Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN)
Supporting Members in Increasing Climate Literacy: Spring 2013 Survey
Tamara Shapiro Ledley – TERC, Cambridge, MAAnne Gold – CIRES University of Colorado Boulder
September 24, 2013
CLEANNetwork
• Formed in January 2008 – Pressing need to infuse climate literacy into
schools and other educational contexts to prepare society and future workforce to addresses the environmental issues and challenges of the future.
• Active Listserv– 98% of survey respondents indicate that they
read the listserv frequently or sometimes
• Weekly teleconferences– Average 12 participants/discussion– Presentations & Discussions Posted
• Professionally Diverse– Over 21 professions represented– 60 professional organizations represented
2008
2012
2010
CLEAN Survey Instrument
• 19 Questions – multiple choice & open responses• Four Broad Areas– Awareness of CLEAN Network– Use and Participation in the CLEAN Network– Composition of the CLEAN Network– Future Activities of the CLEAN Network
• Invitation to respond to CLEAN Network listserv only - 381 members (currently 409)
• Survey Open – March 18 – April 8, 2013• 116 completed surveys – 30% response rate
Awareness of CLEAN Network Activities
State Representation inCLEAN Network – May 2013
Member from the beginning, ~5 years ago (2008)
3-4 years ago (2009-10) 1-2 years ago (2011-12) Within the last year
Series1 11 33 56 18
5
15
25
35
45
55
How Long Have You Been a Member?
# Re
spon
dant
s
Through 5/13
10% 28% 48% 16%
Engagement of Members in
CLEAN Network Activities
I call in most Tuesdays. I call in 1-2 times a month. I call in every few months. I call in about once a year. I never call in.
Series1 4 14 29 27 42
2.5
7.5
12.5
17.5
22.5
27.5
32.5
37.5
42.5
Frequence of Calling into Tuesday TeleconferenceN
umbe
r of R
espo
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16% 25% 23% 36%
64%
41%
57 presentations in 145 sessionsAverage # participants – 12.8
Maximum # participants – 4712 presentations with >20 participants (5/13)
Number of participants in CLEAN Network weekly teleconferences, August 2010 (when we began recording and documenting the teleconferences) through May 2013
Frequently Sometimes Rarely Never
Reading Messages 98 16 1 1
Responding to Messages 4 33 54 20
Posting Messages 5 20 45 37
10
30
50
70
90
110
Engagement with ListservN
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Reading 85% 14% 1% 1%Responding 3% 28% 47% 20%Posting 4% 17% 39% 32%
Monthly totals of emails sent through the CLEAN Network listserv, September 2009 (when tracking of email traffic began) through May 2013.
Average messages per month – 77; Maximum – 160 messages April 2012
Frequency of Engagement with Listserv vs Participation in Teleconferences
looked at the posted slides? listened to the audio recording of the presentation or discussion?
both? neither?
Series1 36 2 23 47
2.5
7.5
12.5
17.5
22.5
27.5
32.5
37.5
42.5
47.5
DoYou Use Posted Telecference Slides & Recordings
Num
ber o
f Res
pond
ants
31% 2% 20% 41%
Uses of CLEAN Network
by Members
Made a presenta-
tion and/or led a dis-
cussion on the Tuesday teleconfer-
ence
Visited the CLEAN
Facebook page
Posted on the CLEAN Facebook
page
Attended a CLN social
gathering at a confer-
ence
Presented under CLN umbrella at
a confer-ence
Helped or-ganize ses-sions under
CLN um-brella at a conference (convenors of sessions
at AGU and/or GSA)
Visited CLN website
(main page or telecon-
ference page)
Collabo-rated on
proposals with col-leagues
from CLN – mainly
inspired through CLN com-
munication/discussion
Helped or-ganize and run a work-shop with other CLN members
around cli-mate and
energy top-ics.
Participated in a CLN
work group on a specific
task that formed af-ter discus-
sions on the CLN call.
Series1 22 33 4 29 30 21 69 21 19 12
5
15
25
35
45
55
65
75
What CLEAN Network Activities Do You Participant In?
Num
ber o
f Res
pond
ants
19% 28% 3% 25% 26% 18% 60% 18% 16% 10%
Usefulness of CLEAN Network Activities to Members
Yes No
Series1 84 30
5
15
25
35
45
55
65
75
85
Have you suggested others join CLEAN Network
Num
ber o
f Res
pond
ants
72% 26%
Professional Diversity of CLEAN Network
Deep understanding of climate change requires the input from a wide range of
active stakeholders with interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary expertise.
Professions Entered in Open Text BoxDecision makers/managers 5 Publishers/writers/bloggers 3Work for National Parks 1 Policy Analyst 1
Student 1
>60 Professional Societies listed by survey respondents
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The CLEAN NetworkA First Step to Enabling
Collective Impact
CLEAN and Collective Impact
• Large-scale COLLECTIVE IMPACT is needed that integrates effective climate literacy efforts for teachers and students as well as all decision-makers who need to address the implications of climate change in their decisions.
• Evidence suggests that achieving Collective Impact requires 5 conditions (Kania and Kramer, 2011)– Common Agenda– Shared Measurement Systems– Continuous Communication– Mutually Reinforcing Activities– Backbone Support Organizations
Kania, J., and Kramer, M. 2011. Collective Impact, Stanford Social Innovation Review, 9(1), 36-41, http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/collective_impact.
Collective Impact Partners/contributors need to – Develop a COMMON AGENDA, – Develop a SHARED SYSTEM OF MEASURES to track progress
and success, – Engage in CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATION that facilitates
the building of the community of stakeholders, – Identify MUTUALLY REINFORCING ACTIVITIES that address
the common agenda and contribute to the measures of progress, and
– Have a BACKBONE SUPPORT ORGANIZATION that can engage and coordinate all stakeholders in addressing and implementing of these elements.
Through its activities, the CLEAN Network is providing, to varying degrees, the first steps toward establishing the elements necessary for enabling successful COLLECTIVE IMPACT in addressing climate literacy and associated societal problems resulting from climate change.
Contact: Tamara Shapiro Ledley, [email protected], 617-873-9658