"Use of the arts is an important yet little-studied strategy for effective conservation outreach."
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"Use of the arts is an important yet little-studied strategy for effective
conservation outreach."
Promoting Conservation through the Arts: Outreach for Hearts and Minds by Jacobson, Susan K., Mallory D. Mcduff, and Martha C.
Monroe
MUSKWA-KECHIKA ARTIST CAMP COLLECTION
Muskwa-Kechika Management Area
Telecommunication technologies are “powerful tools for connecting the human and non-human worlds”
Dunn, David “Wilderness as Reentrant Form: Thoughts on the Future of Electronic Art and Nature.” Leonardo, Vol. 21 No. 4, (1988), pp. 377-382
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Promoting Conservation through the Arts: Outreach for Hearts and Minds
• “More research is critically needed on the type of active or passive art experiences that stimulate changes in environmental behaviors, make participants more open to information, or engage their positive feelings in support of a cause.”
Jacobson, Susan K., Mallory D. Mcduff, and Martha C. Monroe