Event Calendar
2013 Vega Fellows in Communication and LeadershipApril 22, 2013COMPASS coordinated and conducted a five-day communication and leadership training in Sweden for the second cohort of Vega Fellows – a prestigious new program and network of Scandinavian environmental scientists. 20 participants from seven universities and organizations across Scandinavia were hand-selected by organizers Daniel Conley and Johanna Stadmark of Lund University for the opportunity to participate. Through the... |
From Fish to Fowl: How long-term monitoring can support adaptive managementFebruary 5, 2013Synoposis COMPASS brought together three leading scientists to discuss how long-term monitoring can support effective management. Priority policy and management discussions in California - such as the Marine Life Protection Act, Delta smelt, and freshwater resource management - seek to implement effective and adaptive management approaches in the face of sometimes competing and highly contested uses. |
Ocean Acidification Communication WorkshopSeptember 20, 2012COMPASS brought together 22 scientific leaders studying ocean acidification (OA) for an intensive communication workshop preceding the Third International Ocean in a HIgh-CO2 World Symposium in Monterey, CA. Our goals were to help scientists to 1) crystallize their core messages to more effectively communicate their individual research, as well as the state of the science as a whole; 2) better understand each other's... |
Switzer Foundation 2012 FellowsSeptember 15, 2012COMPASS' Science Outreach Specialist, Meghan Miner and Assistant Director of Science Policy Outreach, Erica Goldman, recently facilitated a training for the 2012 East Coast-based Switzer Fellows, Switzer Leadership Grantees, and select alumni... |
New Index to Measure Overall Ocean HealthAugust 15, 2012
Ocean policies around the world emphasize the importance of healthy oceans. What do we mean by healthy and how do we measure it?
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Leopold Leadership Fellows 2012 ReunionJune 19, 2012The Leopold Leadership Program, a prestigious fellowship that provides already oustanding academic researchers with additional skills to translate their knowledge into action and to catalyze change, held their 2012 all-cohorts reunion this week. COMPASS has been involved with the program - coordinating and delivering its core communcations offerings - since its inception in 1999, and we were very excited to be involved in... |
Securing the flow of ocean benefits in the face of the one-two punch of ocean acidification and climate changeMay 23, 2012Both climate change and ocean acidification pose threats to the flow of ocean benefits to people. Amidst growing societal demand for these benefits, two in particular-- food and protection from coastal hazards-- are intimately linked to global security. This panel at the Global Conference on Oceans, Climate and Security (GCOCS) highlighted the implications of climate change and acidification for the continued ability of the... |
Canadian Healthy Oceans Network (CHONe)May 22, 2012Communications Director Nancy Baron with the help of Science Outreach Specialist Meghan Miner recently headed to St. Andrews, New Brunswick to deliver a communications and leadership training to 20 CHONe (... |
Sharing a Crowded Ocean: Making Tradeoffs Transparent to Support Informed Ocean UseMay 21, 2012COMPASS and SeaPlan brought together scientists, managers, and stakeholders to explore how science can support more transparent and efficient decision-making. Tradeoffs are made in every management decision. In many cases, those tradeoffs are never made explicit. In other cases,... |
COMPASS partners with DC Science CaféMay 15, 2012In partnership with the DC Science Café, COMPASS brought scientists Walter Boynton from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, and ... |
