Climate Smart Landscaping Fellow: Hamutahl Cohen, University of Florida
Fellow Report: We have developed objectives for a state-wide program in Florida. We are still working on evaluation metrics to meet these objectives. These objectives were developed after analyzing statewide needs assessment results from a survey we conducted with >320 participants. We have also designed and developed 2 new powerpoint presentations that will work as our first outreach presentations. We conducted 1 workshop with the public and 2 workshops with green industry professionals. Significant Results: We reached 20 participants in our public workshop and 82 participants in our workshops for horticultural professionals. We are still developing evaluation metrics to determine if our outcomes are gained during workshops. Experience(s) working with your Coach, Catalysts and/or Key Informants as applicable. We benefited from working with our coach and participating in the NTAE ISBE sessions, where we learned about different resources available to us to develop our program. Anticipated Work for Next Reporting Period: (Please list the objectives and goals for the next reporting period.) For our next reporting period, we plan to formally report/publish our needs assessment survey results. We plan to formalize our objectives and evaluation metrics, as well as create a data entry portal so that educators in our program can input results from anywhere and so that data is collected in a cohesive space. A subset of our group will be developing a research program around climate-resilient urban forests, and they will finalize experimental design for that project. Finally, we will participate in the January Impact Collaborative. Please provide any supporting links that you would like to include with this report. ● Climate Smart Landscaping meeting Powerpoint from Oct 18, 2022 ● Trees, Hurricanes and Climate Change presentation ● Program Goals and Objectives
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