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Newsletters
The Biodiversity Project issues a quarterly newsletter, Biodiversity
Connections, offering information and case studies on communicating about the
environment.
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Other Publications
In addition to our newsletters, we have produced the following
publications
designed to provide organizations with the resources to strengthen their
outreach and communications.
Ordering information
| Great Lakes Forever 2004 Wisconsin Pilot Project Evaluation Report |
 May, 2005 Cost: Free PDF Download
This report provides a significant amount of information on the background research, planning, and implementation of the Great Lakes Forever Wisconsin pilot in 2004. The report provides an overview and evaluation of the pilot phase of Great Lakes Forever, our Great Lakes communications campaign. The pilot project took place during the summer of 2004 in Wisconsin and was, in many ways, a remarkable success. Our intent in compiling and distributing the results from our pilot campaign is to share the lessons learned from our work with our colleagues who are also engaged in building public awareness, literacy, concern and action to protect the Great Lakes ecosystem. In doing so, we hope to strengthen Great Lakes public education through the region by sharing successes and challenges alike. We also hope to attract new partners for Great Lakes Forever who can extend the reach of the campaign to more people.
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Communities for People and Nature - A Biodiversity Project Message Kit |
March, 2004
Cost: Out-of-Print*
This message kit
is complete with a variety of materials for your organization to use
in its efforts to build awareness of biodiversity issues in your
community. We designed the kit to make it easier for you to help the
media "get" the concept of biodiversity and understand why it is an
important issue in your community. In the Kit, you will find a
series of fact sheets to help educate reporters and the public on three
key indicators for assessing the conditions for biodiversity in their
community, a set of communications tools designed to help you to break
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science section of the newspaper, examples and stories of Great
Communities for People and Nature, and a resource guide.
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Getting on Message:
Eastern Forests and Biodiversity |
March, 2003
Cost: $15.00
This message kit
is a compilation of fact and communication sheets for communicating
about Eastern Forests (forests east of the prairies) and biodiversity.
Fact sheets contain information about Eastern Forests’ biodiversity,
threats the forests face, suggestions for protecting Eastern Forests,
and stories about organizations who are working on Eastern Forest
issues. The communication sheets contain: tips on developing a
communications strategy, template messages for communicating the
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values of Eastern Forest, and targeting strategies. The kit also
includes an eastern state-by-state comparison of forest protection and
ownership, a compilation of statistics about Eastern Forests, and a
list of Eastern Forest organizations, industries, and map Web sites.
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Building Partnerships with the Faith Community: A Resource Guide for
Environmental Groups
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June, 2001 Cost $15.00
This expanded version of our Spirituality Outreach Guide addresses the
importance of the religious community involvement in conservation.
The guide is full of practical, specific advice about how to find
members within the spiritual community with whom to work, and examples
of activities on which religious and secular environmental activists
may wish to partner. The handbook includes ten pitfalls to avoid, key
“How To” points, a brief overview of theological and historical roots
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and Christian communities, and has an extensive bibliography and
resource list.
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Getting on
Message: Making the Biodiversity-Sprawl Connection
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December, 2000 Cost $15.00
This message kit is compiled of fact sheets and message tips for
communicating about biodiversity loss and sprawl. “At a Glance”
sheets detail sprawl’s impacts on habitat, open space, farmland, air
and water quality, public health, the economy, and the community.
It also includes sample smart growth and biodiversity ads and logos,
with information on receiving a CD with these ads for use in local
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Life. Nature. The Public. Making the Connection: A Biodiversity
Communications Handbook |
August, 1999 Cost $15.00
This handbook is a useful resource for groups who communicate with the
public on biodiversity. Designed for nonprofit leaders, it is
full of practical suggestions and examples of developing
communications strategies and crafting messages about biodiversity.
Includes discussion of news media, non-news media and popular culture
as avenues to foster biodiversity awareness and appropriate actions.
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Engaging the Public on Biodiversity:
A Road Map for Education and Communication Strategies |
August, 1998 Cost: Out of Print*
An assessment of the “lay of the land” in public outreach as it
relates to biodiversity, and a review of strategic opportunities.
It includes information on public attitudes and promising outreach
approaches. This “roadmap” provides a framework for continuing
dialogue among leaders in environmental science, policy, education and
stewardship, and identifies goals for action for the environmental
movement.
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publications are only available within the U.S. or Canada
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e-mail your request to
project@biodiverse.org or mail a check with your order to:
Biodiversity Project
214 N. Henry St., Suite 201
Madison, WI 53703
Please include your name, organization, title, address, e-mail, and phone
number with your order.
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June, 2005 Cost: Free Word Download 