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Learning DIY glow-worm making

“Learning by teaching”, a reflection on running a DIY Arduino glow-worm-making workshop.

Arduino, art, Citizen science, Community Development, creativity, development, DIY, education, environment, event, hacking, hardware, innovation, Into the Night, open source, Play, research, science, Technology, workshop

Learn Survey123 for Citizen Science – Community Disaster Preparedness

Over the course of the past few months, ExCiteS have been working with Esri to create a series of online…

CA15212 Citizen Science to promote creativity, scientific literacy, and innovation throughout Europe

As a fresh member of the ExCiteS team and a new PhD student, it has been a pleasure and privilege…

Citizen Science PhD secondment opportunity, working with UCL’s Extreme Citizen Science Group and EarthWatch (UK students)

Have you ever wondered how citizen science projects are created? Do you want to learn how to engage the UK…

Forest People, Forest Elephants, and Forest Citizen Science in Cameroon

Since its initial development, Sapelli has been closely interlinked with conservation aims, ranging from resource monitoring in the Congo and CAR to…

Africa, biodiversity, Cameroon, Citizen science, Community Development, Ecological Citizen Science, ECSAnVis, Empowerment, environmental monitoring, ERC, ExCiteS, indigenous rights, Sapelli

A Week of @IAmCitSci: Experience with citizen science, Galaxy Zoo, UCL ExCiteS, EyesOnAlz, forum moderation and more

Greetings! I’m Alice Sheppard, ExCiteS’s Community Manager, and I have been a citizen science volunteer for 9 years. I started back…

Reflections from RGS AC 2016: Participation and avoiding the ‘lab rat’ effect

Honest confession: as someone who did not begin life as a traditional data junkie or geography pro, I was unsure…

RGS AC 2016 – 5 Years of Interdisciplinary GIS Education

This year marks the 5th year in a row of Claire and myself hosting a session on Interdisciplinary GIS Education, which was…

Working for wellbeing of people and place: Celebrating active conservation volunteering

Last weekend I was fortunate to receive an invitation to speak at the Burrenbeo Trust’s first ever ‘Working for wellbeing…

ExCiteS promotes a Sapelli training in partnership with CPI-AC and Apiwtxa

I ran an exciting Sapelli training in the city of Rio Branco between July 2-4. After spending a very long…

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  • IN.FOR.BIO – our new 6-year One Health project December 18, 2025
  • Indigenous floor maps and many names for ice: ICA Vancouver 2025 November 5, 2025
  • Reflections on Urban Gardening Workshop in London’s Chinatown November 16, 2024
  • A desert as a garden: The International Society of Ethnobiology conference in Marrakech, Morocco July 19, 2024
  • WhatsApp Maps? Connecting users and producers of ground information June 26, 2024
  • Pathways on Industry-connected Citizen Engagement September 20, 2023
  • Wisdom of the Crowd in the Age of AI: Water September 3, 2023
  • You are invited to attend – and participate in! – the HEIDI Project’s Final Event on 30th and 31st May May 18, 2023
  • Digital Services at HEIs to Support Digital Action for Social Change – A HEIDI short film May 11, 2023
  • From negative tipping points to positive tipping points January 30, 2023

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