In this episode of Science by the Slice, Dr. Angie Lindsey and Aly Morrison introduce a new course from PIE Academy, the PIE Center’s professional development education component. Dr. Lindsey and Morrison explain the unique needs of agricultural and natural resource (ANR) communities, especially amid the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, and how this course will help those who live and work in ANR be more resilient through disasters. Disaster Management and Communication for Agriculture and Natural Resources addresses preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery, and includes interactive elements and resources. Registration details and course access are available on the PIE Center's website at https://piecenter.com/pie-academy/.
Resources:
PIE Academy webpage: https://piecenter.com/pie-academy/
Florida Extension Disaster Education Network: https://piecenter.com/fl-eden/
Transcripts available here: https://piecenter.com/media/podcast/#transcript
Are you an educator? The Science by the Slice podcast aims to inform diverse audiences about important issues in agriculture, natural resources, and public health. Check out our learning guides that were created as an educational tool to facilitate discussions related to the topics presented in podcast episodes. Download the learning guides here: https://piecenter.com/media/podcast/learn/
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Ricky Telg (00:04):
This is Science by the Slice, a podcast from the
University of Florida'sInstitute of Food and
Agricultural Sciences Center forPublic Issues Education.
In this podcast, expertsdiscuss the science of issues
affecting our daily lives,reveal the motivations behind
the decisions people make andultimately provide insight to
solutions for our lives.
People make and ultimatelyprovide insight to solutions for
(00:26):
our lives.
Phillip Stokes (00:29):
Hello everyone and welcome to Science by the
Slice.
My name is Phillip Stokes,Education Coordinator with the
UF/ IFAS Center for PublicIssues Education, or PIE Center,
and today I'm joined by twoguests that are a part of the
PIE Center, Dr.
Angie Lindsey and Aly Morrison,and I'll give them a chance to
(00:50):
just say hello in a second.
But Dr Angie Lindsey is anassociate professor at the
University of Florida, focusinga lot of her work on managing
disasters and communicationaround disasters, and she's also
the chair elect for theExtension Disaster Education
Network.
And she's the chair elect thefor the Extension Disaster
Education Network.
And Aly Morrison is theoperations specialist for the
(01:12):
PIE Center.
So today we're going to betalking about disasters and a
new course that is a part of ourPIE Academy.
So first off, I just want togive Angie and Aly a chance to
introduce themselves.
Angie Lindsey (01:21):
Thank you so much for having me.
I'm glad to be here.
You did a great introduction ofme and don't have too much to
add.
I work very closely with IFASExtension here at the University
of Florida.
I am the disaster specialistfor University of Florida IFAS
and I am one of three point ofcontacts, which is basically the
(01:43):
point of contact with theExtension Disaster Education
Network or EDEN, as you pointedout.
But I'm one of three, there'sone myself and then we have a
Sea Grant point of contact andthen we also have our sister
institution, Florida A&MUniversity.
We have the point of contactthere as well that we all work
really closely together inmanaging disasters in the state
of Florida.
Phillip Stokes (02:04):
Thanks so much.
Excited to talk a little bitmore about that.
Aly, great to have you on aswell.
Aly Morrison (02:09):
Thank you, Phillip , for the introduction.
Like you said, I'm theoperations specialist for the
Pai Center and I'm excited to behere today to talk about my
involvement with our disastermanagement and communication
course.
Phillip Stokes (02:23):
Great, yes.
So, dr Lindsay, let me startwith you and say that we are
currently in the middle of the2024 Atlantic hurricane season.
Of course, here in Florida,that is one of the primary
disasters that we deal withevery year, but of course, there
are other disasters thatuniquely impact the agriculture
and natural resources fieldsoverall, and that's really where
(02:46):
a lot of our work comes in,with the UF/IFAS PIE Center and,
specifically, this course thatwe're going to be talking about.
So can you just share a littlebit about some of those unique
components that affect the ANRcommunity?
Angie Lindsey (02:59):
Sure, I'll be happy to.
And you're right, we live inFlorida, so we're surrounded by
water, so, obviously, tropicalstorms and tropical systems.
When we think about disasters,as Floridians, that is the first
thing that we think about.
And you're right, 2024 issupposed to be one of the
unprecedented events that hasimpacted some of our countries
(03:26):
to the south, and it was verytelling of, unfortunately, what
the season may be like.
We've already had HurricaneDebby, which impacted our state
just a couple of weeks ago.
