We began our third citizen science projects tour at Nelson City Council (NCC), attending the Biodiversity Forum meeting. No matter how sophisticated our technology may be for communication, nothing beats […]
The first citizen science projects tour kicked off in Palmerston North. A group of 20 participants covered a surprising cross-section of the environmental sector representing farming, volunteers, regional government, trusts. […]
Like last year’s Ecological conference in Christchurch, I put forward a Citizen Science Symposium for this year’s #ERA2016Conf Ecological Restoration Australasia conference. The aim of the symposium was to update […]
I had one Big Question: Why are so many US citizens monitoring the water quality of their local lakes? To answer this, I feverishly wrote funding applications to cover the […]
Public engagement in science is a hot topic highlighted by the ‘Nation of Curious Minds’ project and the National Objectives Framework component of the Freshwater Reform package. For both, the […]
Who or what is ‘the community’? It’s another one of those terms that seems to be a catch-all for ‘everybody else’. I’ll also confess to frequent use of community without […]
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 […]
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 […]
Looking through the twin lenses of water quality and water use in two European landscapes highlights a lengthy history of reshaping the environment. The German town of Freiburg (pop. […]
A recent Listener article got me thinking about serendipity. Having a long-term fascination for the word itself, it immediately conjures up exotica entwined with unpredictability and happy-go-lucky endings. To take […]
