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TALATERRAAnne Armstrong: Let's Talk About Climate ChangeThis summer, I have the wonderful opportunity to be involved with projects addressing conversations around climate change. I couldn't do this work without revisiting the book "Communicating Climate Change: A Guide for Educators" by Anne Armstrong.Anne Armstrong is an author, an educator, and a Ph.D. student in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University.She is also the mother of a young daughter who inspires her investigation into how environmental educators communicate climate change.Anne stopped by to discuss her new book, "Communicating Climate Change: A Guide for Educators."2021-07-1644 min
TALATERRAThe First EE Forward SummitA recap of the first EE Forward Summit, a professional development and partnership-building event for independent environmental education professionals and community partners. LINKSMeghan McCarroll - What We Know About Water What We Know About Water: A Water Literacy ReviewDiane Wyzga - Communication and Story SkillsRupu Gupta - Inclusive Approaches in Climate Resilience PartnershipsErica Fielder - Designing Interpretive Displays About WatershedsDon Smith - Food, Water & You (Kiss the Ground)Mark & Crystal Mandica - The Amphibian Foundation...2021-06-1907 min
TALATERRAWhat is environmental education for?Next week Talaterra Cowork will host Breakthrough! - Purpose of Environmental Education.This Breakthrough! session will be the first of many monthly conversations to encourage dialogue between independent professionals working in fields related to environmental education and their colleagues.This month’s topic was inspired by papers I read by Dr. Rupu Gupta and her colleagues. Last year I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Gupta for the podcast. Dr. Gupta’s specialty is conservation psychology. She studies why people have an interest in nature, why they don’t, what motivates them to take care o...2020-06-1143 minTALATERRAAnne Armstrong, Climate Change Communication for EducatorsAnne Armstrong is an author, an educator, and a Ph.D. student in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University.She is also the mother of a three-year-old daughter who inspires her investigation into how environmental educators communicate climate change.Anne stopped by to discuss her new book, Communicating Climate Change: A Guide for Educators.What kind of field experiences inspired Anne to write her book?How can environmental educators facilitate conversations about climate change?What types of resources can educators use to develop programs about climate change?2019-10-0343 minTALATERRAInterdisciplinary Learning PathwaysThe article A Learning Pathway to an Integrated Approach Involving Natural, Applied and Social Science, Humanities and Arts to Face Climate Change by Stephano Alessandri was written for non-scientists, scholars, students, and scientists whose fields do not involve the study of climate. Alessandri, Stefano. (2019). A learning pathway to an integrated approach involving natural, applied and social science, humanities and arts to face climate change. Sustainability: The Journal of Record. 12(4): 199 - 214. Retrieved from https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/sus.2018.0040 LINKSBuilding Community with Dr. Rupu Gupta, Part 1Building Community with Dr...2019-09-2606 minTALATERRADr. Rupu Gupta, Building Community, Part 2To download the card sorting activity and instructor guide, visit the show notes for this episode.
This week we return to our conversation with Dr. Rupu Gupta, conservation psychologist at New Knowledge Organization whose research focuses on inclusion and equity in the environmental field.
Last week, Dr. Gupta talked about community building. Part of our conversation centered around the paper “Practitioners’ perspectives on the purpose of environmental education.”
If you read this paper, it becomes clear that the field of environmental education (EE) is struggling to answer the question, “What’s it for?”
Today...2019-08-2812 minTALATERRADr. Rupu Gupta, Building CommunityDr. Rupu Gupta is a conservation psychologist at the New Knowledge Organization whose research focus is inclusion and equity in the environmental field. Her interests are in what motivates or hinders people to care for nature and the environment.
In this episode we revisit Dr. Gupta’s paper about the diversity of the environmental field. We also talk about collaboration and bringing attention to the work of independent educators.
This is a two-part episode. Next week we’ll discuss a professional development exercise developed by Dr. Gupta and her colleagues.
Show Notes
Ta...2019-08-2142 min