Engaging Public Audiences in Global Change Dialogues The Worldviews Network is funded by NOAA NA10SEC and NA10SEC Presented by Ka Chun Yu and David McConville with 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 Grants NA10SEC & NA10SEC

To motivate and increase community resilience through ecological literacy and sustained public engagement The Worldviews Network Goal

The Worldviews Network Model

Seeing Visualizing Scientific Data Across Scales Knowing Sharing Whole Systems Perspectives Doing Facilitating Engagements to Increase Community Resilience Bioregional Community Dialogues Re-Imagining the Big Picture

Cosmic Bioregional Global Seeing: Visual Thinking Storytelling Across Multiple Scales

Cosmic Seeing: Visual Thinking Storytelling Across Multiple Scales

All Water Fresh Water Ice Global Seeing: Visual Thinking Immersive visualization of ecosystems across multiple scales

Bioregional Seeing: Visual Thinking Immersive visualization of ecosystems across multiple scales

Local Seeing: Visual Thinking Immersive visualization of ecosystems across multiple scales

“A Safe Operating Space for Humanity” Rockstrom et al., Sept 2009, Nature, v461, p. 472 Knowing: Systems Thinking Planetary Boundaries Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems

Share working models to demonstrate leverage points in the system Doing: Design Thinking Resilience of coupled human-natural systems

Professional Development Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Earth, Migrations, And The Human Effect American Museum of Natural History New York, NY December 18, 2012 A Global Water Story Denver Museum of Nature & Science Denver, CO May 24, 2011 Living Maps: From Cosmos to Community RENCI/NEMAC Asheville, NC September 29, 2011 Valley Oaks: An Ecological Journey through Time California Academy of Sciences San Francisco, CA December 8, 2011 Where Condor Meets Eagle Minnesota Planetarium Society Minneapolis, MN March 17, 2012 The Lake Effect: Creating a Resilient Future Exhibit Museum & Planetarium Ann Arbor MI October 3, 2012 Productions:

The Search for Water: Replenishing Watersheds in the Texas Drought Perot Museum of Nature and Science Dallas, TX September 14, 2013 Forests, Beetles, and the Cycles of Life Denver Museum of Nature & Science Denver, CO June 4, 2013 Resilient Landscapes: The History and Future of Black Hills Floods Journey Museum Rapid City, South Dakota March 26, 2013 The Hidden Ocean: Visualizing the Conditions for Life California Academy of Sciences San Francisco, CA September 5, 2013 National Parks in a Changing World National Park Service Denver Museum of Nature & Science Denver, 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 Experience 81% 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 relationship These 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 Story Denver Museum of Nature & Science Preliminary Distribution Includes: ‣ A Global Water Story ‣ Valley Oaks: an Ecological Journey through Time ‣ The Lake Effect: Creating a Resilient Future ‣ Forests, Beetles, and the Cycles of Life ‣ The Hidden Ocean: Visualizing the Conditions for Life ‣ The Search for Water: Replenishing Watersheds in the Texas Drought Forests, Beetles, and the Cycles of Life Denver Museum of Nature & Science The Hidden Ocean: Visualizing the Conditions for Life California Academy of Sciences National Parks in a Changing World National Park Service Denver Museum of Nature & Science Worldviews Network USB Drive Preliminary 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

Distribution