Wellness
Exploring how to encourage self-awareness in the pursuit of health and personal wellness.
Cultural Growth
Exploring how cultural participation can encourage the dissemination and adoption of new knowledge in society.
Mediasphere
Exploring how experiences in contemporary media increase potentials for personal growth and acquisition of knowledge.
Biosphere
Exploring the motivations and benefits of developing greater symbiotic relationships with the nature on which human life depends.
What's Happening
Dr. John Fraser presented The Importance of Hope, Positive Social Feedback and Confidence in the Self-efficacy of Interpreters Tasked with
Teaching Climate Change at the Garrison Institute's Climate, Mind, and Behavior Symposium.
NewKnowledge is on the move! Come see us in our great new space at 349 Fifth Avenue, at the corner of 34th Street in Manhattan. We're happy to be closer
to our downtown partners, and we'll be more convenient for out-of-town friends too!
We're pleased to announce The Language of Conservation, a new book published by Poets House about the strategies for library/zoo/poet collaborations.
The book is the culmination of 10 years of work that explored poetry installations and programs in six US zoos. See the book here.
Dr. John Fraser, NKO President & CEO, led a roundtable discussion entitled "Eagles, Pigeons, Swine, and Puppies: What people think about
animal thinking" at Hunter College. See more about this event here.
Dr. John Fraser, NKO President & CEO, has co-authored (with Bill Street and Judy Jenkins) an article in IZE Journal, the Journal of the International Zoo
Educators Association (Number 48 - 2012), titled Research on Visitor Receptiveness to Conservation Messaging and its Impact on Exhibit Design.
Dr. John Fraser, NKO President & CEO, is featured in a news brief regarding the future of zoos in Discover Magazine. Find the article here
Dr. Paul Boyle, NKO board member and director, and Senior VP for Conservation and Education at the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), is featured
in an article in The New York Times titled "Intriguing Habitats, and Careful Discussions of Climate Change." Find the article here
Dr. Paul Boyle, NKO board member and director, and Senior VP for Conservation and Education at the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), is featured
in a Greenwire report on teaching about climate change at zoos and aquariums.
Dr. John Fraser, NKO President & CEO, is featured as a commentator on decision-making about wildlife conservation priorities in Nature, The International
Weekly Journal of Science. Find the article here