{"id":10541,"date":"2014-08-13T17:27:13","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T21:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/?p=10541"},"modified":"2014-08-13T17:27:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T21:27:13","slug":"new-frontiers-in-eco-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vzbmt5sl65q.c.updraftclone.com\/esablog\/2014\/08\/13\/new-frontiers-in-eco-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"New Frontiers in Eco-Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest post by Clarisse Hart, Outreach and Education Manager at Harvard Forest<\/em><\/h4>\n

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Today in the Hyatt hallway, I passed a colleague with an imposing nametag terraced by four colors of ribbon. He is an ESA donor, a moderator, and two other things I can\u2019t recall (possibly a juggler).<\/p>\n

This year my nametag has a ribbon, too.<\/p>\n

\"Nametag<\/a>It\u2019s a regular reminder that even though our science communication workshop (WK 15)<\/a>\u00a0is done, my duty to communicate ecology\u2019s stories remains.<\/p>\n

The media<\/i> label has a storied root \u2013 medium<\/i>: an artistic material or form; the happy state between two extremes; the substrate where organisms grow in a lab.<\/p>\n

It feels like an encouragement to explore new forms of expression: to try, for example, sketching conference notes as illustrations \u2013 a departure from my own writerly toolkit.<\/p>\n


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Notes from COS 45 \u2013 Ecosystem Services Assessment \u2013 by Clarisse Hart.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00a0WK15 contributor Perrin Ireland<\/a>, who inspired many of us to try illustration this week, is documenting ESA talks in her polished and shareable way:<\/p>\n

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And the trend is catching on:<\/p>\n

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Illustration by WK15 contributer Ben Landis<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

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WK15 drawing section lead,\u00a0Bethann G. Merkle<\/a>\u00a0(@commnatural) has collected a lot of the sketches from our workshop in a blog post on\u00a0Illustrating Ecology\u2026conferences, that is<\/a>. Some of the sketches in that compilation foreshadow a project\u00a0WK15 participants from the\u00a0Mountain Research Initiative<\/a>\u00a0(MRI) have initiated. These scientist scicommers have launched a Twitter media blitz, with mountain research ecologists describing their work in illustrations, photos, and creative writing. Follow it\u00a0here<\/a>, and we\u2019ll highlight the full story later in the week.<\/p>\n

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Want to Join the Fun?<\/b><\/p>\n

Tonight from 6:30 to 8pm, we\u2019re hosting a SciComm Innovation Lab Mixer<\/b> in Convention Ctr room 202 (thanks, ESA!). There, we\u2019ll share and troubleshoot projects, and (re)connect with new and old scicomm colleagues to talk shop and dream up new ideas.<\/p>\n

Everyone is invited<\/b> \u2013 new and seasoned scicommers alike (this means you!). Those who still have the energy can follow the event with dinner and drinks.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no coincidence we\u2019re hosting this mixer now.
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There is an exciting scicomm undercurrent at this year\u2019s conference:<\/p>\n