NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2014/07/25
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2014-07-25 21:04.
National Center for Science Education
(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, NCSE's next webinar for activists, and survey results on public opinion about climate change from twenty countries.
NCSE'S NEXT WEBINAR FOR ACTIVISTS NCSE is pleased to announce the next of a new series of on-line workshops aimed at broadening and deepening the networks that make our work possible. The next workshop focuses on on-line petitions as a tool in science education advocacy, with advice about how to write, promote, and use such petitions. The featured presenter is Josh Nelson, Campaign Manager at Credo Action, who will demonstrate CREDO Mobilize, an on-line petition system that lets individual grassroots advocates tap into a broad network of like-minded citizens. He'll demonstrate the website and discuss how to get the most out of it and similar platforms, and share best practices and his experiences gleaned as an online organizer for groups including the National Wildlife Federation, Alliance for Climate Protection, and CREDO. NCSE's Josh Rosenau will host the session. The workshop begins at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time/2:00 p.m. Eastern time on July 30, 2014, and spaces are still available, so register now! (The session will be recorded, so don't worry if you're unable to register or participate.) Recording of the previous webinars in the series are now available on-line, along with the slides used in the presentations. For information about the upcoming NCSE webinar, visit: http://ncse.com/taking-action/petitions And for information on the series of webinars, visit: http://ncse.com/taking-action/online-trainings-science-education-advocates-activists POLLING CLIMATE AROUND THE WORLD A new report from Ipsos MORI includes data on public opinion about the causes of climate change from twenty nations -- and the United States led the world in the rate of climate change denial, as assessed by answers to two questions. The United States and India were tied, at 52%, for agreement with "The climate change we are currently seeing is a natural phenomenon that happens from time to time," with China closely following at 51%. Only 34% of Swedes, 26% of South Koreans, and 22% of Japanese agreed. The United States was first, at 32%, for disagreement with "The climate change we are currently seeing is largely the result of human activity," with Australia second at 25% and Russia and Great Britain tied for third at 24%. Only 12% of Spaniards, 9% of Argentinians, and 5% of Chinese disagreed. The data are from the Global Trends Survey, conducted online September 3-17 and October 1-15, 2013, in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Great Britain, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and the United States of America. According to Ipsos, "Approximately 1000+ individuals were surveyed in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Spain, Great Britain and the United States of America. Approximately 500+ individuals were surveyed in Argentina, Belgium, Poland, Russia, [South Africa], South Korea, Sweden and Turkey." Ipsos added, "Data are weighted to balance demographics and ensure that the sample's composition reflects that of the adult population according to the most recent country Census data, and to provide results intended to approximate the sample universe." For the results of the two questions on climate, visit: http://www.ipsosglobaltrends.com/environment.html For information about the survey, visit: http://www.ipsosglobaltrends.com/index.html And for NCSE's collection of polls and surveys on climate, visit: http://ncse.com/polls/polls-climate-change WHAT'S NEW FROM THE SCIENCE LEAGUE OF AMERICA Have you been visiting NCSE's blog, The Science League of America, recently? If not, then you've missed: * Glenn Branch considering public opinion about evolution in Kazakhstan: http://ncse.com/blog/2014/07/glorious-nation-kazakhstan-0015758 * Stephanie Keep addressing panadaptationism: http://ncse.com/blog/2014/07/misconception-monday-everything-is-adaptation-part-1-0015749 http://ncse.com/blog/2014/07/misconception-monday-everything-is-adaptation-part-2-0015754 * Ann Reid praising the concern of scientists to ensure the quality of their work: http://ncse.com/blog/2014/07/scientific-integrity-please-sbore-me-with-details-0015759 And much more besides! For The Science League of America, visit: http://ncse.com/blog Thanks for reading. And don't forget to visit NCSE's website -- http://ncse.com -- where you can always find the latest news on evolution and climate education and threats to them. -- Sincerely, Glenn Branch Deputy Director National Center for Science Education, Inc. 420 40th Street, Suite 2 Oakland, CA 94609-2509 510-601-7203 x303 fax: 510-601-7204 800-290-6006 branch@ncse.com http://ncse.com Check out NCSE's new blog, Science League of America: http://ncse.com/blog Read Reports of the NCSE on-line: http://reports.ncse.com Subscribe to NCSE's free weekly e-newsletter: http://groups.google.com/group/ncse-news NCSE is on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter: http://www.facebook.com/evolution.ncse http://www.youtube.com/NatCen4ScienceEd http://twitter.com/ncse NCSE's work is supported by its members. Join today! http://ncse.com/join
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