy Spakoff, USFWS National Conservation Training Center, Division of Education Outreach, Shepherdstown, WV, United States
9:45 AM
 
Climatevoices.org -- Engaging an Array of U.S. Public Audiences in the Science of Climate Change
Cynthia Schmidt, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
 
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