2024-06-28 Chat
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Participants (partial list):
Michael McConville (International Planetarium Society) - Pennsylvania.
Amie Gallagher, Raritan Valley Community College Planetarium, Branchburg, NJ
Briana Ingermann, Fiske Planetarium, University of Colorado USA
Anna Hurst, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, joining from San Francisco
Cal Powell, Alexandria, VA
Juan Pablo Hurtado - NOAA's Science On a Sphere program
Sarah Vise @ Science Central in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Anne Gold, University of Colorado, CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation
Jeff Bennett, Big Kid Science, Boulder CO
Shanil Virani, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Waynesboro, VA
Romee Gaoiran, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI
Karl von Ahnen Santa Cruz Mts. California
Bryan Mendez, Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley, California
Todd Ullery, York County Astronomical Society, York, PA
Heidi Westrick, Ritter Planetarium Toledo, OH
Benjamin Mendelsohn, Kvamme Planetarium, Saratoga, CA
Mary Holt, The Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, CA
Rosemary Walling, Marie Drake Planetarium, Juneau, AK
Joe Witte, Los Angeles, former NASA climate.nasa.gov contractor
Jeremy Amarant, SAGE Planetarium, Palmdale, CA, PPA President
Ken Brandt, Co-Chair, Education Committee, IPS
Ryan Wyatt, California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, CA
10:05:23 From Michael McConville (he/him) : GLPA/WAC Information: https://glpa.org/annual-conference/
10:06:05 From Alan Gould PPA : Roundtable resources doc, growing:
10:11:25 From Alan Gould PPA : bit.ly/planetarium_climate
10:13:59 From Anna Hurst, ASP : Planetarium Climate Change Survey: https://bit.ly/planetarium_climate
10:14:15 From Anna Hurst, ASP : ASP virtual conference Aug. 22-24: https://bit.ly/ASP2024conference
Please reach out: Anna ahurst@astrosociety.org and Shanil svirani@astrosociety.org
10:14:53 From Anna Hurst, ASP : I should have mentioned that Michael is curating a plenary panel on planetariums for the ASP conference
10:15:45 From Anna Hurst, ASP : And we’ll also have a plenary panel with Travis Rector and Ka Chun Yu about their newly released book Climate Change for Astronomers
10:18:14 From Anna Hurst, ASP : Climate Change for Astronomers: https://iopscience.iop.org/book/edit/978-0-7503-3727-4
:19:13 From Michael McConville (he/him) : Reacted to "I should have mentio..." with ❤️
10:19:28 From Michael McConville (he/him) : IPS website: www.ips2024.org
10:20:44 From Michael McConville (he/him) : Sounding clear
10:21:49 From Anna Hurst, ASP : Here’s the link to Jeff’s slides for anyone who couldn’t get it from the QR code: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18TSfeYO2HpuKJYJxbI1LWnIUwj7oh694rG_Ah05H7aE/mobilepresent?slide=id.p
10:22:27 From Rosemary Walling : Thank you, Anna!
10:22:53 From Jeff Bennett : Replying to "And we’ll also have ..."
Travis and I will also be doing a session on communicating climate change…
10:24:24 From Anna Hurst, ASP : Replying to "And we’ll also have ..."
Wonderful, Jeff! Shanil got to attend your session at AAS and was raving about it. I’ll reach out, was thinking about trying to put together a session specifically for planetariums but maybe your session is enough for that
10:25:30 From Ryan Wyatt • he | him : Replying to "Climate Change for A..."
Just to be clear, we still need to download chapter by chapter? I’m unable to download the book as a whole, even when I log in through my institution.
10:26:31 From Shanil Virani, ASP : Reacted to "Travis and I will al..." with ❤️
10:26:48 From Rosemary Walling : Replying to "Climate Change for A..."
The IOP page allows the entire book to be downloaded
10:27:49 From Anna Hurst, ASP : Reacted to "Travis and I will al..." with ❤️
10:27:56 From Ken Brandt : If you're going to Berlin, this session may be one to visit and hawk our survey: "HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THE CLIMATE CRISIS IN THE PLANETARIUM?
PETER DORMAN (PLANETARIUM HALLE (SAALE))
Berlin Arena Spica Breakout round table session 27 min"
10:27:58 From Rosemary Walling : Ryan, OK. It might still be by chapter. I don't trust my memory right now. Apologies
10:30:04 From Ryan Wyatt • he | him : Also at IPS, the session that Tobi and I are working on!
https://www.ips2024.org/program/no-planet-b-introducing-astronomers-planet-earth
10:30:19 From Anna Hurst, ASP : Reacted to "Also at IPS, the ses..." with 🌍
10:30:34 From Ryan Wyatt • he | him : Replying to "Ryan, OK. It might s..."
The links are there, but they don’t seem to work?
10:32:49 From Anne Gold : Unfortunately, I have to leave now but it has been great to learn about these efforts. We do a lot of climate education at CIRES and John Keller will talk about some of the work we have done together: Here is the link to our center: https://cires.colorado.edu/ceee/ and the planetarium films: https://mosaic.colorado.edu/mosaic-planetarium-shows and lessons connected with these
10:33:04 From Rosemary Walling : Thank you, Anne
10:36:59 From Joe Witte : Easy and Free LOCAL data. Local (backyard)data is very helpful in gaining attention and interest. Here’s a great site for LOCAL climate data: https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters Scroll down to see cities covered. They provide free graphics of past LOCAL city climate trends (based on NOAA data), sea level rise, etc.) LOCAL is key to engaging your audiences and what they personally value. Easy to download, and FREE. Contact Bernadette Placky at ClimateCentral.org Map shows the cities covered. LOCAL data available of each city. Example is here for Baton Rouge: https://www.climatecentral.org/graphic/scorching-days-sweltering-nights?graphicSet=Combined+Hot+Summer+Days+and+Nights+1970+to+2023&location=Baton+Rouge&lang=en
10:41:02 From Joe Witte : SOS library is full of great visualizations. Their site has some evaluation studies that are insightful
10:46:27 From Joe Witte : Snow King! beautiful
10:48:01 From Rosemary Walling : Please sign in with your Name & where you're from, e.g. Alan Gould, The Lawrence Planetarium, University of California Berkeley USA
10:52:01 From Joe Witte : cool
10:54:45 From Ryan Wyatt • he | him : So, we just email you about the cosmic time film, John?
