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Project Highlight: The Wisconsin Green Muslims community in Madison and Milwaukee
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Project Highlight: The Wisconsin Green Muslims community in Madison and Milwaukee

This month’s Project Highlight celebrates an inspiring collaboration between community, culture, and science through the Wisconsin Green Muslims’ initiative in Madison and Milwaukee. This Thriving Earth Exchange project brings together faith and environmental stewardship by empowering community…

Showcasing Community Science at the Annual Meeting of the Mexican Geophysical Union 
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Showcasing Community Science at the Annual Meeting of the Mexican Geophysical Union 

Sharing successes and strategies, Thriving Earth Exchange staff and project teams strengthen regional science engagement across Latin America It is remarkable how much cross-cultural collaboration and international exchange can be accomplished remotely. Nevertheless, nothing quite…

Community science strengthens tribal collaborations and capacity
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Community science strengthens tribal collaborations and capacity

The Kansas State Center for Hazardous Substances Research (CHSR) AGU/Thriving Earth Exchange Community Science Hub is now in its second year of helping Indigenous communities restore underused properties and sustain cultural traditions, with projects underway in seven…

Community Science Fellow Highlight: María de Lourdes Becerra Zavala
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Community Science Fellow Highlight: María de Lourdes Becerra Zavala

This article is in both English and Spanish. María de Lourdes Becerra Zavala is an anthropologist based in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, and a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the Universidad Veracruzana. Her work focuses on…

Community Leader Highlight: Nicole Nuñez
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Community Leader Highlight: Nicole Nuñez

This article is written in both English and Spanish. Nicole Núñez Vergara is an agronomist with a diploma in Municipal Environmental Management. She co-founded Vivero Los Chungungos, focused on conserving native and endemic flora of central…

Community science helps schools cultivate food, culture and connection
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Community science helps schools cultivate food, culture and connection

Many families living in New Mexico’s Central Consolidated School District don’t have access to amenities like grocery stores, and some even lack basic infrastructure such as running water or electricity. The school district, based in…

Moving Forward by Connecting with the Past
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Moving Forward by Connecting with the Past

With a heritage garden, an indigenous community seeks renewal for its land and people As you stride across the prairie, bursting with late-summer wildflowers and scented with wild sage, the overwhelming impression is of vastness….

Community Science Fellow Highlight: Camila García-Echeverri
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Community Science Fellow Highlight: Camila García-Echeverri

This article is in both English and Spanish. Camila García-Echeverri is a Colombian civil engineer with a Master’s in Hydraulic Resources from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Currently, she also holds a diploma in Project…

Community Leader Highlight: Ana Katalina Celis and Myrna Lilí López

This article is written in both English and Spanish. Tell us about your Thriving Earth Exchange project.Cuéntanos sobre su proyecto de Thriving Earth Exchange. The mission of this project is to strengthen the cross-disciplinary collaboration capacities of an interdisciplinary team dedicated to…

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A Growing Community of Voices: Spanish-Language Inclusion at Thriving Earth Exchange

Bridging Language Gaps in Community Science Language isn’t just a tool for communication—it’s a foundation for connection, collaboration, and trust. Two years ago, Thriving Earth Exchange embarked on a journey to make community science more…

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Local Actions to Battle Rising Temperatures: a 5 Year Retrospective on Cambridge’s Fight Against Urban Heat Island Effect 

by Julia Jeanty Before becoming the AGU Thriving Earth Exchange Program Manager for Community Science Fellows, Julia Jeanty served as a volunteer Community Science Fellow on a project in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In the blog below,…

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Project Highlight: Harnessing Community Science for Cleaner Air and Healthier Futures in Lewis Place, St. Louis

Project Team: Dr. Pamela Talley, Mr. Richard Ellis, Ojasi Kirtikar, Ogonna Precious Eli, PhD Student, & Mr. Mercy Onaopemipo Akintola In the heart of St. Louis, Missouri, the historic Lewis Place neighborhood is standing up…

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Community Leader Highlight: Mirella Gallardo and Rafael Schmitt

The article below is in both English and Spanish Community Leader Highlight: Mirella Gallardo and Rafael Schmitt Established in 1995 to help Andean mountain communities like Miraflores improve their livelihoods, Instituto de Montaña develops community-driven…

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“A Long Way With Many Bends”: Water quality in Conodoguinet Creek, Pennsylvania

Asking tough questions about water quality, a Pennsylvania team discovers the power of a pivot  Encompassing more than 500 square miles of central Pennsylvania, the Conodoguinet Creek watershed provides drinking water and recreational opportunities to…

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Stronger Together: EPIC-N and Thriving Earth Exchange Collaborate to Expand Community-driven Science

The Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities – Network (EPIC-N) and AGU’s Thriving Earth Exchange have been working together since 2018 and formalized the partnership with a Memorandum of Understanding in 2021. Today, the organizations…

From left to right: Community Leaders Beverly Ward, the Rev. Dr. Russell L. Meyer, and Community Science Fellow Aryaana Khan
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Where Science Meets Spirit: Reflections from the FL-iCAN! Assembly

By Aryaana Khan In September 2024, Thriving Earth Exchange launched a project in St. Petersburg, Florida focused on hosting an assembly of interfaith climate actors. This sixth assembly of faith-inspired climate actions focused on strengthening…

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Capacity Collaborative Celebrates Successes  

The Capacity Collaborative (TCC), a non-profit built around bolstering resilience in rural communities, is one of four AGU Thriving Earth Exchange Community Science Hubs. Now in its second year of community science projects, TCC’s Southeast…