Our sample population is families with teenager children in the Pasadena/Los Angeles area. We are examining the family's dialog concerning climate change, and whether delight can be an effective motivator in stimulating this dialog instead of fear.
We began this semester by identifying a specific area of opportunity from our analysis last term. The area we selected was: our sample population views their personal worlds as distinct and separate from the natural world. This misconceived barrier between the personal and the natural exists in part because of a lack of true-to-life experiences of the natural world, even locally. How can we deconstuct this barrier?