10:57:48 From John Keller : https://www.colorado.edu/fiske/projects/clock-tower-project
10:58:00 From John Keller : https://theclocktowerproject.org/domeshow-qNJrc/p/buyfilm
10:58:28 From Joe Witte : Thanks Jeff. Also useful https://www.climatepsychologyalliance.org and https://www.climatementalhealth.net/
10:58:45 From John Keller : ClockTower Projects asks for a $25 donation that will then lead to link providing ftp access to film.
10:59:54 From Benjamin Mendelsohn : I’ve a noon meeting and have to run. See (some) of you at IPS.
10:59:55 From Joe Witte : What is Jeff’s contact email?
11:00:07 From Jeff Bennett : jeff@bigkidscience.com
11:01:11 From Joe Witte : Replying to "jeff@bigkidscience.c..."
Thanks Jeff!
11:01:20 From Jeff Bennett : If anyone would like a copy of my book (https://www.globalwarmingprimer.com/the-book/) I’d be happy to send you either pdf or hard copy…
11:04:52 From Briana Ingermann (she/her) : Additional educational resources from the MOSAiC arctic project: https://mosaic.colorado.edu/education
11:05:14 From Joe Witte : Replying to "If anyone would like..."
Jeff, love a pdf copy witteweather@gmail.com THANK YOU.
11:05:26 From Shanil Virani, ASP : Reacted to "Additional education..." with 👍
11:05:28 From Briana Ingermann (she/her) : Additional educational resources from CIRES for educators: https://cires.colorado.edu/ceee/programs/climate-literacy-and-energy-awareness-network-clean
11:05:42 From John Keller : Replying to "Additional education..."
Thank you, Briana
11:05:47 From Shanil Virani, ASP : Reacted to "Additional education..." with 👍
11:06:35 From Mary Holt (she/her) : 100%, people need actions they can actually take
11:06:52 From Joe Witte : DATA ALONE DOESN’T DO IT, THANKS JUAN. THAT KNOWLEDGE DEFICIT MODEL DOESN’T WORK BY ITSELF.
11:07:30 From Jeff Bennett : Replying to "If anyone would like..."
will do…
11:07:45 From Briana Ingermann (she/her) : Need to hop off - thank you all!
11:07:48 From Joe Witte : Replying to "If anyone would like..."
Much appreciated.
11:10:25 From Joe Witte : https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30615/ A beautiful multifunction animated graph by Mark’s SVS team…. individual contributions.
11:10:54 From Juan Pablo Hurtado - NOAA : https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/how-do-we-know-build-carbon-dioxide-atmosphere-caused-humans
11:17:41 From Juan Pablo Hurtado - NOAA : https://www.noaa.gov/education/explainers/noaas-community-resilience-education-theory-of-change
11:18:28 From Joe Witte : How to get their interest? What are they concerned about in their own backyard (city, town, county). What activities do they do, what affects their persona lives: football/baseball practice in the heat, water issues, drying of the nearby woods, .. local issues..
11:20:04 From Joe Witte : Future for children and grandchildren is very useful point for engaging audiences
11:20:37 From Mark SubbaRao : Environmental knowledge is inversely associated with climate change anxiety https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-023-03518-z#:~:text=In%20summary%2C%20drawing%20on%20psychological,generally%20less%20climate%20change%20anxiety
11:20:54 From Joe Witte : Reacted to "Environmental knowle..." with 👍
11:21:38 From John Keller : Unfortunately I have to take off now to rejoin my group. Look forward to continuing this conversation at IPS and beyond. Thank you Rosemary and Alan for your coordination of this panel! And definitely stop by Snow King Observatory and Planetarium if you are ever passing through Jackson Wyoming!!!
11:21:55 From Joe Witte : Reacted to "Unfortunately I have..." with 👍
11:21:58 From Joe Witte : Thanks everyone.
11:22:01 From Anna Hurst, ASP : Reacted to "Unfortunately I have..." with 👍
11:22:02 From Rosemary Walling : Thank you, John
11:22:08 From John Keller : Reacted to "Thank you, John" with 👍
11:24:01 From Rosemary Walling : https://earthtosky.org/
11:25:09 From Anna Hurst, ASP : +1 for Earth to Sky!
11:25:18 From Karl von Ahnen : I’ve got to leave. Great presentation! Thank you everyone.
11:25:34 From Anna Hurst, ASP : For anyone who came late… Please help us understand your needs for climate and environmental programming in planetariums by participating in our survey:
https://bit.ly/planetarium_climate
11:26:02 From Romee Wizza Gaoiran : Thank you very much!
11:26:09 From Ryan Wyatt • he | him : Thanks, folks!
11:26:23 From Mark SubbaRao : Thank you!
11:26:34 From Bryan Mendez : Thanks for a very helpful session!
11:26:42 From Anna Hurst, ASP : Thank you!
11:26:49 From Jeff Bennett : Thank you!