That impacted communities thatwere just recently a year, not
even a year ago impacted byHurricane Idalia, and a lot of
these communities were some ofthese rural and ag communities.
And you're right, like, compounddisasters and cascading
(03:49):
disasters are very real, andwhen you think about the words
compounding and cascading,compounding disasters mean go
back to COVID.
We had a biological disaster inthe middle of a pretty active
hurricane season 2020 wasactually a very active hurricane
season as well, and we weredealing with how do you go to a
shelter while trying to avoidCOVID at the same time?
(04:10):
So compound disasters as well,but then cascading disasters and
a lot of those can happen inthat recovery point of okay, so
we've been impacted by ahurricane or a tropical system,
but we now have flooding or wenow have rivers rising which is
we saw after Hurricane Debbythat really impacts especially
some of our resource dependentin our ag communities as well,
(04:34):
especially those that haveproducts or it's growing season,
et cetera.
So there are unique needs thatsome of these obviously these
tropical systems impact veryheavily, but then also other
types of disasters as well,whether it be compound with the
hurricane season and withtropical storms or cascading
(04:54):
things that happen after thesestorms can come through as well.
That impact these areas formonths.
I think is one reason recoverycan take so long in some of
these areas.
Phillip Stokes (05:04):
And, like you mentioned, there are resources
and outputs that, once they'reimpacted by a major event like
there's not a whole lot you cando right.
There are some losses that takeplace and, yeah, it makes it
especially hard for this ANRfield and really a lot of your
extension work is focused onpreparing for, responding to and
(05:26):
recovering from disasters,getting out ahead of some of
this a little bit, and that'sreally what we're trying to do
with this new course through thePIE Academy.
So can you just share a littlebit about what folks can expect
in this course some of theresources and some of the
research that we've synthesizedin one place?
Angie Lindsey (05:45):
Sure, I'd be happy to.
Yeah.
So a lot of this course againis talking about some of the
unique needs of some of our agand natural resource dependent
and rural communities before,during and after disasters.
And so thinking about thedisaster management in that
level of preparedness,mitigation, response and
recovery, thinking about thosedifferent levels and how those
(06:08):
different levels impact, as wellas how can you best prepare,
how can you best mitigate as anagricultural community or as a
resource-dependent community.
And collaboration is soimportant in disaster management
.
We've seen that with recoveryand with response as well.
But making sure that in blueskies, when we're not dealing
(06:30):
with a storm coming nearby, thatyou have those partners and
that collaboration establishedahead of time and making sure
that you have some of thosethings in place so the maybe
response can be quicker and therecovery can be a less time as
well.
(06:51):
In addition, I think one of themost important parts about this
particular course is that wereally talk about the lessons
learned.
These tropical systems aregoing to happen, disasters
happen, we know.
So, going into that, what aresome of the lessons learned that
you want to get?
How can you take what you havelearned from that experience
Because every experience is ateacher.
How can you take thatexperience and then turn it
(07:12):
around for the next one, for thepreparedness, thinking about an
issues management model likewhere can you take that
information from what you justexperienced and looking at doing
kind of the evaluation and whathappened and what went well,
what did not go well, what weresome of our needs, and then
therefore building up for thenext one, for that preparedness,
and I think that is reallyimportant in taking those
(07:36):
lessons and learning, especiallyfor some of our communities
that really have specific needs.
What did we learn and how do weuse this information to better
prepare for the next type ofdisaster?
Phillip Stokes (07:49):
Yeah, thank you, Angie and Aly.
I want to ask you, since younot only co-authored the course,
but you were the leadinstructional designer on it,
Can you give us an overview ofsome of the course modules, the
interactive features and justwhat people can expect from a
user experience?
Aly Morrison (08:04):
Absolutely so.
The course has four modulesplus a welcome and a review
module, and the first moduleintroduces a lot of the partners
in disaster management andcommunication and their
different roles.
And then the course goes on inmodule two to explain those
different phases and levels ofdisaster management and has a
(08:26):
lot of focus on the preparednessaspect.
And then, as you continue,module three is a lot about
disaster response and thenmodule four being about recovery
strategies.
So all the modules include alot of different examples and
take-home resources, includingcommunication plans and
management templates, and thecourse itself has different
(08:49):
interactive elements like linksand images to scroll through.
So there's a lot of additionalresources to explore, and we
also included some short videosfrom our authors to check out
and then, after each module,will be a short quiz to
reinforce your learning.
