ED53A:
Building Community Resilience Through Education and Public Engagement: Linking Theory to Practice II


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Session ID#: 59333

Session Description:
Public engagement and K-12 education are important tools for increasing community resilience to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. However, significant challenges remain with respect to building knowledge systems to inform decision-making, in light of uncertainties associated with future climate projections, impacts and risks. Information and theoretical frameworks ranging from climate science to risk communication and decision-making are readily available to help guide engagement and education projects. This session highlights relevant projects anchored in this theory, illustrating best practices through case studies, project assessments, and realized outcomes. Collectively, these projects provide tested models for turning knowledge into action in order to build community resilience.
Primary Convener:  Brett F Branco, CUNY Brooklyn College, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Convener:  Jen Kretser, The Wild Center, Tupper Lake, United States
Primary Liaison:  Brett F Branco, CUNY Brooklyn College, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Chairs:  Brett F Branco, CUNY Brooklyn College, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn, NY, United States and Jen Kretser, The Wild Center, Tupper Lake, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Brett F Branco, CUNY Brooklyn College, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn, NY, 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]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Encouraging climate smart behaviors through community programs: a synthesis of best practice (446497)
Caitriana M Steele1, Paul Gutierrez2, Christopher Jones3, Sarah Acquah2, Nellie Amosi2 and Sierra Aney2, (1)USDA Southwest Climate Hub, Las Cruces, United States, (2)New Mexico State University Main Campus, Las Cruces, United States, (3)University of Arizona, Gila County, United States
Community Resilience Education - What Have We Learned from Practice Thus Far? (381053)
Sarah E Schoedinger1, Carrie McDougall2, Christos Michalopoulos3 and Louisa Koch3, (1)NOAA Washington DC, Office of Education, Washington, DC, United States, (2)NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)NOAA, Office of Education, Washington, DC, United States
Building a Resilient Project to Address Community Resilience (350682)
Betsy Wilkening, University of Arizona, AZ Project WET, Tucson, United States and Kerry L Schwartz, University of Arizona, AZ Project WET, Tucson, AZ, United States
The Resilient Schools Consortium (RiSC): A Legitimate and Salient Community Resilience Literacy Project Anchored in Place-Based Pedagogy (437827)
Brett F Branco1, Jennifer Adams2 and Alexandra Gillis1, (1)CUNY Brooklyn College, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn, NY, United States, (2)University of Calgary, Department of Chemistry, Calgary, AB, Canada
Citizen Science, Civics, and Resilient Communities: Informing Community Resilience Policies Through Local Knowledge, Community Values, and Citizen-Created Data (458335)
David Sittenfeld1,2, Nicholas Weller, PhD3, Darlene Cavalier4, Emily Hostetler1, Brian Helmuth5, Mahmud Farooque6 and Katie Todd1, (1)Museum of Science, Boston, MA, United States, (2)Northeastern University, Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Boston, MA, United States, (3)Arizona State University, School of Sustainability, Tempe, AZ, United States, (4)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (5)Northeastern University, Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Nahant, United States, (6)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
Sound Resilience - Get on Board! A Coastal Resilience Education Initiative of The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk (354045)
Avalon Bunge and Thomas Naiman, The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, Education, Norwalk, CT, United States
(C-RISE) Community Resilience Informed by Science and Experience: Data to Action (467161)
Riley Young Morse, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, United States, Gayle Bowness, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Climate Center, Portland, United States and Leigh Peake, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME, United States
Engaging Virginia Beach Residents in Resilience Planning using the ASERT (Action-Oriented Stakeholder Engagement for a Resilient Tomorrow) Framework. (350241)
Michelle Covi, Old Dominion University/ Virginia Sea Grant, Norfolk, VA, United States, Wie Yusuf, Old Dominion Univ, School of Public Service, Norfolk, VA, United States, J. Gail NIcula, Old Dominion University, School of Public Service, Norfolk, VA, United States and Michelle Covi

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