How-To-Navigate the Climate, Equity, and Education Map | Scribe

    How-To-Navigate the Climate, Equity, and Education Map

    • Katie Navin |
    • 34 steps |
    • 3 minutes
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    Navigate to [https://caee.org/](https://caee.org/)
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    Click "Landscape Analysis"
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    Click "Explore Map"
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    You can view the map on CAEE's website or you can click "View the Map in a Larger Format"
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    Click this information icon to hide the map details.
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    Use the zoom "+" and "-" buttons to zoom to the state of Colorado or a smaller geographic region. Drag and press your mouse button to move to a different location on the map.
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    By Default the map will show the "County Boundaries" represented in green and the locations of Environmental and Outdoor Learning providers across the region. Each orange dot represents an eeProvider. You can click on the orange dot to see information about the organizations on the map.
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    Click on the "Map Layers" Icon to display a menu of all the different layers you can add to the map.
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    Click the ">" Symbol to see the additional layers under each category of "Education", "Environment," and "Community."
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    Click "Education: Schools" to see a number of different layers including: public schools, private schools, green schools, title I schools, and more.
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    You may need to remove layers from the map in order to see new details. You can click "Community" and "Generalized County Boundaries" to remove the green county boundaries.
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    Click "Environment" to see additional menus for "Climate Risks," "Energy," "Pollutants," and "Supermarket Access."
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    Under "Climate Risks," you can add drought and/or flood risk data to your map.
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    By clicking on the shaded areas of the map, you can learn more about the environmental and/or social conditions in that region.
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    Click "Environment: Pollutants" to see information about: Hazardous Waste Sites, Air Quality Data, and Landfills.
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    Click the three lines in the Map Layers Menu to see a legend for the layer.
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    For example, Hazardous Waste Sites are displayed on the map using a pink box.
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    Click "Environment: Energy" to see map layers for power plants, mines, wind turbines and electric power lines in the community.
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    Click "Environment: Food" to see a map of supermarket access.
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    Under Community, Click "Community: Demographics and Equity" to see layers for population, income, social vulnerability index, historical indigenous territories and more.