Today my guest is Dr. Kathayoon Khalil, conservation and education professional and the Conservation Impact Manager at the Oregon Zoo. Dr. Kahlil is all the co-author of "Practical Evaluation for Conservation Education and Outreach: Assessing Impacts and Enhancing Effectiveness."
In my conversation with Dr. Khalil, we discuss why conservation is a people problem and not an animal problem. We talk about sociology, biology, anthropomorphism, and teaching in informal learning environments.
What role does empathy play in environmental education?
Let’s find out.
LINKS
Society for Conservation Biology
Effective Practices for Fostering Empathy Towards Marine Life
Measuring Empathy: Collaborative Assessment Project
Plants as Persons: A Philosophical Botany*
Practical Evaluation for Conservation Education and Outreach*
The People Problem: Including Social Sciences in Wildlife Conservation
Lightning Talk at Seattle Aquarium (Death of Tahlequah)
*Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org
Social media image of octopus by Jeahn Laffitte on Unsplash
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Producer: Tania Marien
Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;
SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.
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