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The Living Landscape: Fostering Pro-Environmental Change for Biodiversity Conservation

August 20-23, 2019 at the Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis, MO

 

Schedule

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CPI St. Louis 2019 – DAY 1, Tues. August 20

TIMEACTIVITYLOCATION
4-5:30 pmCheck InOutside Anheuser-Busch Theatre in Rotunda
5:30 pmWelcome ReceptionRiver Camp: Mississippi & Meramec Rooms
7:00 pmKeynote: Living Landscapes for Human Health & Well-BeingAnheuser-Busch Theatre
Dinner on your own

CPI St. Louis 2019 – DAY 2, Wed. August 21

TIMEACTIVITYLOCATION
Note: Bayer Lecture Theatre & Classrooms 2-4 are located in the Education Dept. in The Living World
8:00 amOptional Guided Zoo WalkMeet in Classroom 2
8:45 amWorking with Behavior ChangeBayer Lecture Theatre
10:15 amCoffee BreakClassroom 4
10:30Application of CBSMClassroom 2
12:00 pmLunchClassroom 4
1:15 pmAssessing Readiness for ChangeBayer Lecture Theatre
2:45 pmSnack BreakClassroom 4
3:00 pmApplication Exercise & SharingClassroom 2
4:45 pmOptional Zoo Quest ActivityClassroom 3
6:30 pmDinner togetherRiver Camp: Missouri Room

CPI St. Louis 2019 – DAY 3, Thurs. August 22

TIMEACTIVITYLOCATION
Note: Bayer Lecture Theatre & Classrooms 2-4 are located in the Education Dept. in The Living World
8:00 amOptional Guided Zoo WalkMeet in Classroom 2
8:45 amSocial Norms & Social IdentityBayer Lecture Theatre
10:15 amCoffee BreakClassroom 4
10:30 amCase Studies, Application Exercise, & SharingClassroom 2
12:00 pmLunchClassroom 4
1:15 pmDesigning for Change

Classroom 2
2:45 pmSnack BreakClassroom 4
3:00 pmTeam Project WorkClassroom 2
Dinner on your own

CPI St. Louis 2019 – DAY 4, Fri. August 23

TIMEACTIVITYLOCATION
Note: Bayer Lecture Theatre & Classrooms 2-4 are located in the Education Dept. in The Living World
8:45 amTaking it HomeBayer Lecture Theatre
11:00 amClosing Brunch – Certificates & ClosingRiver Camp: Meramec Room
1:00 pmInstitute Ends –Be sure to hand in your Evaluation form before you leave.

Thank you for attending!

 

Session Descriptions

 

KEYNOTE: Living Landscapes for Human Health and Well-Being

Presenter: Dr. Louise Chawla

Since ancient times, people believed that they found a restorative power in nature, and this belief helped drive the development of our great urban park systems in the 19th century. At the same time, the industrial revolution relied on a functional view that the value of nature consists of the material resources we extract. This talk shares a burgeoning new field of research that has come into its own with the beginning of the 21st century, with accumulating evidence that our health relies on the natural world for more than material goods. We require elements of nature like trees and gardens around us for multiple dimensions of our happiness and the performance of daily tasks. A number of studies show that people benefit from biodiversity, specifically, in their surroundings. This evidence challenges us to rethink how we communicate the value of living landscapes and biodiversity on which we, as well as other species, depend for our wellbeing. Martin Luther King, Jr. advised activists that “we need to paint a picture of a world where people want to go,” and the research reviewed in this talk invites conservation activists to do this.

Working with Behavior Change

Working with a range of relevant conservation behaviors, participants will use a Community Based Social Marketing approach to understand the process of selecting behaviors and defining success. Case studies and exercises will focus on effective engagement of relevant audiences.  This session will include the strengths, limitations and application of the CBSM approach.

Assessing Readiness for Change

Change is a process and not everyone is at the same stage of readiness for change.  In this session, participants will apply the Transtheoretical Model of Change to understand how strategies for behavior change relate to readiness for change. Case studies and exercises will focus on engaging audiences to inform us about the supports they need to initiate and sustain behavior change.

Dinner as a group – Wednesday evening

Informal time together provides an opportunity to develop new friendships and partnerships, ask questions about the day’s learning, and share problems, successes and questions.

Social Change

Behavior occurs in social context, and understanding where people live and how their social environmental identities can be leveraged is important to motivating change at a regional and community scale.  Learning and application will engage participants in understanding how to develop social support for community change through creating and sustaining long-term networks of organizations.

Designing for Change

Participants will work in teams, and with faculty mentors, to further develop their behavior change goals and strategies, articulate their definition and method for measuring success, identify relevant audiences and organizational partners, and develop an application strategy to ‘take home.’

Dinner on your own – Thursday evening

Small group gatherings are encouraged, as appropriate, to continue the learning conversations and build networks.

Taking it Home

Participants will learn about the role of commitments, helping relationships and communities of practice in maintaining support for behavior change and social change.  As we close our time together, faculty and participants will explore resources for sharing hope, and practice simple and effective tools for maintaining personal and professional resilience.  The session will end with a meal together, and a certificate ceremony.

Zoo photo by JoEllen Toler

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