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ASTC launches Seeding Action to cultivate a culture of planetary health action

October 10, 2023 / ASTC News & Announcements, Impact & Initiatives / ASTC Staff

ASTC is proud to announce the launch of Seeding Action, a new initiative to support science centers, museums, and other public engagement networks in their efforts to cultivate a culture of hope and action on planetary health issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Any institution with a commitment to prioritizing planetary health […]

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What should everyone know about climate?

April 5, 2023 / Issues, Policy, and Advocacy / ASTC Staff

The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is seeking suggestions from the community on revising a key climate literacy guide that is used by educators, policymakers, and scientists across the United States and around the world. What do you think everyone needs to know about climate change? The previous guide, Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles

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ASTC members offer diverse programming on planetary health

February 22, 2023 / ASTC News & Announcements, Impact & Initiatives / ASTC Staff

Globally, members of the public are increasingly concerned about climate change and other threats to our planet’s health, including biodiversity loss and air, soil, and water pollution. Science centers and museums provide unique opportunities for visitors and their broader communities to learn more about the issues that concern them and how we can address them,

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COP26 draws attention to climate, role of museums

October 28, 2021 / Impact & Initiatives, Public Engagement with Science, Science and Technology Center and Museum Stories / Adam Fagen

The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) is set to begin this Sunday, October 31, in Glasgow, Scotland. This seminal meeting will bring together representatives from the nearly 200 nations that are signatories to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to advance global action on climate. COP26 provides an ideal opportunity

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ASTC partners with Climate Interactive for a COP21 event

September 21, 2015 / ASTC News & Announcements / Christine Ruffo

ASTC is organizing all science center networks to participate in the COP21 meeting later this year. COP21 events will be interactive and streamed live online (viewing details to be announced at a later date). ASTC has been looking for an opportunity to allow all members to actively participate in the event, as well, which led

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ASTC On Air with… Jean-Pascal van Ypersele

June 18, 2015 / Public Engagement with Science / Christine Ruffo

Another edition of ASTC On Air was streamed live online on Thursday, June 25. This time, we spoke with Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Professor of Climatology and Environmental Sciences at the Université Catholique de Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. ASTC On Air is a new series in

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Invitation to Join Other Science Centers in Creating the Next Generation of Sustainability Leaders

February 24, 2015 / ASTC News & Announcements, Public Engagement with Science / Christine Ruffo

A shared model for implementation by science centers ASTC and The Wild Center have teamed up to share a successful program format designed to target your region’s high school and college students. This effort is based on a successful model developed by The Wild Center in Tupper Lake, New York over the last six years

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Fun and games at COP15

November 25, 2009 / ASTC News & Announcements / Kate Crawford

How can we build greener cities? What impacts do our everyday actions have on the global climate? ASTC is inviting science centers around the world to play Clim’City, an online game that allows players to measure how energy and development choices impact society over a 50-year period. The game encourages players to explore what works and what does

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Lights Out

March 27, 2009 / Public Engagement with Science, Science and Technology Center and Museum Stories / Kate Crawford

Science centers around the world will celebrate the third annual Earth Hour on March 28. Launched by the World Wildlife Federation (WWF) in 2007, Earth Hour is an hour-long lights-out event that raises awareness and encourages action on energy and climate issues. To help the WWF reach its goal of one billion participants, ASTC members

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