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planetary health

Funding Opportunity: Environmental Literacy for Community Resilience

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Gulf Research Program is partnering with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Environmental Literacy Program on a funding program to use place-based education to enhance community resilience and increase environmental literacy among residents of the U.S. Gulf States. The Environmental Literacy for Community Resilience program will […]

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Volunteers removed 220 lbs. of litter from beach at ASTC 2024

/ ASTC Annual Conference, Impact & Initiatives /

Thanks to the hard work of more than a dozen volunteers, the ASTC community removed more than 2,200 pieces of litter—totaling more than 220 lbs.—from the Margaret T. Burroughs (31st Street Beach) during the ASTC 2024 Annual Conference in Chicago. The Adopt-a-Beach cleanup event on October 1 was organized by the Alliance for the Great

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ASTC members receive support for place-based education from Gulf Research Program

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Two ASTC members have received funding awards from the Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to support place-based education projects for students in grades K-8 in the Gulf of Mexico region. Overall, 12 projects will share $5.1 to engage young learners with local environmental issues and to support

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New Community Science Resources on Planetary Health

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Are you interested in engaging your local community to combat climate change? We’ve heard from our members that many institutions are looking to start or deepen their involvement in co-creating solutions to climate change and other environmental issues. In response to this growing priority across the field, our most recent additions to the Community Science

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

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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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ASTC members offer diverse programming on planetary health

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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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