So I think overall,participants can expect a very
(09:15):
engaging learning experience andthey'll be able to take home a
lot of different tools to getthemselves and also their team
through disasters.
Phillip Stokes (09:28):
Yeah, I think those last two points are really
important because, as someonewho's familiar with the course
as well, this is not like aboring lecture-based course.
This is interactive.
You can take it within what?
Less than two hours, right?
Yes, it moves pretty quick andit keeps your attention, and so
I think we're excited to be ableto once again share these
(09:50):
resources.
Aly, can you tell us wherepeople can find the course and
how registration works?
Aly Morrison (09:55):
Yes, so our PIE Academy courses are offered
through the UF/ IFAS ExtensionOnline Learning Catalog, but the
easiest way to find them is tovisit our PIE Academy page on
our website at piecenter.
com slash pie dash academy, andthis page has information about
(10:17):
PIE Academy in general and ourcourses offered, and then, if
you scroll to the bottom, youcan click the enroll button and
this brings you to the extensiononline learning catalog, and
registration is currently open.
The course is asynchronous, solearners can complete the
modules at their own pace.
Phillip Stokes (10:37):
So, yeah, it's open.
People can do it at any time.
Are there any other lastcomments from either of you
about the course or anythingyou'd like to share?
Angie Lindsey (10:46):
I think the important thing about this
course is and you've touched onit a little bit it's two hours,
we're not lecturing you, andevery community is different,
every disaster is different, butI think this gives you some
foundations as well as someideas.
Possibly that can spark otherideas that could possibly be
(11:08):
applied or at least get youthinking about some of the
specific needs and communitiesand the resource-dependent
communities that folks may workin.
I think a lot of it is, likeyou said, not the dry lecturing,
but it gives you a little bitof background of you know what
are some of the unique needs andwhat are some of the things
(11:28):
that can be done to fill thoseneeds.
Basically and they may not allapply, but it may spark some
ideas on the things that can bedone in the communities that
listeners work with.
Phillip Stokes (11:40):
Great, great.
Thank you both Dr Angie Lindseyand Aly Morrison, for sharing
about this course on Science bythe Slice.
We will link everything in theshow notes and, of course, you
can always go to the PIECenter's website.
Thanks so much again.
Ricky Telg (11:56):
Science by the Slice is produced by the UF/ IFAS
Center for Public Issu esEducation in Agriculture and
Natural Resources.
Thanks for listening to today'sepisode.
Subscribe to Science by theSlice on your favorite podcast
app and give us a rating orreview as well.
Have a question or comment?
Send us an email to piecenterat ifas.
ufl.
edu.
(12:16):
That's piecenter.
all one word at ifas I-F-A-S,dot.
U-F-L, dot, E-D-U.
We'd love to hear from you.
If you enjoyed today's episode,consider sharing with a friend
or colleague.
Until next time, thanks forlistening to Science by the
Slice.
This is Science by the Slice, a podcast from the
University of Florida'sInstitute of Food and
Agricultural Sciences Center forPublic Issues Education.
In this podcast, expertsdiscuss the science of issues
affecting our daily lives,reveal the motivations behind
the decisions people make andultimately provide insight to
solutions for our lives.
People make and ultimatelyprovide insight to solutions for
(00:26):
our lives.
Phillip Stokes (00:29):
Hello everyone and welcome to Science by the
Slice.
My name is Phillip Stokes,Education Coordinator with the
UF/ IFAS Center for PublicIssues Education, or PIE Center,
and today I'm joined by twoguests that are a part of the
PIE Center, Dr.
Angie Lindsey and Aly Morrison,and I'll give them a chance to
(00:50):
just say hello in a second.
But Dr Angie Lindsey is anassociate professor at the
University of Florida, focusinga lot of her work on managing
disasters and communicationaround disasters, and she's also
the chair elect for theExtension Disaster Education
Network.
And she's the chair elect thefor the Extension Disaster
Education Network.
And Aly Morrison is theoperations specialist for the
(01:12):
PIE Center.
So today we're going to betalking about disasters and a
new course that is a part of ourPIE Academy.
So first off, I just want togive Angie and Aly a chance to
introduce themselves.
Angie Lindsey (01:21):
Thank you so much for having me.
I'm glad to be here.
You did a great introduction ofme and don't have too much to
add.
I work very closely with IFASExtension here at the University
of Florida.
I am the disaster specialistfor University of Florida IFAS
and I am one of three point ofcontacts, which is basically the
(01:43):
point of contact with theExtension Disaster Education
Network or EDEN, as you pointedout.
