The urgency for recognition and action on climate change is becoming ever more dire, and, with that, the need for clear and effective communication is ever more important. In collaboration with the Climate Communications Working Group, a consortium of scientific and outdoor organizations in the White Mountain region of New Hampshire and Maine, our team developed recommendations for communicating climate change by exploring how place attachment relates to views on climate change. Through interviews with locals, business owners, and members of environmental agencies, along with a survey of over 700 respondents, we gained an understanding of residents and visitors sense of place, points on attachment, and some ways to effectively discuss and convey climate related topics.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Kahal, Regan
• Piper, Liam
• Bry, Liam

Subject

• Community
• Environment
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 83096
• E-project-121422-140623

Keyword

• Communication
• Climate change
• survey
• Sense of place

Advisor

• Dehner, Corey

Year

• 2022

Center

• White Mountain, New Hampshire Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Climate Communications Working Group

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 13 - Climate Action

Date created

• 2022-12-14

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-121422-140623

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-01-12