The International Symposium on Climate Change and the Role of Education, Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, UK April 12-13th, 2019
Sandwatch Foundation Presents at International Symposium in the UK
April 12-13th, 2019: Sandwatch Co-Director Dr. Gillian Cambers and Michelle Verkooy were invited to give a presentation entitled “The Role of Informal Education in Climate Change Resilience: The Sandwatch Model”(authors: Cambers, G., Diamond, P., Verkooy, M) at the International Symposium on Climate Change and the Role of Education at Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, England.
The paper explored the role of informal education in enhancing climate change resilience for beach and coastal systems using the multi-stakeholder approach Sandwatch has developed over the last two decades. Specifically it addressed using an action-oriented, volunteer network working to enhance beach environments using a tried and tested pedagogical approach called MAST– Monitoring, Analysing, Sharing, Taking action. The paper will be published later this year in a book in the Climate Change Management series published by Springer
Please click on the three (3) links below to a) View the entire paper as presented b) A copy of the PowerPoint presentation c) A copy of Symposium's official program.
April 12-13th, 2019: Sandwatch Co-Director Dr. Gillian Cambers and Michelle Verkooy were invited to give a presentation entitled “The Role of Informal Education in Climate Change Resilience: The Sandwatch Model”(authors: Cambers, G., Diamond, P., Verkooy, M) at the International Symposium on Climate Change and the Role of Education at Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, England.
The paper explored the role of informal education in enhancing climate change resilience for beach and coastal systems using the multi-stakeholder approach Sandwatch has developed over the last two decades. Specifically it addressed using an action-oriented, volunteer network working to enhance beach environments using a tried and tested pedagogical approach called MAST– Monitoring, Analysing, Sharing, Taking action. The paper will be published later this year in a book in the Climate Change Management series published by Springer
Please click on the three (3) links below to a) View the entire paper as presented b) A copy of the PowerPoint presentation c) A copy of Symposium's official program.
Download the Sandwatch Presentation Paper (190 Kb Word Doc)
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Download the Sandwatch PowerPoint Presentation (2.7 MB PDF)
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Download the Symposium's Program (1.6 MB PDF)
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The presentation was well received, and the discussion and questions was good after the presentation. Key area discussed:
The presentation was well received, and the discussion and questions was good after the presentation. Key area discussed:
- How to link in other groups from all over the world which might be interested in SW using social media.
- Discussion on student climate change protests and walkouts which started August 2018 in Sweden.
- Need to publish information on SW in peer reviewed literature so as to increase international visibility
- Using the SW MAST methodology in other environments besides the beach.
- How the SW Foundation connects groups and puts them in touch with each other so that they can then arrange exchanges.