Exercise 1 Directions: Skim through this blog post on "How to write a blogpost from your journal article in eleven easy steps." Jot down 3 helpful takeaways for academics writing blog posts.
Exercise 2 Directions: With exercise 1 in mind, compare your assigned exhibits below (based on your breakout room number). Use this handout (Google Doc) to record your work.
Exhibit 1 (Breakout rooms 1, 6 & 11): Blog post "Seattle students nurture school garden" from The Washington Nature Conservancy compared with "A national research agenda supporting green schoolyard development and equitable access to nature" in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene.
Exhibit 2 (Breakout rooms 2, 7, & 12): Exhibit 2: Blog post "A Conversation About Race, Class and Environmental Justice" from The Nature Conservancy compared to "Race and environmental justice in the United States" from the Yale Journal of International Law.
Exhibit 3 (Breakout rooms 3, 8, & 13): Blog post "Community Experts on Equitable Access to Nature in LA" compared to "Examining privilege and power in US urban parks and open space during the double crises of antiblack racism and COVID-19" from Socio-Ecological Practice Research.
Exhibit 4 (Breakout rooms 4, 9, & 14): Blog post "It's Black Birders Week—Here's Why Celebrating Black Scientists and Naturalists Matters" from Outdoor Afro compared to "Anti-racist interventions to transform ecology, evolution and conservation biology departments" in Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Exhibit 5 (Breakout rooms 5, 10, & 15): Blog post "Stories in the scars and the markings" from Center for Humans and Nature compared to ""That land means everything to us as Anishinaabe…": Environmental dispossession and resilience on the North Shore of Lake Superior" in Health & Place.