Blog: April 2012 Posts

April 27, 2012 - 4:10 PM

We invite Switzer Fellows to participate in a full day of events surrounding the use of film to communicate conservation science to a broad audience. These events—organized in concert with the Society for Conservation Biology North American Congress in Oakland, California—will include a workshop on conservation filmmaking best practices, offering opportunities to interact with many experts during a panel discussion and break-out group activities (see biographies of several panelists, below). The workshop will be followed by a networking reception and a showcase of films that are exemplary of collaboration between filmmakers and conservation practitioners.

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April 19, 2012 - 2:20 PM

How might your work fit into a larger picture in sustainable agriculture and food system reform? How can you link to ongoing efforts whether they are in the country or globally? And how can we foster more networking among Switzer Fellows who are interested in these issues?

These are all questions we addressed in this webinar delivered by:

  • Virginia Clarke, Exec. Dir., Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (www.safsf.org)
  • Kolu Zigbi, Program Officer for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation (www.noyes.org)
  • Hugh Hogan, Executive Director, North Star Fund (www.northstarfund.org) and Switzer Fellow 1998

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April 19, 2012 - 2:18 PM

We launched a comprehensive tagging strategy earlier this year that allows Switzer website visitors to find specialized content quickly and easily. For example, to see all content we've published recently about sustainable agriculture and food system policy, you can visit: http://www.switzernetwork.org/tags/agriculture.

You can find content for all of the following using
http://www.switzernetwork.org/tags/[TAG]
and replacing [TAG] with the term below:

  • By Fellow name, e.g. lauren-hertel (We use the name as it appears in our ...
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April 19, 2012 - 2:11 PM

How do you develop consumer-oriented websites that both inform and inspire sustainable action? Find out from Switzer Fellow Elizabeth Farnsworth as she takes us inside Go Botany!, a new website designed to help you identify over 1,200 of the most common native and naturalized New England plants. It includes interactive features that allow users to find friends, collaborate on field surveys for plants, and make maps; teaching tools to encourage education in botany; and advanced ID tools to assist experienced botanists with complete identification.

Originally broadcast April 18, 2012.

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