BIO3020 exam 1 videos + articles

start taking flashcards 8/23/26 - end on 09/25/26

What can you use stories for?

• Getting attention and informing

• Changing behavior for conservation action

(from storytelling for conservation action course who are you and why are you here assignment 8/23/26)

When is storytelling most effective?

• When you truly understand your target audience

• When you have a clear picture of what you want to achieve

(from storytelling for conservation action course who are you and why are you here assignment 8/23/26)

What are people thinking when they first meet someone new?

• “Who are you and why are you here? What’s your gain and what could be our loss of this interaction?”

• “What does this person want from me?”

(from storytelling for conservation action course who are you and why are you here assignment 8/23/26)

How do you build trust?

With experience, working together on a shared goal. If you don’t have time, you can tell a story illustrating trustworthiness and reliability.

(from storytelling for conservation action course who are you and why are you here assignment 8/23/26)

What are the strategic elements of a “Who am I and why I am here” story?

• Target audience

• Key point

• Conflict

• Hero

• Adversary

(from storytelling for conservation action course who are you and why are you here assignment 8/23/26)

How do you tell a love story according to the IUCN?

• Personalize: build a personal connection between people and nature (nicaragua, eating turtle eggs threatens survival of the species - national collaborative media campaign “I don’t eat turtle eggs” - takes children to beach to release turtle hatchlings, making it feel unpatriotic to eat the eggs)

• Humanize: humanize nature (tigers in bangladesh are under threat from poachers and loggers - wildteam’s solution campaign called “mother-like sundarband” - forest is a mother figure for local community, uses real stories from people who live in the area to show how they depend on the forest for food and protection)

• Publicize: publicize positive actions (the UK’s garden bird species are in decline - big garden bird watch collects nation to watch birds for one weekend RSPB mobilizes over 500,000 people to survey birds - raises awareness, publicizes positive actions)

(from how to tell a love story iucn who are you and why are you here assignment 8/23/26)

How do you rekindle humans’ love for nature according to the IUCN?

• do NOT tell stories of destruction and what went wrong

• tell stories of how we fell in love in the first place

(from how to tell a love story iucn who are you and why are you here assignment 8/23/26)

What are the goals of conservation biology?

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What is the difference between resource management and conservation biology?

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Compare and contrast conservation biology and environmentalism.

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Are you an environmentalist? Why or why not?

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Explain Transcendentalism and the influential people who led to its development.

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Explain Preservationist ethic and the influential people who led to its development.

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Explain Resource conservation ethic and the influential people who led to its development.

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Explain Sustainable development and the influential people who led to its development.

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Explain Land ethic and the influential people who led to its development.

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Explain Ecosystem management and the influential people who led to its development.

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Describe the environmental contributions of Theodore Roosevelt and John James Audobon

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Describe the establishment of the American National Park System

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In what ways did “American environmentalism’s racists roots have shaped global thinking about conservation” influence your understanding of the intellectual foundations of the US environmental movement?

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What is fortress conservation? Describe the costs and benefits.

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What are your thoughts on the decision made by the National Audubon Society?

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What is the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. List three ways in which it is significant.

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