In 2025, Thriving Earth Exchange continued to demonstrate the power of community-driven science to create tangible, lasting change. Across neighborhoods, watersheds, and regions, our projects gained momentum and visibility—advancing local solutions rooted in trust, collaboration,…
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…
Thanks to a generous grant for the Moore Foundation, AGU Thriving Earth Exchange commissioned four videos about recent community science projects. Each video shares the people, stories, and the science that make community science so…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Thriving Earth Exchange is excited to announce the October 2025 launch of community leaders! They will work with Community Science Fellows to launch 12 Community Science projects in the United States, Mexico, Chile and Peru….
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The article below is in both English and Spanish Welcome to Miraflores Miraflores is a very small town in the mountainous Yauyos Province of Peru. Its residents are highly dependent on farming and livestock, but…
. The article below is in both English and Spanish A magical place Coatepec is a small region in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is known as the “coffee capital of Mexico,” because its…
In May of 2023, Thriving Earth Exchange started a new initiative focused on Spanish-language inclusion. As part of this effort, Marina Cox was hired to support Spanish-speaking communities, translate materials, and provide general guidance and…
By Kimberly Cartier From June 3 to 7, ten environmental journalists were invited as fellows to the University of Rhode Island’s Metcalf Institute for an immersive workshop to learn about hydrology, climate science, and water-related…
2023 Thriving Earth Exchange Year in Review 2023 marked 10 years since Thriving Earth Exchange began with the bold premise that science should put communities first. Over the years, the program’s small but determined staff…
In 2021, Thriving Earth Exchange’s Natasha Udu-gama took the Hano Wene Indonesian Foundation through our approach to community science. Hano Wene works in Indonesia to address education through a holistic approach that includes not only formal education…
2022 was a year in which community science stepped beyond its origins as a somewhat radical “new approach” and emerged as an ever more central and respected part of the mainstream discourse about how to…
The Tar Creek in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, runs directly through a 40-square-mile Superfund site, full of giant mounds of toxic mining waste—a fine, white sand-and-gravel mix known as “chat,” easily blown away by the breeze—that…
Community science is the collaboration of researchers and community members to propose solutions to problems usually pertaining to public health. The relationship between these two parties can be difficult to build within the time limits…
Who are your role models? Why? Take a second to think of what makes a good role model in the scientific community. The first things I think of are patience and a commitment to learning,…
How you say ‘1.5 inches’ can save a life. It can save packages of seeds and herds of cattle. The language used to deliver a forecast is important. The timing of when these forecasts are…
[tabgroup tabs_title=”Overview”][tabs tabs_title=”Overview” wrap=”yes” tabs_text=’ Who We Are The White Earth Reservation sits in northwestern Minnesota and contains numerous lakes. Tribal officials routinely monitor the water quality in the largest and most-used lakes, although many of…
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