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Momentum continues to build as the first AGU Thriving Earth Exchange Community Science Hub projects celebrate the 1-year mark. Funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Community Science Hub initiative is building and supporting regional and topically focused hubs that are focused on community science. Capacity Collaborative, Nurture Nature, Creation Justice Ministries and […]
Advancing Faith-Based Environmental Advocacy Creation Justice Ministries is one of four organizations named as an AGU/Thriving Earth Exchange Community Science Hub. Formerly known as the National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program, the 40-year-old organization has members from almost 40 different Christian denominations across the United States. The Community Science Hubs are funded by the Gordon […]
The Kansas State Center for Hazardous Substances Research (CHSR), a multidisciplinary unit within the College of Engineering at Kansas State University, has been named as one of four AGU Thriving Earth Exchange Community Science Hubs. This hub will focus on working with indigenous communities across the U.S., helping them to revitalize underutilized properties and preserve […]
The Capacity Collaborative, a non-profit built around bolstering resilience in rural communities in the Southeastern United States, is one of four AGU Thriving Earth Exchange Community Science Hubs. Thanks to support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, each hub is receiving $50,000 a year for two years to launch and support community science projects. […]
The Nurture Nature Center, a non-profit that works to build community resiliency in the face of environmental risks, is one of four organizations recently named as an AGU Thriving Earth Exchange Community Science Hub. With funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the hubs program is designed to build regional capacity for community science […]
