Abstracts requested for ED007: "Climate Literacy: Anytime, Anywhere Climate Communication" - Abstract submissions for AGU Fall Meeting open only until August 6!

Greetings, Snow Mountain/#ChapmanClimate vets:

Apologies for the wacky title: have been reading too many pleading Obama e-mails, but hoping it gets your attention - abstract deadline Tuesday next, August 6th.

We're excited to announce a new session at the AGU Fall Meeting (9-13 December 2013 in San Francisco, CA), entitled “ED007: Climate Literacy: Anytime, Anywhere Climate Communication - Successful Strategies Outside the Classroom” (see description below).

We invite you to submit an abstract to this session which will cover diverse perspectives on innovative and effective climate communication strategies outside of the classroom. As you can see, two of the presenters were part of the excellent Chapman Conference and we invite fellow attendees to contribute updates for the still-larger AGU community.

The deadline for abstract submissions is August 6, 2013, 23:59 EDT (+1 GMT). Website & registration: http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/. Please email Billy Spitzer (bspitzer@neaq.org) or Geoff Haines-Stiles (ghs@passporttoknowledge.com) if you have any questions.

ED007: "Climate Literacy: Anytime, Anywhere Climate Communication - Successful Strategies Outside the Classroom"

Convenors: Billy Spitzer, Jennifer Schwarz Ballard, Martha Shaw, Geoff Haines Stiles, Marda Kirn

Description: How can we take advantage of the 95% of our lives spent outside the classroom to promote public understanding of, engagement in, and dialogue about climate change? A variety of creative avenues are being employed to address the cognitive, emotional, and social dimensions of climate change, using innovative messages, unexpected messengers, and impactful metaphors to make this issue visible, visceral, personal, and actionable. These projects involve informal education (zoos, museums, aquaria), citizen science, data visualization, humor, TV, film, social media, billboards, viral video, photography, animation, gaming, theater and other arts - often in combination to achieve maximum impact.

Confirmed Invited presenters:

• Laurel Whitney, Pace University, DeSmogBlog, on the use of humor via social media • David Lustick, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Carbon Smarts project on climate communication via posters, etc. on public transportation • Sandra Buffington, Director, Hollywood, Health and Society, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California, The Norman Lear Center, Beverly Hills, CA • John Cook, Skeptical Science, combining open-access peer-review, mainstream media outreach and viral social media marketing

There are several related sessions, but hoping at least some of you will find this "informal" focus the right place for your abstracts.

As ever, Onwards & Upwards...

Geoff H-S

Geoff Haines-Stiles Project Director, "EARTH: The Operators' Manual" Vox: 973.656.9403 // iPhone: 973.223.3816 Skype: ptkghs // fax: 973.656.9813 All three programs streaming online