class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide .title[ # Be(e) Awesome ] .author[ ### Thomas Pollet (Project lead)
Northumbria University
(
thomas.pollet@northumbria.ac.uk
) ] .date[ ### 2024-01-15 |
disclaimer
] ---
<style type="text/css"> .title-slide { background-image: url("bee.gif"); background-position: 9% 5%; background-size: 200px; background-color: black; padding-left: 100px; /* delete this for 4:3 aspect ratio */ } </style> <style type="text/css"> table { font-size: 16px; } </style> <style type="text/css"> .simulation table { font-size: 7px; } </style> <style type="text/css"> .simulation_small table { font-size: 5.9px; } </style> ## Today: discussion of a pilot project * Quick background. -- * Focus on design. -- * Together with [Lee Shepherd](https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/s/lee-shepherd/) (Psychology), [Katherine Baldock](https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/b/katherine-baldock/) (Geography and Environmental Sciences), [Mark Goddard](https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/g/mark-goddard/) (Geography and Environmental Sciences) and [Barbara Hooper](https://urbangreennewcastle.org/about-us/meet-the-team/) ([Urban Green](https://urbangreennewcastle.org/)) <img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/n6ljtq0aO6Zqg/giphy.gif" width="300px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- ## Parks in Newcastle <div class="figure" style="text-align: center"> <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Flats%2C_from_Heaton_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1249658.jpg" alt="Flats from Heaton Park, by Hayley Green" width="400px" /> <p class="caption">Flats from Heaton Park, by Hayley Green</p> </div> --- ## Ongoing work [Beelines project](https://urbangreennewcastle.org/our-work/beelines-north-east/). 45 sites across various parks. --> Pollinator friendly environment. For example, via: -- * Delaying mowing -- * Flower rich bedding planted -- <img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/rIdj5s9Ead7osqcuih/giphy.gif" width="400px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- ## Knowledge gap * Is this noticed? -- * Is this well-received? -- * How do different uses of parks relate to attitudes toward pollinators and these interventions? -- * Emotions towards nature / pollinators. <img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/3S13KRy5AzPScqliki/giphy.gif" width="400px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- ## Positive emotions * Are tied to nature connectedness, willingness to learn about nature, and pro-environmental behaviours <a name=cite-Hoyle2017></a><a name=cite-Williamson2022a></a>([Hoyle, Hitchmough, and Jorgensen, 2017](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.03.011); [Williamson and Thulin, 2022](https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-13363-270327)). -- * Especially, 'awe' <a name=cite-Ng2023></a>([Ng, Leung, and Chan, 2023](#bib-Ng2023)). -- * If we can establish associations between attitudes and emotions, then perhaps these can be harnessed in messaging and future interventions. <img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/OTEP3CCDwmpI4/giphy.gif" width="350px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- ## Current proposal * Mail survey (n = 700), posted through letterboxes (residents near parks) <img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/NsPTjaNFdMx8ZPe9Qh/giphy-downsized-large.gif" width="400px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- ## Supplemented with on location data collection * QR codes in park. <img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/Gf5QiP1TWCO8qYKmt7/giphy.gif" width="400px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- ## Content * Co-designed with Urban Green Newcastle -- * knowledge of the management changes in their local park (i.e. mowing changes and/or floral enhancements) -- * sociodemographics -- * use of parks -- * attitudes towards pollinators <a name=cite-Knapp2021></a>([Knapp, Phillips, Clements, Shaw, and Osborne, 2021](https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10168)) -- * positive emotions, such as awe <a name=cite-Yaden2019></a>([Yaden, Kaufman, Hyde, Chirico, Gaggioli, Zhang, and Keltner, 2019](https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2018.1484940)) --- ## Outcomes * Platform for future (funded) work: intervention, measuring well-being / health. -- * Strengthening collaboration with Urban Green. <img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/CW27AW0nlp5u0/giphy.gif" width="400px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- ## Acknowledgments * I am greatly indebted to my collaborators. (Any mistakes are my own!). * slides are built in [Xaringan](https://github.com/yihui/xaringan) and [XaringanExtra](https://pkg.garrickadenbuie.com/xaringanExtra/#/) * You for listening! <img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/10avZ0rqdGFyfu/giphy.gif" width="300px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- ## Any Questions? [thomas.pollet@northumbria.ac.uk](mailto:thomas.pollet@northumbria.ac.uk) Twitter: @tvpollet; Mastodon: @tvpollet@sciences.social <img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/3ohzdRoOp1FUYbtGDu/giphy.gif" width="600px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- ## References (errors = blame RefManageR) <a name=bib-Hoyle2017></a>[Hoyle, H., J. Hitchmough, and A. Jorgensen](#cite-Hoyle2017) (2017). "All about the `Wow Factor'? The Relationships between Aesthetics, Restorative Effect and Perceived Biodiversity in Designed Urban Planting". In: _Landscape and Urban Planning_ 164, pp. 109-123. ISSN: 0169-2046. DOI: [10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.03.011](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.landurbplan.2017.03.011). <a name=bib-Knapp2021></a>[Knapp, J. L., B. B. Phillips, J. Clements, et al.](#cite-Knapp2021) (2021). "Socio-Psychological Factors, beyond Knowledge, Predict People's Engagement in Pollinator Conservation". In: _People and Nature_ 3.1, pp. 204-220. DOI: [10.1002/pan3.10168](https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fpan3.10168). eprint: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/pan3.10168. <a name=bib-Ng2023></a>[Ng, S. T., A. K. Leung, and S. H. M. Chan](#cite-Ng2023) (2023). "Through the Lens of a Naturalist: How Learning about Nature Promotes Nature Connectedness via Awe". In: _Journal of Environmental Psychology_ 92, p. 102069. ISSN: 0272-4944. <a name=bib-Williamson2022a></a>[Williamson, K. A. and E. Thulin](#cite-Williamson2022a) (2022). "Leveraging Emotion-Behavior Pathways to Support Environmental Behavior Change". In: _Ecology and Society_ 27.3. DOI: [10.5751/ES-13363-270327](https://doi.org/10.5751%2FES-13363-270327). --- ## References II (errors = blame RefManageR) <a name=bib-Yaden2019></a>[Yaden, D. B., S. B. Kaufman, E. Hyde, et al.](#cite-Yaden2019) (2019). "The Development of the Awe Experience Scale (AWE-S): A Multifactorial Measure for a Complex Emotion". In: _The Journal of Positive Psychology_ 14.4, pp. 474-488. ISSN: 1743-9760. DOI: [10.1080/17439760.2018.1484940](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F17439760.2018.1484940).