NM EPSCoR's outreach and communication agenda seeks to develop a citizenry informed about climate change and its impacts on the state of New Mexico. The programs were designed to reach a large and diverse population in both urban and rural areas and to hopefully serve as a national model.
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS) will be the lead partner for Public Outreach and Communication. Uniquely positioned as the state's science museum, NMMNHS has 230,000 annual visitors to its Albuquerque facility and serves an additional 40,000 people through programs, both on-site and through outreach. NMMNHS also has capacity in communicating climate change issues to a public audience.
Click here for more information on the NM Museum of Natural History and Science and its partnership with NM EPSCoR, including outreach events and the Degrees of Change: New Mexico's Climate Forecast exhibit.
With NM EPSCoR funding, NMMNHS runs the Sandia Mountain Natural History Center. The SMNHC is an environmental education center located in the Sandia Mountains just east of Albuquerque on a beautiful 128-acre piece of pinon-juniper forest. Since 1967 the center has been teaching the students of New Mexico about the environment and how to preserve it. The primary mission of the center and its staff is to educate the citizens of New Mexico about ecology, ecosystems, the environment and conservation. For more information, visit the SMNHC website.
Fast Forward New Mexico
Through Track 2 funding and using C2 partner schools, NM EPSCoR provides funding for computer training in three communities - Silver City, Crownpoint, and Espanola - for Fast Forward New Mexico. The mission of Fast Forward New Mexico is to increase statewide broadband adoption and promote computer literacy and Internet use in rural, Hispanic, and Native American populations in order to better prepare the state’s citizens to participate in economic development and educational opportunities. The initiative will also reach out to small businesses and entrepreneurs.
Currently, Fast Forward New Mexico is offering classes in July, August, and September in Crownpoint at Navajo Tech and in Silver City at Western New Mexico University. For more information on Fast Forward New Mexico and their upcoming training opportunities, visit the Fast Forward New Mexico page.
