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Lindzy,
Chabot is doing a lot of programming in this area. As Martin mentioned, the Bill Nye's Climate Lab exhibition is relevant. I can share some of our preliminary evaluation results with you off-list. We're also currently working on a project focused on transportation choices and behavior change. I'm happy to chat, and/or put you in touch with other members of our staff if you'd like more info.
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Tamara
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Steve van Matre wrote a book in the 1970's about how to engage children (and adults) with nature. His idea is that people need first to connect on an emotional and sensory level before they are ready to be good stewards. The book describes a whole series of multisensory experiences, such as blindfold walks in the woods, that are designed to make those connections. I have always thought his book was a great model for museums because of its emphasis on affective outcomes and sensory experiences, both of which we are good at rather than on specific content or knowledge. Van Matre's book is Acclimitization.
Richard Louv's Last Child in the Woods makes a similar point. He notes that any elementary school child today can opine on the fate of the tropical rainforest, but most have no idea what lives in their own back yard. Both books are about the central importance of immersion in the natural world. Stewardship comes from love of nature.
These ideas are not necessarily easy to translate into indoor exhibits. In wrestling with that problem, I am often reminded of Joni Mitchell's lyric: "Take all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum, then you charge the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em." I do think we have to be careful about understanding the role of exhibits in nature education. It isn't (or shouldn't be) about bringing the outdoors inside, but just the reverse: helping visitors develop skills that they can later use outdoors. In this model the exhibit is just one part of the visitor's larger experience of the world. A trip to REI is not the same experience as climbing a mountain, but it might help you get there.
On Nov 21, 2011, at 6:36 AM, Erich Rose wrote:
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> Lindzy,
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> I am also very interested in this topic. I am working with a local nature preserve and part of their mission is to instill "stewardship" for the land and ecology. But, despite all the great exhibits and activities on recycling, ecology, pollution, etc., that one term: STEWARDSHIP, has eluded us. They have a small visitor space (physical and temporal) and we need ideas that are short and succinct.
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> On Nov 20, 2011, at 2:15 PM, Bivings, Lindzy wrote:
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>> Greetings All,
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>> I am in the process of planning a Science and Sustainability Family Science Night. One of out top goals is to promote pro-environmental behavior change.
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>> As I look through the literature I am seeing very little reference to research or evaluation done on this topic. In fact the only journal article referencing this based on Disney's Conservation Station within Animal Kingdom. Perhaps I am not looking in the right place, or with an appropriate search term, so I am hoping to get some help from you all. I know proving that change happened based on a one-time experience is difficult, but does that mean no one is trying this?
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>> Have you done programming focused on pro-environmental behavior change? I'd love to hear about your experiences, thoughts or perspectives on this idea.
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>> Cheers,
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>> Lindzy Bivings
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