Monitoring, quietly
Monitoring carried out by community groups as a part of their restoration projects is an activity that just doesn’t receive a lot of attention. Might this change if proposed citizen […]
Enhancing #Scientificliteracy
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 […]
Getting Media Savvy – Sharing your science with the masses
“There is increasing recognition of the broader social responsibility of scientists to engage with the wider public in meaningful ways” MBIE, 2014 Does this mean that scientists need to be […]
Curious minds – a new Government Strategy for Science in Society
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 […]
Creepy-crawlies – Monitoring invertebrates
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 […]
Pulse
“…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 […]
Preamble – from #ArtSchool to #PhD
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. […]
Research Snapshot #3
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 […]
Conservation for the Greater Good
In the last fortnight I’ve attended two community events that have brought environmental restoration groups together. In this age where there are so many channels for communication, what interests me […]
Transformation
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 […]
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