Ecological Society of America 2014 Meeting, IGN 15-8 Communication is a two-way street: Ecologists must learn to listen too Friday, August 15, 2014 313, Sacramento Convention Center Madhusudan Katti , Biology, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA Ecologists are hardly shy of shouting about environmental issues of significance to society. Yet we often seem to fail to convey our science in ways that bring about the changes necessary to protect earth's troubled ecosystems. We speak as learned experts out to educate the public and policymakers about our science, but rarely step out of the expertise bubble to engage in meaningful dialog, particularly with socioeconomically disadvantaged and indigenous communities. Listening to their stories and studying their knowledge as naturalists and ecological actors in their own ecosystems, is valuable not just for conservation, but to enrich ecology itself. Video of talk (filmed live by Sanzari Aranyak using an iPhone) is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zRLlIUWY8w

1. C O M M U N I C AT I O N I S A T W O - WAY S T R E E T:
E C O L O G I S T S M U S T L E A R N T O L I S T E N T O O
M A D H U S U D A N K A T T I
@ L E A F WA R B L E R
C A L I F O R N I A S TA T E U N I V E R S I T Y, F R E S N O
#ESA2014
Hmm… #ESA2014… ESA = European Space
Agency? Or Entomological Soc of America?
Carl Buell
Madhusudan Katti

3. T U N E I N T O #ESA2014
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4. http://culturebest.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Warli-art-village-scene-by-Rajesh-Mor-Saritha-Rao-Rayachoti.jpg

5. T H E A H WA N E C H E E O F Y O S E M I T E
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6. T H E 2 0 1 3 R I M F I R E
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7. P R E S C R I B E D B U R N I N Y O S E M I T E , 2 0 0 8
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8. K E O L A D E O G H A N A N A T I O N A L PA R K : A W O R L D H E R I TA G E S I T E

9. C A T T L E I N A N A T I O N A L PA R K ? N O WA Y ! !

10. O O P S ! I T S A N A R T I F I C I A L W E T L A N D !

12. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rare-tigers-found-high-in-the-himalayas/
Oh yes, sorry, I didn’t “discover” it
—I Columbused it. I discovered it
for white people SCIENCE!!

13. http://www.livescience.com/2308-yellowstone-rabbits-hop-extinction.html

14. W H AT, M E ?
E X T I N C T ? !
S AY S W H O ? ? ! !

15. http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/msh30_05_18/m01_l80S3141.jpg

16. T H E A N T H R O P O C E N E
http://io9.com/what-is-the-anthropocene-and-are-you-living-in-it-1441883288

17. T H E A R G U M E N TAT I V E I N D I A N

18. T H I R S T Y C I T I E S I N T H E C A D I L L A C D E S E RT
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19. L I S T E N T O T H E P E O P L E I F Y O U WA N T T O T R A N S F O R M B E H A V I O R
“You know what they're interested in? A clean place to live. Their own habitat.”
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Kaberi Kar Gupta Kaberi Kar Gupta

20. S H U T U P A N D L I S T E N !
http://www.funnyjunk.com/channel/dirty-secrets/A+Little+Birdy+tried+to+Tell+Me/smqbGfz