About this blog
Mark McCaffrey helped develop Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science which has been reviewed and endorsed by the US Global Change Science Program. Designed to aid teachers, policy makers, and the general public in understanding the intricacies of the climate system, the Climate Literacy principles present information about Earth's climate, the impacts of climate change, and approaches to preparedness and mitigation. More details ...
Mark is a co-founder of the Climate Literacy Network and attended the Inspiring Climate Education (ICE09) conference in Copenhagen to share insights about climate literacy efforts with colleagues from around the world. He is involved with the NASA funded Inspiring Climate Education Excellence (ICEE) project and the Climate LIteracy Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN), which is an NSF National Science Digital Library Pathway.
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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Can A Movie Spark A Movement?
We have yet to have an adult conversation about the socio-economic-ecological realities that human impacts are having on the planet and what can and must be done to decarbonize our economies (local and global), ensure energy equity and access to all, foster whole systems thinking, and increase our individual and collective literacy about these crucial issues. Awareness is there: surveys show people, while confused, know there’s a problem and want to do something about it. But knowledge and literacy are lacking. Continue reading
The Climate Literacy/Energy Awareness Gap
We have key to have an adult conversation about intwined climate and energy realities. We need education, outreach and communication strategies that are carefully calibrated for the needs and constraints of different age groups and demographics. Continue reading
Who Knows?
Education attainment seems to be strongly correlated with awareness of climate change around the world. A Gallup survey released in the Fall of 2009 entitled “A Heated Debate: Global Attitudes Toward Climate Change” reports: Gallup’s analysis shows that educational attainment serves … Continue reading
Teach Your Children Well
70% of American adults think that we should teach our children about the causes, consequences and potential solutions to global warming and 60% feel the government should establish programs to help Americans understand about global warming. These are two of … Continue reading
Anti-Adaptation Attitude
In a previous posting, I pondered some of the reasons the term “climate adaptation” has become anathema in some climate circles. During one of the seminar discussions at the recent NCSE New Green Economy conference entitled “Climate Security in an … Continue reading
