Connecting on Climate: A Guide to Effective Climate Change Communication is a guide which includes research from a range of social science fields including psychology, anthropology, communications, and behavioral economics. It is designed to...
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: GARDEN OF THE SALISH SEA CURRICULUM Our webinar will introduce teachers and educators to our program. We'll give you our recipe for inspiring curiosity and connecting students to intertidal ecosystems through shellfish...
How does climate change (and ocean acidification) affect humans? That's the question asked of Tom Wagner, Program Scientist for Cryospheric Research at NASA. Here is his answer in a one-minute video See more of NASA's answers to your questions on...
This report summarizes what is known and what is not known about impacts of climate changes that have already occurred and risks of future impacts. It integrates information about the full range of possible climate outcomes, as well as the role of...
GlobalChange.gov has a new Multimedia Gallery with graphics from various USGCRP reports, including the 2014 National Climate Assessment. Graphics can be filtered by topic and by U.S. region. Users can also explore a collection of global change...
Extreme weather events are teachable moments on climate change - they're widely reported on by the news, and are tangible impacts. However, it's a complex subject. In this document, ClimateNexus puts forth some simple guidelines for communicating...
The visitor asks the interpreter what she can do to help the situation and the interpreter uses the value of interconnectedness to provide some ideas for community scale solutions.
The visitor wants to learn more about what's impacting harbor seals in Alaska. The interpreter shares a causal chain and the heat-trapping blanket analogy to frame the conversation.
Here the interpreter uses the value of interconnectedness and the analogy of the ocean as the heart of the climate to frame the issue of harbor seal population changes in Alaska.
This is what an entire framed conversation might look like from beginning to end. The interpreter uses the value of protection, a causal chain, and an analogy to frame the issue of changes to harbor seal populations in Alaska. She finishes by offering...
This is what an entire framed conversation might look like from beginning to end. The interpreter uses the values of legacy and responsible management, a causal chain, and an analogy to frame the issue of changing salmon runs in Alaska. She finishes...
Here the visitor initiates the conversation and asks a question. The interpreter responds by sharing information from different points of view to help bring understanding to the situation.
During our person-on-the-street interviews, many people shared with us personal experiences they have had with energy, climate and sustainability issues. Here we share a sampling of those stories.
During our person-on-the-street interviews, many people shared with us personal experiences they have had with energy, climate and sustainability issues. Here we share a sampling of those stories.
