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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 … More

biodiversity, Citizen science, climate change, environment, environmental monitoring, nature, Sapelli, sustainability

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 … More

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

“A different perspective” in the Greenspace Information for Greater London (GiGL) online magazine

The following piece was written for the GiGLer, the newsletter of Greenspace information for Greater London (GiGL).  In this (very) … More

biodiversity, Citizen science, Citizen Science Association Conference, citizen science data, Ecological Citizen Science, environmental monitoring, motivation

A taste of possibilities – Extreme Citizen Science on the ground in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

As I write this blog update I am sat at a junction on the forest road, where the Moabi project … More

collaboration, DRC, environmental monitoring, participatory mapping

Training with the Moabi project and partners, DRC

Having returned to Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for one night before departing for the forest … More

DRC, environmental monitoring, ExCiteS, participatory mapping, workshop

Strengthening community: PLOTS barn raising 2012

In the spirit of the barn raising tradition, in which people from a community get together to collectively erect a … More

balloon mapping, Civic Science, collaboration, data collection solutions, DIY, education, environmental monitoring, Grassroots Science, high quality data, Kite mapping, participatory tools, wildlife

Science has no borders: real life DIY sensing and mapping techniques for environmental monitoring in London

‘Science has no borders: real life DIY sensing and mapping techniques for environmental monitoring in London‘  is the title for … More

balloon mapping, Citizen science, Civic Science, DIY, environmental monitoring, Grassroots Science, participation, participatory tools, public engagement, Public Laboratory, sensing, thermal sensing

Participatory noise mapping works! An evaluation of participatory sensing as an alternative to standard techniques for environmental monitoring – Ellie D’Hondt

Friday 18th February Speaker: Ellie D’Hondt Theme: Science by citizens Website: http://soft.vub.ac.be/soft/members/elliedhondt The mission of BrusSense, started 2008, is to monitor … More

environmental monitoring, mobile technology, Noise mapping

Citizen Science in the EU project EveryAware – Vittorio Loreto

Friday 18th February Speaker: Vittorio Loreto Theme: Science by citizens Website: http://www.everyaware.eu EveryAware is an EU project, with five partners … More

behavioural change, environmental monitoring, Everyaware, FP7, mobile data collection, participation, participatory tools, sensing, web-based participatory platform

Recent posts

  • 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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