The opening page of newly developed National Strategic Plan for Science in Society states: “Science literacy is fundamentally important to the future of young New Zealanders”. I’d change that to […]
A while ago a group of us (government agency and NGO staff, researchers as well as scientists) got together and discussed the need for a decision-tree to guide groups through […]
“…the push to find more efficient means of doing your trapping so you don’t have to go out into the field quite so often, is that you are not going […]
Understanding human relationships to the environment is the big picture. Inside is everything from my current PhD work right through to my imagery while at art school in the 90s. […]
Grass-roots and responsive to local environmental issues; largely autonomous despite their dependence on project partners for goods and services; effective and resilient despite ongoing resourcing challenges. That’s a summary of […]
Where do community environmental groups fit into the increasingly talked about citizen science movement? With the vast scale and diverse nature of the international citizen science movement, three main models […]
Over a few short weeks in September last year, nearly 300 NZ community groups responded to an email questionnaire. Two main themes were explored – the scope and nature of […]
The Waikato Biodiversity Forum Day, this time in Taupo, provides me with yet more thought provoking perspectives on what community groups do and why. Their words strengthen, confirm and add […]
An almost overwhelming number of dialogues underway from government agencies to volunteers are exploring the overlay between community groups, science-based tools and data generation. If the ‘seeds’ are the groups […]
I’ve spent a long time pondering the notion of measurement through the lenses of both art and science. As artist in residence at the Centre for Book and Paper Arts […]
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