But I'm one of three, there'sone myself and then we have a
Sea Grant point of contact andthen we also have our sister
institution, Florida A&MUniversity.
We have the point of contactthere as well that we all work
really closely together inmanaging disasters in the state
of Florida.
Phillip Stokes (02:04):
Thanks so much.
Excited to talk a little bitmore about that.
Aly, great to have you on aswell.
Aly Morrison (02:09):
Thank you, Phillip , for the introduction.
Like you said, I'm theoperations specialist for the
Pai Center and I'm excited to behere today to talk about my
involvement with our disastermanagement and communication
course.
Phillip Stokes (02:23):
Great, yes.
So, dr Lindsay, let me startwith you and say that we are
currently in the middle of the2024 Atlantic hurricane season.
Of course, here in Florida,that is one of the primary
disasters that we deal withevery year, but of course, there
are other disasters thatuniquely impact the agriculture
and natural resources fieldsoverall, and that's really where
(02:46):
a lot of our work comes in,with the UF/IFAS PIE Center and,
specifically, this course thatwe're going to be talking about.
So can you just share a littlebit about some of those unique
components that affect the ANRcommunity?
Angie Lindsey (02:59):
Sure, I'll be happy to.
And you're right, we live inFlorida, so we're surrounded by
water, so, obviously, tropicalstorms and tropical systems.
When we think about disasters,as Floridians, that is the first
thing that we think about.
And you're right, 2024 issupposed to be one of the
unprecedented events that hasimpacted some of our countries
(03:26):
to the south, and it was verytelling of, unfortunately, what
the season may be like.
We've already had HurricaneDebby, which impacted our state
just a couple of weeks ago.
That impacted communities thatwere just recently a year, not
even a year ago impacted byHurricane Idalia, and a lot of
these communities were some ofthese rural and ag communities.
And you're right, like, compounddisasters and cascading
(03:49):
disasters are very real, andwhen you think about the words
compounding and cascading,compounding disasters mean go
back to COVID.
We had a biological disaster inthe middle of a pretty active
hurricane season 2020 wasactually a very active hurricane
season as well, and we weredealing with how do you go to a
shelter while trying to avoidCOVID at the same time?
(04:10):
So compound disasters as well,but then cascading disasters and
a lot of those can happen inthat recovery point of okay, so
we've been impacted by ahurricane or a tropical system,
but we now have flooding or wenow have rivers rising which is
we saw after Hurricane Debbythat really impacts especially
some of our resource dependentin our ag communities as well,
(04:34):
especially those that haveproducts or it's growing season,
et cetera.
So there are unique needs thatsome of these obviously these
tropical systems impact veryheavily, but then also other
types of disasters as well,whether it be compound with the
hurricane season and withtropical storms or cascading
(04:54):
things that happen after thesestorms can come through as well.
That impact these areas formonths.
I think is one reason recoverycan take so long in some of
these areas.
Phillip Stokes (05:04):
And, like you mentioned, there are resources
and outputs that, once they'reimpacted by a major event like
there's not a whole lot you cando right.
There are some losses that takeplace and, yeah, it makes it
especially hard for this ANRfield and really a lot of your
extension work is focused onpreparing for, responding to and
(05:26):
recovering from disasters,getting out ahead of some of
this a little bit, and that'sreally what we're trying to do
with this new course through thePIE Academy.
So can you just share a littlebit about what folks can expect
in this course some of theresources and some of the
research that we've synthesizedin one place?
Angie Lindsey (05:45):
Sure, I'd be happy to.
Yeah.
So a lot of this course againis talking about some of the
unique needs of some of our agand natural resource dependent
and rural communities before,during and after disasters.
And so thinking about thedisaster management in that
level of preparedness,mitigation, response and
recovery, thinking about thosedifferent levels and how those
(06:08):
different levels impact, as wellas how can you best prepare,
how can you best mitigate as anagricultural community or as a
resource-dependent community.
And collaboration is soimportant in disaster management
.
We've seen that with recoveryand with response as well.
But making sure that in blueskies, when we're not dealing
(06:30):
with a storm coming nearby, thatyou have those partners and
that collaboration establishedahead of time and making sure
that you have some of thosethings in place so the maybe
response can be quicker and therecovery can be a less time as
well.
(06:51):
In addition, I think one of themost important parts about this
particular course is that wereally talk about the lessons
learned.
These tropical systems aregoing to happen, disasters
happen, we know.
