The Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN)
Journal Article
Overview
abstract
It is important that we prepare tomorrow’s scientists, decision makers,; and communities to address the societal impacts of a changing climate.; In order to respond to, manage, and adapt to those changes, citizens of; all ages need accurate, up-to-date information, knowledge of the; sciences, and analytical skills to make responsible decisions and; long-term resiliency plans regarding these challenging topics. The; Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN,; http://cleanet.org) is 1) providing teaching resources for educators; through the CLEAN Collection and pedagogical support for teaching; climate and energy science; and 2) facilitating a professionally diverse; community of climate and energy literacy stakeholders, called the CLEAN; Network, to share and leverage efforts to extend the reach and; effectiveness of climate and energy education. This presentation will; provide an overview of the CLEAN web portal and techniques we have used; to market it. We will showcase the CLEAN Collection, which is comprised; of 700+ resources (curricula, activities, videos, visualizations, and; demonstrations/experiments) that have been reviewed for scientific; accuracy, pedagogical effectiveness, and technical quality. Recent; activities of the CLEAN Network will be highlighted. We will present; findings from our web analytics work, which monitors visitor use of the; CLEAN web portal. Through analytics data, we will show evidence of; successful CLEAN marketing efforts. The results of our recent pop-up; survey, which has been completed by CLEAN visitors from six continents,; will also be discussed. Survey results will provide detailed information; about how our audiences use the web portal. We anticipate that our; insights from the CLEAN network can aid other climate and energy; education programs in effectively increasing the visibility of their; vital work.
