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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…
Reflections on Urban Gardening Workshop in London’s Chinatown
This blog provides a reflective review of the “Citizen Science” Workshop on Urban Gardening, held in Chinatown, London, on 16…
A desert as a garden: The International Society of Ethnobiology conference in Marrakech, Morocco
With every conference of the International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE) that I attend, I increasingly realise how unique and remarkable…
WhatsApp Maps? Connecting users and producers of ground information
Messaging is popular, but mapping is not. Mapping is mainly done by professionals or machines, and this is a problem…
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