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Addressing
Biodiversity
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Assessment of availability of adult education on biodiversity |
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March
6, 2002, South Central Region
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1:30 p.m.
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Unavailable
- Education is not focused on adults. Adults have
to seek out information and in most cases some knowledge
is required in order to know where to look.
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7:00 p.m.
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None known.
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March
13, Southeast Region
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1:30
p.m
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First Group
Unavailable - While some resources may be available,
sources are not known for the average citizen.
Second Group
Available - The term biodiversity is not widely known/used,
therefore EE centers do not advertise programs as
such. Programs offered expose participants to the
issue.
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7:00 p.m.
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Neutral - Education
is available to those that already understand it. How
do we make it known to those that are not already in
the "loop"? |
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March
19, Northeast Region |
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1:30 p.m.
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Available - Hard to get audience
to attend. Seems the public only seeks information on
those issues that impact them personally. |
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7:00 p.m.
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Biodiversity
was not addressed |
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March
20, North Central Region |
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2:00 p.m.
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Limited but available -
Biodiversity specific programs are not really available.
However, there is a lot of overlap with other topics.
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7:00 p.m.
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Unavailable -
Although materials may be available, people are unfamiliar
with the term. |
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April
2, Southwest Region |
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1:30 p.m.
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Available - Western PA Institute
is beginning to offer more. Jennings offers public
programs which touch upon the topic. The term "biodiversity"
is not being introduced along with the core concepts.
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7:00 p.m
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Unavailable -
Education is available but it's not widely known. |
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April
3, Northwest Region |
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1:30 p.m.
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First Group
Available - Education is available but it's limited.
The term biodiversity is too broad.
Second group
Unavailable - The activities that are available are
for audiences that already have a base knowledge of
the environment and biodiversity. The audiences that
need to be reached are not being reached, such as,
city residents, lower income, under-educated individuals.
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7:00 p.m
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Biodiversity
was not addressed |
| 2.
Identifying current biodiversity
education activities occurring in each community |
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March
6, 2002, South Central Region
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1:30 p.m.
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Activity: State parks, Earth
Day activities
Activity: Middle Creek lecture
series
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7:00 p.m.
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Activity:
Cumberland Greens
Goal: Lobbying for governmental positions to promote
all ecological problems
Activity: Yellow Breeches
Watershed Association
Goal: Monitoring all facets of ecological aspects
for the Yellow Breeches Creek
Activity: High School
Environmental Club
Goal: Community clean up
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March
13, Southeast Region
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1:30
p.m
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Activity: A state park frog
course
Goal: Introduce adults to the 16 species of frogs
and toads
Activity: Children's Earth Day Forest
Goal: Children create the native PA forest through
art
Activity: Weekly natural history walk
Goal: Teaches the public about species natural to
the area
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7:00 p.m.
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Activity: Natural areas
inventory
Goal: catalogue of endangered species/ecosystems in
a county by county measure
Activity: Pennsylvania Biodiversity
Partnership
Goal: Assessment of knowledge on biodiversity throughout
the state
Activity: Conservation festival
Goal: Gather local environmental organizations to
present interactive messages to visitors.
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March
19, Northeast Region |
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1:30 p.m.
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Activity: State
parks natural community profile
Activity: Pike Conservation
District Lake & Pond Management Workshop
Goal: Lake ecology
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7:00 p.m.
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Biodiversity
was not addressed |
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March
20, North Central Region |
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2:00
p.m
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Activity: WRCF biodiversity
video available to groups but usually for kids
Activity: Natural heritage
inventory
Goal: Part of statewide effort to index Pennsylvania's
biodiversity
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7:00 p.m.
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Biodiversity
was not addressed |
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April
2, Southwest Region |
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1:30
p.m
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Biodiversity was not addressed
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7:00 p.m.
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Activity: Allegheny Power
provides seminars for service groups
Activity: Forest restoration
Goal: Educates the public about deer populations and
wildlife biology
Activity: Canoe trips
Goal: Educate community and organizations, showing
films, doing some outreach during river sojourns.
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April
3, Northwest Region |
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1:30 p.m.