So, going into that, what aresome of the lessons learned that
you want to get?
How can you take what you havelearned from that experience
Because every experience is ateacher.
How can you take thatexperience and then turn it
(07:12):
around for the next one, for thepreparedness, thinking about an
issues management model likewhere can you take that
information from what you justexperienced and looking at doing
kind of the evaluation and whathappened and what went well,
what did not go well, what weresome of our needs, and then
therefore building up for thenext one, for that preparedness,
and I think that is reallyimportant in taking those
(07:36):
lessons and learning, especiallyfor some of our communities
that really have specific needs.
What did we learn and how do weuse this information to better
prepare for the next type ofdisaster?
Phillip Stokes (07:49):
Yeah, thank you, Angie and Aly.
I want to ask you, since younot only co-authored the course,
but you were the leadinstructional designer on it,
Can you give us an overview ofsome of the course modules, the
interactive features and justwhat people can expect from a
user experience?
Aly Morrison (08:04):
Absolutely so.
The course has four modulesplus a welcome and a review
module, and the first moduleintroduces a lot of the partners
in disaster management andcommunication and their
different roles.
And then the course goes on inmodule two to explain those
different phases and levels ofdisaster management and has a
(08:26):
lot of focus on the preparednessaspect.
And then, as you continue,module three is a lot about
disaster response and thenmodule four being about recovery
strategies.
So all the modules include alot of different examples and
take-home resources, includingcommunication plans and
management templates, and thecourse itself has different
(08:49):
interactive elements like linksand images to scroll through.
So there's a lot of additionalresources to explore, and we
also included some short videosfrom our authors to check out
and then, after each module,will be a short quiz to
reinforce your learning.
So I think overall,participants can expect a very
(09:15):
engaging learning experience andthey'll be able to take home a
lot of different tools to getthemselves and also their team
through disasters.
Phillip Stokes (09:28):
Yeah, I think those last two points are really
important because, as someonewho's familiar with the course
as well, this is not like aboring lecture-based course.
This is interactive.
You can take it within what?
Less than two hours, right?
Yes, it moves pretty quick andit keeps your attention, and so
I think we're excited to be ableto once again share these
(09:50):
resources.
Aly, can you tell us wherepeople can find the course and
how registration works?
Aly Morrison (09:55):
Yes, so our PIE Academy courses are offered
through the UF/ IFAS ExtensionOnline Learning Catalog, but the
easiest way to find them is tovisit our PIE Academy page on
our website at piecenter.
com slash pie dash academy, andthis page has information about
(10:17):
PIE Academy in general and ourcourses offered, and then, if
you scroll to the bottom, youcan click the enroll button and
this brings you to the extensiononline learning catalog, and
registration is currently open.
The course is asynchronous, solearners can complete the
modules at their own pace.
Phillip Stokes (10:37):
So, yeah, it's open.
People can do it at any time.
Are there any other lastcomments from either of you
about the course or anythingyou'd like to share?
Angie Lindsey (10:46):
I think the important thing about this
course is and you've touched onit a little bit it's two hours,
we're not lecturing you, andevery community is different,
every disaster is different, butI think this gives you some
foundations as well as someideas.
Possibly that can spark otherideas that could possibly be
(11:08):
applied or at least get youthinking about some of the
specific needs and communitiesand the resource-dependent
communities that folks may workin.
I think a lot of it is, likeyou said, not the dry lecturing,
but it gives you a little bitof background of you know what
are some of the unique needs andwhat are some of the things
(11:28):
that can be done to fill thoseneeds.
Basically and they may not allapply, but it may spark some
ideas on the things that can bedone in the communities that
listeners work with.
Phillip Stokes (11:40):
Great, great.
Thank you both Dr Angie Lindseyand Aly Morrison, for sharing
about this course on Science bythe Slice.
We will link everything in theshow notes and, of course, you
can always go to the PIECenter's website.
Thanks so much again.
Ricky Telg (11:56):
Science by the Slice is produced by the UF/ IFAS
Center for Public Issu esEducation in Agriculture and
Natural Resources.
Thanks for listening to today'sepisode.
Subscribe to Science by theSlice on your favorite podcast
app and give us a rating orreview as well.
Have a question or comment?
Send us an email to piecenterat ifas.
ufl.
edu.
(12:16):
That's piecenter.
all one word at ifas I-F-A-S,dot.
U-F-L, dot, E-D-U.
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If you enjoyed today's episode,consider sharing with a friend
or colleague.
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