Networking with environmental experts
I attended another Landcare Networking Day and I’m in awe another year has wrapped around since the last one. So quickly? This gathering of around 45 community restoration practitioners, representatives […]
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Restoring an urban wilderness
With January having skidded past in a haze of hot and sunny weather I thought I’d reflect on Seeley’s Gully – a local restoration project begun over half a century […]
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Citizen science is undoubtedly a buzzword. You know that when it starts being used by government ministries in phrases like “Citizen Science is a driver for change”. Though I’m not […]
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 […]
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 […]
He Tangata, he tangata, he tangata – the people, the people, the people
Wetlands are often referred as the barometer catchment health, but their function as barometer of the health of the people is often overlooked (or frankly, just ignored). The biennial National […]
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