The Science of Communicating Climate Change: A Plants and Climate Change Education (PLACCE) Conversation

Guest Presenters: Stephanie Cadaval, Ph.D. Candidate in Forest Resources and Conservation,University of Florida School of Forests, Fisheries, and Geomatic Science; Elissa Schuett, Program Manager, Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative; Karen Willey, Climate Change Communication, Sarasota Audubon Society

About this Session: Are you trying to communicate climate change, but people just don't seem to respond to your facts and science? As important as knowing the climate science, social science provides evidence-based practices that allow us to communicate climate science more effectively. Join us to learn about the work of the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation (NNOCCI), a collective of over 800 climate communicators. In this session, learn how specific values and metaphors make your audience more receptive to climate change messaging and join a community of communicators changing the national discourse to be more positive, civic-minded, and solutions-focused. Presenters have roots in the plant world and will incorporate plant-relevant examples into the session.

About NNOCCI: With more than a decade of success, NNOCCI is widely recognized as the United States' leading climate change interpretation training program. NNOCCI has partnered on dozens of peer-reviewed publications that describe its unique combination of elements for training and highlighting the network's outcomes. The Marine Mammal Center currently serves as the fiscal sponsor for NNOCCI's work. https://climateinterpreter.org/

About PLACCE Conversations: PLACCE (Plants and Climate Change Education) is a peer learning group exploring how botanic gardens and arboreta can maximize the impact of a plant-centered climate change education niche. We are dedicated to learning together; creating and testing plant-centered climate change education models; and sharing new understandings, resources, and best practices across the public gardens community. PLACCE Conversations are online professional development opportunities open to education professionals from botanic gardens and arboreta interested in plant-centered climate change education. For more information about PLACCE, visit: https://usbg.gov/PlantsAndClimateChangeEducation