Diffusion
Recently I decided to enter a competition which required summarising the nuts and bolts of my PhD into a 3 minute presentation with a single fixed slide. No fancy props, […]
Category Archives: Community environmental restoration
Research Snapshot #1
Who knew that there are more than 500 community groups actively restoring degraded landscapes across New Zealand? The PhD research began a year ago and what I outline here is […]
(Citizen)Science culture
The more I think about the broad topic of citizen science, the more questions are raised around the notion of culture. In both the US and UK, nationwide projects harness […]
Insider and outsider
Delving back into a literature review but being side-tracked by the methods employed in this research project is food for another (slightly rambling) blog post… The tension between insider (emic) […]
From interviews to conversations
If ‘inter’ means ‘between’ then hopefully a good interview is more than just taking information and then departing. There’s a great poem by Bill Manhire (the title eludes me) that […]
So what is #CitizenScience?
Community-based environmental monitoring or just volunteer monitoring forms a subset of activities under the umbrella of citizen science. It’s about people, community members, non-scientists getting out there and collecting data. […]
‘Innovationing’ – pragmatic conservation in the real world
INNOVATIONING encapsulated the spirit of a recent Landcare Networking Day hosted by the NZ Landcare Trust, Waikato Regional Council, the Whakaupoko Landcare and the David Johnstone Pukemokemoke Bush Reserve Trust. […]
Artist, Scientist, Minister – reflections on decision-making
How do talks within the space of a week by a government minister, an outspoken scientist and an internationally respected NZ artist tie together? Max Gimblett spoke eloquently about his […]
Collaboration… with and for the Community
A series of public meetings has been set up by the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) to highlight proposed reforms for both the Resource Management Act (1991) and the highly […]
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