This project will team up researchers from Penn State and Cornell with the Leave No Trace organization, Subaru of America, and the National Parks Conservation Association to design educational programs that teach people ways to address climate change at a private and public level. The project will also discuss distribution of materials and tracking of impact on changing people’s behavior.
The overarching goal of this project is to collaboratively develop climate solution-focused educational strategies that can be disseminated, and subsequently evaluated for efficacy (behavior change), through the Leave No Trace organization with the assistance of Penn State and Cornell University faculty, and partners at Subaru of America, Inc., and the National Parks Conservation Association. This transdisciplinary team would ultimately advance the Climate Consortium’s theme focused on Public Engagement, Communication, and Behavior Change (and secondarily advancing Health and Well-being, and Nature-based Strategies).
Project Type:
Level 1 – 2024 Workshop
Project Lead:
Derrick Taff
Associate Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Penn State
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Themes:
Public Engagement, Communication, & Behavioral Change Health & Well-Being Nature-Based Strategies
“I am truly excited about the potential of this workshop to make substantive and measurable changes associated with climate mitigation within the private and public sphere, as it will bring together academic experts with corporate and non-profit leaders in sustainability and education.”
Derrick Taff, Associate Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Penn State
Collaborators
This workshop includes participants from Leave No Trace, Subaru of America, the National Parks Conservation Association, and Cornell University.
- Derrick Taff
Associate Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Penn State
- Susy Alkaitis
Deputy Director, Leave No Trace
- Denise Coogan
Environmental Partnership Manager, Subaru of America, Inc
- Kathryn Brasier
Professor of Rural Sociology, Penn State
- Shari Edelson
Ph.D. Student, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Penn State
- Karen Hevel-Mingo
Director of Sustainability and Climate Change, National Parks Conservation Association
- Tim Mateer
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Human Ecology, Cornell University
- Janet Swim
Professor of Psychology, Penn State
- Nancy Wells
Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, Professor of Human Ecology, Cornell University