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California Environmental Legacy Project

September 15, 2009 - August 31, 2013 | Media and Technology, Public Programs
The California Environmental Legacy Project is a new kind of educational media project. Through an integrated package of programs and media resources, it seeks to build public understanding about about environmental change and the deep and inextricable connections we have with the natural world. The Project has three interwoven media programs: "Becoming California," is a two-hour public television documentary that takes a fresh look at our past, present and future relationship with California's changing environment. Produced for a national public television audience, the target for broadcast is summer 2014. The Changing Places Initiative is a package of regional films created for selected state and national parks in California. Produced as standalone and companion programs to the broadcast program, the films are planned for release in park visitor centers beginning in summer 2014. A companion website aims to increase public understanding of environmental change by integrating the project's video program into an engaging and interactive user interface that offers streaming video, educational resources and social networking tools. Audience Research is a key element of the project that guides development of its media and provides feedback on its overall effectiveness. Project partners include California State Parks, the National Park Service and U.S. Geological Survey. KQED-TV in San Francisco is serving as its presenting station for PBS broadcast. The Project is led by team of distinguished scientists, leading educators and award-winning media professionals.

Funders

NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 0840339
Funding Amount: 2997478

TEAM MEMBERS

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    Principal Investigator
    California State University, Sacramento
  • Kit Tyler
    Co-Principal Investigator
  • Jeffrey White
    Co-Principal Investigator
    Humboldt State University
  • David Scheerer
    Co-Principal Investigator
    Humboldt State University
  • Discipline: Ecology, forestry, and agriculture | Geoscience and geography | Life science
    Audience: General Public | Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals | Scientists
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Broadcast Media | Websites, Mobile Apps, and Online Media | Public Programs | Park, Outdoor, and Garden Programs

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