As many of you know, the Alaska SeaLife center is a key participant in the COSEE Alaska program - a new initiative between ocean scientists, communicators and educators from the Alaska Ocean Observing System, University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UAF Center for Cross Cultural Studies, Alaska Sea Grant, Alaska SeaLife Center and the Anchorage School District.
COSEE Alaska is the newest center in the national network of centers for ocean sciences education excellence COSEE, aimed at helping ocean scientists reach broad audiences with their research. The COSEE AK theme is People, Oceans and Climate Change, focused on weaving together traditional knowledge and western science to share place-based knowledge of ocean climate change in the north. Full details are on the website - http://www.coseealaska.net/
SEANET is the Ocean Scientists and Educators in Alaska Network under COSEE and has the goal of promoting Alaska ocean and climate change literacy. The group is open to everyone with an interest in communicating about research and traditional knowledge about Alaska's seas - scientists, educators, outreach, communication, and media specialists; students of all ages, and community members.
For more information about participating in SEANET, contact Marilyn Sigman, msigman@alaska.edu, or Nora Deans, nora.deans@nprb.org, or just go and check out the site directly - its a very easy to navigate platform, has some nice material ready to use and is geared towards open discussion of topics - see http://oceanseanet.ning.com/.
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