[ESIP-all] CLEAN Network Teleconference today at 1pm ET - CLEAN Network to discuss the White House - A Call to Action to Advance Climate Education and Literacy - Tuesday Oct 28th 1pm ET
Tamara Ledley via ESIP-all
esip-all at lists.esipfed.org
Tue Oct 28 10:28:01 EDT 2014
Hi Everyone,
We will have the CLEAN Network teleconference today at 1pm ET. The
call in number is 1-702-589-8300 ID 7705706#
We will have our announcements and then a discussion to collect input
for the White House OSTP Call to Action to Advance Climate Education and
Literacy. Dr. Laura Petes, Senior Policy Advisor for Climate Adaptation
and Ecosystems from the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
will join us at the start of the call to clarify what is being requested
and answer any questions. The links to the Call to Action and to a Google
Doc on which we will collect the input and who participates are on the
CLEAN Network teleconference page at
http://cleanet.org/clean/community/cln/telecon_schedule.html. For those
of you who would like to contribute but can't call in, you are welcome to
contribute our thoughts and ideas on the Google doc.
I am looking forward to the discussion later today.
Thanks
Tamara
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Tamara Shapiro Ledley, PhD
Senior Scientist, TERC
2067 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140
phone: 617-873-9658; fax: 617-349-3535
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Date: 10/24/2014 12:02 PM
Subject: CLEAN Network to discuss the White House - A Call to
Action to Advance Climate Education and Literacy - Tuesday Oct 28th 1pm ET
During the CLEAN Network's Oct 28th teleconference we will discuss and
gather input for the While House "A Call to Action to Advance Climate
Education and Literacy" post.
Dr. Laura Petes, Senior Policy Advisor for Climate Adaptation and
Ecosystems in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, will
participate at the beginning of the call to clarify what they are looking
for and answer any questions.
Just to get you thinking, in talking to Dr. Petes I have found out that
they are more interested in activities that might be leveraged and
expanded to greater impact, and activities or visions of what might be
done to enhance climate education and literacy, rather than just what is
going on now.
The text of the "Call to Action" is below and can be found on the CLEAN
Network teleconference page at
http://cleanet.org/clean/community/cln/telecon_schedule.html
I will post more information as it is available, and will send out a
reminder and call in numbers on Tuesday morning to the email lists that
this is going to. You are welcome to share this with other, but remember
to forward on the phone in information to them also on Tuesday.
I am looking forward to the discussion.
Tamara
___________________________________
Tamara Shapiro Ledley, PhD
Senior Scientist, TERC
2067 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140
phone: 617-873-9658; fax: 617-349-3535
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From: Hubbard, Sarah (Intern) <Sarah_M_Hubbard at ostp.eop.gov>
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2014
Subject: A Call to Action to Advance Climate Education and Literacy
To: "Hubbard, Sarah (Intern)" <Sarah_M_Hubbard at ostp.eop.gov>
Cc: "Jencks, Fae" <Fae_M_Jencks at ostp.eop.gov>, "Petes, Laura" <
Laura_E_Petes at ostp.eop.gov>
Friends and Colleagues,
We at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy would like
to share “A Call to Action to Advance Climate Education and Literacy,”
which was announced today through an OSTP blog post (located here and
copied below).
We would love to hear from you about the work that you are doing in this
area and we encourage you to share this post with your colleagues and
networks. The input that you, your organization, and your networks
provide will be valuable as we move forward in lifting America’s game in
climate education.
Thank you,
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
A Call to Action to Advance Climate Education and Literacy
Posted by Laura Petes and Sarah Hubbard on October 22, 2014 at 12:36 PM
EDT
America’s students need access to the latest information, knowledge, and
skills in order to be prepared for the jobs of the future. This means
continually ensuring that citizens of all ages have a solid grounding in
science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills that serve as a
basis for discovery, invention, and innovation.
Climate education and literacy are a critical part of this STEM skillset
and are particularly important for building a 21st-century workforce,
where tomorrow’s community leaders, city planners, and entrepreneurs have
the information, knowledge, and training to make sound decisions and grow
businesses in the context of a changing climate.
Much work is already being done inside and outside of government to
increase science-based understanding and awareness of current and future
climate change – through efforts like the Climate Literacy and Energy
Awareness Network (CLEAN), climate education projects supported by NOAA,
NSF, NASA, and other Federal agencies, and community-based programs to
make schools, campuses, and businesses more climate-smart. Leaders are
enhancing climate literacy in K-12 classrooms, on college and university
campuses, and in parks and museums across the country. But still, there is
more to do.
That’s why, over the past few months, the White House Office of Science
and Technology Policy (OSTP) has been exploring opportunities at the
intersection of two key priorities of the Obama Administration: lifting
America’s game in STEM education, and combating climate change.
Climate education requires an “all-hands-on-deck” approach, involving not
just the Federal Government but also the private sector, philanthropists,
schools, colleges and universities, professional societies,
non-governmental organizations, and state, local, and tribal governments.
And so – OSTP wants to hear from YOU about potential commitments,
activities, and announcements underway or in development at your
organizations that support the goal of lifting America’s game in climate
education. These may include:
Programs and projects to integrate best-available climate science into
classrooms and visitor experiences;
Tools and resources to connect students, educators, and visitors to
climate information;
Internships, fellowships, or other hands-on learning opportunities for
students of all ages;
Events and activities that engage students and educators in local climate
solutions;
Training opportunities for educators, interpreters, and volunteers;
Communities of practice for sharing best practices and lessons learned;
Well-designed incentive prizes; and more.
Do the activities of your school, institution, organization, or company
align with the call to action to enhance climate education and literacy?
Send your ideas, commitments, summaries of your work in this area, or even
photos of you, your students, and colleagues working to enhance climate
literacy to ClimateEd at ostp.gov by November 7.
Your input is critical to building an educated, next-generation American
workforce that grasps the climate-change challenge and is equipped to seek
and implement solutions.
Laura Petes is the Senior Policy Advisor for Climate Adaptation and
Ecosystems at OSTP
Sarah Hubbard is an OSTP Intern in the Energy & Environment and Science
Divisions
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