Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- Part 1 BACKGROUND -- 1. CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE -- 2. CLIMATE CHANGE ATTITUDES AND KNOWLEDGE -- 3. CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION OUTCOMES -- 4. CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION VIGNETTES -- PART 1 RECAP -- Part 2 THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CLIMATE CHANGE -- 5. IDENTITY -- 6. PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTANCE -- 7. OTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES -- PART 2 RECAP -- Part 3 COMMUNICATION -- 8. FRAMING CLIMATE CHANGE -- 9. USING METAPHOR AND ANALOGY IN CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION -- 10. CLIMATE CHANGE MESSENGERS -- PART 3 RECAP -- Part 4 STORIES FROM THE FIELD -- 11. CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION AT THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER, SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA -- 12. CLIMATE CHANGE LITERACY, ACTION, AND POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN KENTUCKY -- 13. BUILDING SOIL TO CAPTURE CARBON IN A SCHOOL GARDEN IN NEW MEXICO -- 14. PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE IN DENVER, COLORADO -- PART 4 RECAP -- CLOSING THOUGHTS -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index
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Environmental educators face a formidable challenge when they approach climate change due to the complexity of the science and of the political and cultural contexts in which people live. There is a clear consensus among climate scientists that climate change is already occurring as a result of human activities, but high levels of climate change awareness and growing levels of concern have not translated into meaningful action. Communicating Climate Change provides environmental educators with an understanding of how their audiences engage with climate change information as well as with concrete, empirically tested communication tools they can use to enhance their climate change program.Starting with the basics of climate science and climate change public opinion, Armstrong, Krasny, and Schuldt synthesize research from environmental psychology and climate change communication, weaving in examples of environmental education applications throughout this practical book. Each chapter covers a separate topic, from how environmental psychology explains the complex ways in which people interact with climate change information to communication strategies with a focus on framing, metaphors, and messengers. This broad set of topics will aid educators in formulating program language for their classrooms at all levels. Communicating Climate Change uses fictional vignettes of climate change education programs and true stories from climate change educators working in the field to illustrate the possibilities of applying research to practice. Armstrong et al, ably demonstrate that environmental education is an important player in fostering positive climate change dialogue and subsequent climate change action.An open access version of this book is available through Cornell Open.
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Climatic changes--Study and teaching--United States. Communication in climatology--United States. Environmental education--United States. SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change.