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Achieving Ocean Literacy at Walt Disney World… …with a little help from Nemo and Friends…

Achieving Ocean Literacy at Walt Disney World… …with a little help from Nemo and Friends…. Jackie Ogden, Ph.D.; Allyson Atkins; Debi Clark Disney’s Animal Programs. Walt Disney World:. An entertainment company? An educational venue?. Both.

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Achieving Ocean Literacy at Walt Disney World… …with a little help from Nemo and Friends…

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  1. Achieving Ocean Literacy at Walt Disney World… …with a little help from Nemo and Friends… Jackie Ogden, Ph.D.; Allyson Atkins; Debi Clark Disney’s Animal Programs

  2. Walt Disney World: • An entertainment company? • An educational venue? Both

  3. Why are we involved in conservation and education? • Disney Legacy“Animals and the natural world are as important to the legacy of the Walt Disney Company as Snow White and Mickey Mouse.” Roy E. Disney 1/3 of Walt Disney World 30,000 acre resort set aside as conservation lands in 1971 Education has always been part of The Walt Disney Company: “stealth education”

  4. Opened 1986 Underwater laboratory theme Strong scientific focus Accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the Alliance for Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums

  5. Conservation Impact Study: Baseline

  6. What we did • Refined main message • “No matter where in the world you live, you can make a difference to the oceans and marine life” • Identified specific actions guests could take • purchase sustainable seafood, recycle fishing line, participate in clean-ups • Incorporated message and actions throughout Living Seas • And….we met an orange fishnamed Nemo

  7. Ocean Literacy: Essential principles • The Earth has one big ocean with many features • The ocean and life in the ocean shape the features of the Earth • The ocean is a major influence on weather and climate • The ocean makes Earth habitable • The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems • The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected • The ocean is largely unexplored • The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems • The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected Credit to COSEE

  8. Welcome to…

  9. BeforeNemo

  10. AfterNemo And they read the graphics

  11. Conservation Impact Study: Post-Nemo

  12. What now? • We could go it alone…. • One Nemo at a time

  13. Or, we could school

  14. If we joined forces • Unified messaging • Strategic selection of conservation action • Sustainable seafood? Marine debris? • National social marketing campaign • Nationally-aligned environmental education efforts (informal and formal) …we could make a big step toward ocean literacy, and conserving our oceans…

  15. Questions?

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