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Activity: Audubon
Society lawn conference
Goal: Alternatives to chemicals using invasive species
Activity: Forest stewardship program
Goal: Woodlot owners are the intended audience. Harvesting,
habitats, and woodlot management.
Activity: Biodiversity conference
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7:00 p.m.
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Biodiversity
was not addressed |
| 3.
Identifying opportunities to build on existing biodiversity
education |
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March
6, 2002, South Central Region
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1:30 p.m.
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Idea: Media
campaign
Goal: Build knowledge of terms through the media,
promote things the average citizen can do on a daily
basis to make a difference.
Possible Partner: Local government, state agencies
Idea: Build a connection
between old and new
Goal: Find something homeowners are interested in
such as backyard water gardens and build in biodiversity.
Possible Partner: Landscapers, municipal governments,
local garden centers
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7:00 p.m.
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Idea: Speak
at schools and colleges providing education and encouragement
to get involved.
Goal: Educate young people about their community and
increase their knowledge of the problems.
Possible Partner: Watershed associations
Idea: Meet with adult
interest groups and work together on community projects
Goal: Get larger projects completed and make a larger
impact.
Possible Partner: Watershed associations
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March
13, Southeast Region
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1:30
p.m
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Idea: Promote
people using their own backyards to increase biodiversity:
more examples in public space, i.e. roadsides and public
gardens.
Possible Partner: municipalities, golf courses, service
orgs., master gardeners
Idea: Utilize EE Centers
newsletters and calendars
Idea: Offer volunteer opportunities
for teaching & facilitating programs at EE Centers
Goal: Participants can teach/reach others from awareness
& knowledge gained in the course.
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7:00 p.m.
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Idea: Make sojourns
more available to the public
Goal: Utilize Spanish speaking guides and advertisement
to reach a more diverse audience
Possible Partner: State agencies
Partner Contribution: Established sojourn programs |
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March
19, Northeast Region |
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1:30 p.m.
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Idea: Outreach
to communities that can't come to your site.
Goal: Adult education community series
Possible Partner: Local media
Partner Contribution: Publicity
Idea: Get legislators and
industry involved
Possible Partner: Legislators, leading industries,
utility companies
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7:00
p.m. |
Idea: Educational
video series taught like a curriculum (using 6 or
7 videos)
Goal: Made regionally for all seven challenges, utilize
environmental reporters and promote on PCN and PA
Outdoor Life.
Possible Partner: Conservation districts
Partner Contribution: Design and production of videos
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March
20, North Central Region |
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2:00
p.m
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Idea: Have EE
centers include biodiversity in adult programs.
Possible Partners: EE centers, regional and state parks
Partner Contribution: publicizing and producing programs
Idea: Adult education purposely
infiltrated into an advertised kid program! Require
parent supervision throughout the training.
Possible Partner: EE centers, regional and state parks
Partner Contribution: publicizing and producing programs
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7:00 p.m.
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Biodiversity was not addressed
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April
2, Southwest Region |
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1:30
p.m
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Idea: Target adult groups
such as clubs and teachers
Goal: Introduce awareness to the term biodiversity,
what biodiversity means and how it relates to other
topics.
Possible Partner: EE centers and similar organizations
able to provide biodiversity training onsite.
Partner Contribution: Programming - walks, talks and
trips.
Idea: Class for professionals
on how to incorporate biodiversity
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7:00 p.m.
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Biodiversity
was not addressed |
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April
3, Northwest Region |
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1:30 p.m.
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Biodiversity
was not addressed
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7:00 p.m.
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Biodiversity
was not addressed |
| 4.
What products, tools and/or services are needed to improve
biodiversity
education for adults? |
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March
6, 2002, South Central Region
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1:30
p.m.
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Need: Hands on education
such as a native plants sale
Goal: Convince people to plant native plants and teach
invasive plant species
Possible Partner: State parks and conservancies
Need: Land use biodiversity
Goal: Direct toward municipal governments, townships,
present how's and why
Possible Partner: Conservation service areas
Need: Educate homeowners
associations
Need: Reaching contractor's - better ways of building
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7:00
p.m.
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Need: Student
and family activities
Goal: Bring the parents into the mix with the children.
What children learn in school can be transferred
to adults in real life situations.
