EngagingPublic

Audiencesin Global Change

Dialogues

The Worldviews Network is funded by NOAA NA10SEC0080011 and NA10SEC0080017

Presented by Ka Chun Yu and David McConvillewith Rachel Connolly, Ned Gardiner, Healy Hamilton, Ryan Wyatt,Lindsay Irving, Kathi Koontz, Jessica Sickler, and many partners

Uniview Users Group 2013

Who is the Worldviews Network?

Funded by NOAA Environmental Literacy GrantsNA10SEC0080011 & NA10SEC0080017

To motivate and increase community resilience through

ecological literacy and sustained public engagement

The Worldviews Network Goal

The Worldviews Network Model

SeeingVisualizing

Scientific DataAcross Scales

KnowingSharing

Whole Systems Perspectives

DoingFacilitating

Engagements to Increase

Community Resilience

Bioregional Community DialoguesRe-Imagining the Big Picture

Cosmic

Bioregional

Global

Seeing: Visual ThinkingStorytelling Across Multiple Scales

Cosmic

Seeing: Visual ThinkingStorytelling Across Multiple Scales

All Water

FreshWater

Ice

Global

Seeing: Visual ThinkingImmersive visualization of ecosystems across multiple

scales

Bioregional

Seeing: Visual ThinkingImmersive visualization of ecosystems across multiple

scales

Local

Seeing: Visual ThinkingImmersive visualization of ecosystems across multiple

scales

“A Safe Operating Space for Humanity”Rockstrom et al., Sept 2009, Nature, v461, p. 472

Knowing: Systems ThinkingPlanetary Boundaries

Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems

Share working models to demonstrate leverage points in the system

www.ideaindex.org

Doing: Design ThinkingResilience of coupled human-natural systems

Professional DevelopmentTechnological Pedagogical Content

Knowledge(TPACK)

Earth, Migrations,And The Human Effect

American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York, NY

December 18, 2012

A Global Water StoryDenver Museum of Nature & Science

Denver, COMay 24, 2011

Living Maps: From Cosmos to Community

RENCI/NEMACAsheville, NC

September 29, 2011

Valley Oaks:An Ecological Journey through Time

California Academy of SciencesSan Francisco, CADecember 8, 2011

Where Condor Meets EagleMinnesota Planetarium Society

Minneapolis, MNMarch 17, 2012

 The Lake Effect:Creating a Resilient FutureExhibit Museum & Planetarium

Ann Arbor MIOctober 3, 2012

Productions: 2011-2012

The Search for Water: Replenishing Watersheds

in the Texas DroughtPerot Museum of Nature and Science

Dallas, TXSeptember 14, 2013

Forests, Beetles, and the Cycles of Life

Denver Museum of Nature & ScienceDenver, COJune 4, 2013

Resilient Landscapes: The History and Future of Black Hills

FloodsJourney Museum

Rapid City, South DakotaMarch 26, 2013

The Hidden Ocean:Visualizing the Conditions for

LifeCalifornia Academy of Sciences

San Francisco, CASeptember 5, 2013

National Parksin a Changing WorldNational Park Service

Denver Museum of Nature & ScienceDenver, CO

September 26, 2013

Productions: 2013

Highlights from Public Response to Shows

Self-reported Learning• 51%: Ecological concepts/facts• 26%: Human-caused ecological change• 23%: Human use of resources

Highlights from Public Response to Shows

Top Reactions• Thinking about complex Earth systems and

interrelationships• Visualizing concepts of time and space• Sense of how small the Earth is

Highlights from Public Response to Shows

Immersive Experience81% reported dome enhanced understanding by …•39%: “gave me perspective…” (connections)•32%: “allowed me to see…” (visuals)•22%: “made me understand…” (learned info)•10%: “It made me feel…” (affective response)

Highlights from Public Response to Shows

10% of respondents: dome presentation promoted an affective response•Inspiration, caring, personal relationshipThese audience members ranked statements most frequently:

• Feeling the need to take care of Earth• Feeling a sense of the sacred in regards to

Earth• Amazement at the beauty of what was shown

A Global Water StoryDenver Museum of Nature & Science

Forests, Beetles, and the Cycles of LifeDenver Museum of Nature & Science

The Hidden Ocean:Visualizing the Conditions for Life

California Academy of Sciences

National Parks in a Changing WorldNational Park Service

Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Worldviews Network USB DrivePreliminary Distribution

‣ Storyboard and narration

‣ Uniview Installer file‣ Alignment with NOAA

Climate Literacy Principles

‣ Dedicated Webpage with resources

‣ Data Sources

Program Distribution Contents

Cafe Outreach Model + Bioregional Community Dialogue

Complimentary Outreach Program:Worldviews Cafes

Programs begin rollout in December of 2013 on worldviews.net

Professional Development offerings beginning in Jan 2014 (Google Hangouts)

Collection of training videos

Distribution Timeline

Distributionwww.worldviews.net