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ISG+ Update: Seattle youth CAN engage their peers on transportation
This guest post by Eli Weiss of Woodland Park Zoo is the second in a 3-part series on their Innovative Solutions Grants+ project, exploring how teens in the Seattle area can empower each other and their peers for action on climate change. Woodland Park Zoo, along with our partners the Seattle Aquarium and Pacific Science […]
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ISG+ New Project: Climate change action? Seattle youth CAN!
This guest post by Eli Weiss of Woodland Park Zoo is the first in a 3-part series on their Innovative Solutions Grants+ project, exploring how teens in the Seattle area can empower each other and their peers for action on climate change. The Path Forward At the Woodland Park Zoo, we have been working for […]
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ISG+ New Project: NEAq ClimaTEENS creating a city-wide dialog for youth in Boston
This guest post by Heather Deschenes of New England Aquarium is the first in a 3-part series on their Innovative Solutions Grants+ project, which investigates how teen ambassadors can make a difference for their city’s green future. With support from The Ocean Project’s Innovative Solutions Grants and Program, ClimaTEENS is a gathering of 15-18 year-olds that […]
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ISG+ New Project: Oregon Coast Aquarium sets out to explore empowering youth for change
This guest post by Teresa Mealy of Oregon Coast Aquarium is the first in a 3-part series on their Innovative Solutions Grants+ project, exploring the question “How do we fuel behavior changes in teens to decrease their impact on ocean acidification?” Drive, enthusiasm and passion for change; these are three qualities that fuel the teen […]
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Insights from Brevard Zoo’s youth-led environmental summit
In part 1 of our blog series on past Small Grants projects at zoos and aquariums, Meg Lieth, Children’s Play and Zoo Teen Coordinator at Brevard Zoo , shares lessons for staff and teens learned from Brevard Zoo’s youth-led environmental summit. Click here to see their tips. On Saturday July 20, 2013, the Zoo Teen […]
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Weekly Round-up: Youth are takin’ it to the tweets
In the round up this week: young people are making change by getting connected, disconnect between the the public and scientists, emotional connections through art, and more.If you’re a science communicator or educator at an informal science center (such as a zoo, aquarium, or museum) trying to encourage conservation action – this is the round […]
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Youth, Digital Literacy, and Social Activism
With social networking platforms covering the bases of personal expression, current events, pop culture, professional news and trends, and photos (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Instagram, Foursquare, etc), there is no question that social media has become a necessary tool for organizations’ online communication. What makes this communication technology different from other mediums of info dissemination […]
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Lessons Learned: Best Practices for Youth Campaigns
Working with youth is incredibly important for the future of environmental protection. Not only has our communications research told us youth of today are the most socially conscious and environmentally aware generation with the most household influence on environmentally responsible actions, another recent study shows “(not) since 1972 has a generation played such a significant […]
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Empowering youth to take meaningful conservation action
Not only is our market research telling us that youth of today are the most socially conscious and environmentally aware generation, but also another recent study shows that “(not) since 1972 has generation played such a significant role in voter preferences as it has in recent elections”. This is great news for our efforts with […]
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Reaching Millennials: Youth and the Internet
Mom and Dad might set the curfew, but who has the most influence when it comes to environmental information in most homes?Research by The Ocean Project and others has shown that parents consider their teens and tweens to be the most knowledgeable and environmentally conscious members of the family. Young people wield a great deal of […]
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