T247 Climate Literacy: Formal and Informal Education and Outreach Efforts to Increase Awareness and Enable Responsible Decisions

Tuesday, 21 October 2014
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
217/218

THE CLIMATE LITERACY AND ENERGY AWARENESS NETWORK (CLEAN)

Paper number: T247-6
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 2:05 PM – 2:20 PM

Authors

Abstract

Unlike many problems of the past climate change is impacting and will impact a broad cross section of society. In order to respond, manage, and adapt to those change citizens of all ages need accurate, up to date information, knowledge of the sciences, and analytical skills to make responsible decisions and long-term plans regarding these challenging topics. The Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN, http://cleanet.org) is working to provide 1) resources for educators that includes the CLEAN Collection and pedagogical support for teaching climate and energy science, and 2) facilitating a professionally diverse community of climate and energy literacy stakeholders called the CLEAN Network, to share and leverage their efforts to extent their reach and effectiveness.

In this presentation we will provide an overview of the CLEAN Portal. This will include the CLEAN Collection, which is comprised of 615+ resources (activities, videos, visualizations, and short demonstrations and experiments) that were reviewed for scientific accuracy, pedagogical effectiveness, and technical quality; and the Teaching Climate and Energy Pedagogical Support Pages that outline common misconceptions and challenges as well as tips for teaching climate and energy topics. The overview will also include brief summary of the make up and activities of the CLEAN Network and how the activities support the sharing and leveraging of resources and expertise to increase the reach and impact of this professionally diverse community of climate and energy literacy stakeholders.