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Who gets to call the water “safe” – Spilling the Truth Workshop (7 October 2026)
by Jakleen Al-Dalal’a For someone checking a storm overflow map before a swim, the question may seem straightforward: is it…
What a Storm Overflow Alert Leaves Unsaid – Spilling The Truth Workshops (14 and 24 September 2026)
by Jakleen Al-Dalal’a When an overflow map reports that a discharge has stopped, what does that tell someone standing beside…
Five communities around Lobeke National Park set up and mapping!
Since the last post we’ve conducted two fieldwork trips to Lobeke National Park. Fair to say it’s pretty out of…
Spilling the Truth: Rethinking River Lea’s Storm Overflow Crisis Maps
by Jakleen Al-Dalal’a and Artemis Skarlatidou When a combined sewer overflow releases sewage into a river, how do people actually…
Report on the 2nd Citizen Science Africa Conference
I recently attended the 2nd Citizen Science Africa Conference, held on 2 – 3 July 2026 at the University of…
Rethinking Crisis through the Humanities – Reflections from Paris
This week we had the opportunity to attend the “Living with Permacrisis: Care, Responsibility, Agency and Art” conference organised by…
Stories from the River Lea: community voices shaping understanding of environmental change
Environmental crises are often monitored through technical indicators, datasets, and institutional reporting. Yet they are also lived, sensed, and negotiated…
Participatory mapping, led by students and experts from across Central Africa
by Simon Hoyte The ambition of Extreme Citizen Science and our mapping tool Sapelli has always been to co-develop projects…
IN.FOR.BIO – our new 6-year One Health project
By Simon Hoyte & Jerome Lewis The world is waking up to the deep connection between human, animal, plant, and…
Indigenous floor maps and many names for ice: ICA Vancouver 2025
by Timothie Biggs Here are a few highlights from the 32nd International Cartographic Association (ICA) 2025 Conference in Vancouver, British…
