Open letter: #Citsci vs #Chicksci
This blog is an open letter to Fish & Game NZ. The purpose? To move away from ‘chick sci’ and toward ‘cit sci’. The deliberately provocative ‘chick sci’ comments made […]
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#CitizenScience #ThinkTank meeting #4 …watch this space!
The 4th #CitizenScience #ThinkTank wrapped up in Wellington and brought together #CitSci movers and shakers from Sustainable Coastlines (Oliver Vetter), SC/Guardians of the Kāpiti Marine Reserve (Ben Knight), Victoria University […]
#CitizenScience #ThinkTank Meeting #3
The third meeting once again brought together a cross section of citizen science practitioners, researchers, coordinators and designers in the Capital – Wellington. Summarising discussions spanning on ground works to […]
#CitizenScience #ThinkTank Meeting #1
On July 17, an informal meeting was set up in the nation’s capital, Wellington, to progress citizen science in New Zealand. The starting point was a series of recommendations brought […]
#citizenscience in Nelson: Stream monitoring for community groups, schools and farmers
The final working group meeting for Nelson finalises the NZ Landcare Trust’s Citizen Science Meets Environmental Restoration project. This was the last of 12 meetings/workshops that have taken place over […]
Final Dunedin #citizenscience Working Group Meeting: Urban #freshwater #monitoring
The NZ Landcare Trust’s Citizen Science meets Environmental Restoration project is wrapping up. The Dunedin event formed the penultimate workshop in a series of productive gatherings across 4 main centres […]
#Stream #monitoring for #communitygroups: a crash course in practical #citizenscience
The final working group meeting for the Manawatu/Wairarapa took us to Pukaha/Mt Bruce, a 942ha remnant of lowland podocarp forest, 27km north of Masterton. The location was ideal for running […]
#Citizenscience tour #3: Nelson for #freshwater #biodiversity, #biosecurity, #BioBlitz!
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 […]
Integrating #citizenscience with #marine and #freshwater #conservationaction and #education
Participating in the annual 3-day Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust wananga at Omaha Marae was pure joy. The location was perfect: Goat Island, New Zealand’s first and much-visited marine reserve […]
#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 […]