Need: More public programming
for adults and use a celebrity to draw attention.
Need: Native plant sale
Goal: Educate community about plants of the local
environment they live in.
Possible Partner: Nurseries
Partner Contribution: Free plant with attendance
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March
13, Southeast Region
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1:30
p.m
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First Group
Need: Publicity, success stories, ad campaigns!
Second group
Need: Attention getters and incentives to participate
in projects/events
Need: Family education programs
and school programs
Goal: Educate children and parents - children often
reach the parents
Possible Partner: Conservation districts
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7:00
p.m.
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Need:
Biodiversity integration in schools and the community
Need: Create incentives for people to recycle
Need: Tap into corporate support and resources |
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March
19, Northeast Region |
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1:30
p.m.
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Need: College
courses that address biodiversity issues in their
curriculum
Goal: Act 48 - pre-service educators
Possible Partner: Higher education
Need: Regional, county,
or watershed based nature center
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7:00
p.m.
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Need: Regular
column in local newspapers
Need: Maps and educational videos - could promote
all seven challenges
Possible Partner: GreenWorks
Need: Provide a tax break for purchase of environmentally
friendly products - including large ticket items such
as appliances.
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March
20, North Central Region |
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2:00
p.m
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Need:
Get the topic to the media and into the public view
- mall displays, etc… Goal: Gain popularity for
the subject matter
Possible Partners: Cable providers
Need: Tie all the small
scale efforts into the biodiversity concept - every
slide show and short program
Goal: Promote at county fairs, festivals, farm, home,
and flower shows
Possible Partners: Everyone currently providing programming
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7:00
p.m.
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Need:
Utilize "poster child" or mascot, such as
the river otter, for biodiversity
Goal: Produce short commercial providing education on
the term
Possible Partners: State agencies
Need: Educate parents through
their children
Goal: Piggy back on children's activities
Need: Resources for native
plants & animals
Possible Partners: Higher education, plant growers
Partner Contribution: Produce a book with lists of
native plant growers
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April
2, Southwest Region |
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1:30
p.m
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Need:
Regional workshops on biodiversity
Goal: Introduce the term and concepts
Need: Speaker series or
forums
Need: Market to PTA and
other groups and clubs
Goal: Focus on specific interests related to biodiversity
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7:00
p.m.
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First
group
Need: Create incentives to get involved in biodiversity
activities - contest/tournaments, etc…
Goal: Teach biodiversity to diverse groups (avoiding
monocultures)
Possible Partners: Boat manufacturers, related product
manuf., nature centers, home builder centers, nurseries
Partner Contribution: Funds, products and prizes, classes
Need: Board game on biodiversity
Possible Partners: Game creators, manufacturers
Partner Contribution: Game development
Need: Integrate biodiversity
into the other six challenges identified by the 21st.
century report.
Second group
Need: Brochures and classes on healthy lawns, pesticides,
and IPM
Goal: Educate neighborhood organizations, service
groups and garden clubs
Possible Partners: Garden centers
Partner Contribution: Offer classes and native plants
Need: Teach non science
teachers
Goal: Provide standards based education
Possible Partners: Nature centers
Partner Contribution: Provide classes
Need: Promote through video
series, newspaper column in garden section
Goal: Series on native plants, etc…
Possible Partners: Media, garden centers
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April
3, Northwest Region |
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1:30 p.m.
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First group
Need: Create exposure for the term - use it often
and explain it in existing programs
Goal: Use popular events, regatta, city sporting events,
etc…
Possible Partners: Media, event planners, nature centers
Partner Contribution: Create exposure
Need: Get the word out through
consumer goods and services
Possible Partners: Industry, shopping areas, grocery
stores, financial institutions, utility companies,
landscapers, greenhouses
Need: Family oriented programs
Goal: Hands on activities - plantings, games
Second group
Need: Outreach to motivate people to attend activities
- provide community friendly atmosphere
Need: Better use of places where people already go
Need: Accessibility for
low income families in cities, shuttle buses, low
fees
Goal: Reach more diverse audiences
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7:00
p.m.
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Need:
Build interest in adults concerning biodiversity
Goal: Show how loss of biodiversity will affect their
wallets
Possible Partners: State agencies, industry |
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