Great Mercury /Ahuahu: #pestfree island #sanctuary for flora, fauna & rockstars!
Making Great Mercury Island pest free began with a casual discussion between Pete Corson (DOC) and Michael Fay (Island co-owner), in the back of a ute in 2009. With […]
#SCICOMM 101: The killer keynote
Attending two conferences late last year back to back – one devoted to science communication, the other on ecological restoration, has given me plenty to think about. Out of the […]
#ERA2016conf: National and international perspectives on #citsci practice
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 […]
#SCANZ2016 Illustration/investigation: revealing the #art-sci nexus through line & light
For the recent Science Communicators Assn of NZ conference (Dunedin, Nov 14-16), I decided to challenge myself and present on art and science rather than my more accustomed themes of […]
Dunedin Citizen Science Working Group #1: Shaping #citsci Down South via Dynamic Discussion
For this working group meeting (Oct 29), Alastair Cole (NZ Landcare Trust), and I met with our Dunedin-based colleague, Craig Simpson. The inaugural Dunedin working group for the ‘Citizen Science […]
Auckland citizen science working group #1: Debating Funding, Education, Tech, Data & Collaboration…
For the third working group meeting of the NZ Landcare Trust’s ‘Citizen science meets environmental restoration’ project, my colleague Alastair Cole and I chose the West End Rowing Club. We’d […]
10th Sanctuaries Hui: community partnerships for ecosystem restoration
No matter that we live in an era where there are more ways to communicate than ever before, nothing beats getting diverse folk in the same room to share knowledge […]
Completing a socio-ecological #PhD: Reflections on process & key findings
The roots of my research lie in my projects with the NZ Landcare Trust and also in the international development sector, where I worked with communities on sustainable land management […]
Volunteering for #citizenscience in the digital realm
Over the last few months, an impressive swag of citizen science-related publications have been released: insightful strategy documents, reports, and countless papers published in peer reviewed journals. However there’s been […]
Forest & Bird NZ: notes from the 35th annual conference
Around 100 branch members from around New Zealand, staff, supporters and speakers converged in Wellington on June 25, 2016 for the annual Forest and Bird Conference. The conference was an […]
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