ED53J:
Education and Public Engagement Are Key to Community Resilience Efforts Il

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Session ID#: 35445

Session Description:
Building communities resilient to climate change, extreme weather events and other environmental hazards has become an important way Earth science information is applied at state and city levels. Beyond down-scaled data, scientifically informed policy decisions, and decision makers who understand the issues, these communities also need well-informed and engaged members of the public. The third National Climate Assessment highlighted that strengthening connections between community resilience initiatives and education efforts are key to ensuring that local communities make informed decisions to prepare for, and recover from significant environmental hazards and stresses with minimum damage to social wellbeing, the economy, and the environment. This session will explore new approaches for how K-12 and informal education and public engagement support development and successful implementation of local government resilience or climate adaptation plans. Discussion will include lessons learned from adaptation and use of decision-support tools and data products in K-12 and informal education environments.
Primary Convener:  Sarah E Schoedinger, NOAA Washington DC, Office of Education, Washington, DC, United States
Convener:  Carrie McDougall, NOAA Washington DC, Office of Education, Washington, DC, United States
Chairs:  Carrie McDougall, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States and Sarah E Schoedinger, NOAA Office of Education, Asheville, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Sarah E Schoedinger, NOAA Office of Education, Asheville, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • PA - Public Affairs
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

0805 Elementary and secondary education [EDUCATION]
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
4327 Resilience [NATURAL HAZARDS]
6334 Regional planning [POLICY SCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Fire and Flood - Extending NOAA Resources to the Classroom and the Citizen Science for Resilient and Informed Communities (261367)
Matthew A Rogers and Sher Schranz, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Teen Advocates for Community and Environmental Sustainability (241108)
Bryan Wunar, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL, United States
The Coastal Resilience Index: High School Students Planning for Their Community’s Future (277281)
Jessica A Kastler1,2, Summer Dorcik3, Tracie Sempier4 and Cooper Kimbrell3, (1)University of Southern Mississippi, Marine Education Center, Ocean Springs, United States, (2)University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, MS, United States, (3)University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS, United States, (4)Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, Ocean Springs, MS, United States
Community Resilience Informed by Science and Experience (C-RISE) (261260)
Riley Young Morse1, Leigh Peake2 and Gayle Bowness2, (1)Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, United States, (2)Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME, United States
Climate Resilience: Outreach and Engagement with Hard to Reach Communities (Invited) (229508)
Kristin Baja, Urban Sustainability Directors Network, Office of Sustainability, Baltimore, MD, UNITED STATES
Innovative Strategies for Building Community Resilience: Lessons from the Frontlines of Climate Change Capacity-Building (Invited) (218402)
Abigail Abrash Walton, Antioch University New England, Keene, NH, United States
Science Center Public Forums: Engaging Lay-Publics in Resilience Deliberations Through Informal Science Education (274335)
David Sittenfeld1, Francis Choi2, Mahmud Farooque3 and Brian Helmuth2, (1)Museum of Science, Boston, MA, United States, (2)Northeastern University, Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Nahant, United States, (3)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States

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