2023 Year in Review
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…
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Community Science Project at Anemage River – An update
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…
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2022 Thriving Earth Exchange Year in Review
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…
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Mapping the Extent of the Tar Creek Superfund Site and Other Potential Risks | Stories & Results | TEXnews | Uncategorized
Community Insights: Mapping the pollution to create the solution
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…
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The Power of Community Science
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…
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Community Science Role Models
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,…
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Weather Forecasting in India and Bangladesh
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…
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White Earth Nation: Water Quality
[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…
