Resources
Current findings, resources, and takeaways from our stakeholders and classrooms
Water Literacy: A Shared Vision for K-12 Environmental Education
In January 2020, Ripple Effect convened a consortium of goal-aligned experts in Southeast Louisiana to begin advancing a new shared vision: water literacy. Through a series of workshops, teacher focus groups, and interviews with researchers, practitioners, and community experts, the group developed shared goals and identified opportunities for deepening connections between environmental research, community needs, and Kâ12 formal and informal education.
Thank you to the more than 70 teachers, scientists, practitioners, community experts, and consortium representatives who so generously shared their time, and whose voices shaped this project.
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1. Kâ12 Teachers
Teacher perspectives on the joys and challenges of environmental science education today
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2. Pathways & Progressions
Reflections on the life experiences that moved interviewees from curiosity to action
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3. Challenges & Transitions
Questions that connect Southeast Louisiana to the nation and the world
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4. Community Voice
Water literacy, democracy, and the public space
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5. Working Together
Building better dialogues for identifying and addressing systems-level problems
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6. Shifting the Paradigm
Learning from the past and changing our perspective
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Additional Resources, Panels & Presentations
Our Sources
Readings
Anti-Racism Reading List and Question Guide from our Board of Directors
Papers
Anderson, C., & Koo Nicholas, L. (2019). Water Literacy: Transdisciplinary Methods for Strengthening Kâ12 Science Education. SUS-RURI: Proceedings of a Workshop on Developing a Convergence Sustainable Urban Systems Agenda for Redesigning the Urban-Rural Interface along the Mississippi River Watershed Held in Ames, Iowa, August 12â13, 2019.
Panels
Anderson, C., (2019). The Changing Geographies of New Orleans, Held at The Cabildo New Orleans: Louisiana State Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, January 22, 2019.
Anderson, C., (2019). Urban Transformations, Infrastructure & Resilient Communities, The Collider: Climate City Expo Held in Asheville, North Carolina, March 30, 2019.
Presentations
Anderson, C., Kelsch, K. & Carpenter. (2019). Ripple Effect Water Literacy Project, Planetary Health Alliance – Annual Meeting Held at Stanford University in Stanford, California, September 4-6, 2019.
Anderson, C. & Gautreaux, B. (2019). Louisiana Coastal Fellowship Program: Outcomes and Next Steps, Louisiana Science Teachers Association (LSTA)/Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics (LATM) Joint Conference Held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 4-5, 2019.
Anderson, C. (2019). Working Across Scales: Coordinate and Comprehensive K-12 Water Literacy Education for a Changing Climate, CLEAN Network Teleconferences, September 17, 2019.