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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A Farewell Message from Thriving Earth Founder Raj Pandya
Vice President of Community Science Raj Pandya started Thriving Earth Exchange in 2013. _____ This month, I am leaving AGU and Thriving Earth Exchange. I wanted to use this last blog to say thank you,…
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The Science of SciComm: Building Trust in Multilingual Science Communication
By Marina Cox In the past decade, science communication has acknowledged the urgent need for diversity, equity and inclusion in its practices, methodology, audiences, and organizations. Language is a crucial tool to promote access and…
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Meet the October 2023 Cohort of Community Science Fellows!
Thriving Earth Exchange is pleased to announce our October 2023 cohort of Community Science Fellows! They’ll be working with communities across the United States to launch impactful community science projects. The partnership will connect communities…
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Thriving Earth Exchange at 10 Years
Thriving Earth Exchange at 10 Years: A Q&A with Thriving Earth Director Natasha Udu-gama 2023 marks 10 years since the founding of Thriving Earth Exchange. It’s a milestone worth celebrating! It’s also a great time…
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Sixteen (out of 100) tips for a career in community science
Raj Pandya is Vice President for Community Science at AGU and previously served as founding director of Thriving Earth Exchange So, you want to be a community scientist or incorporate community science into your…
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Meet the June 2023 Cohort of Community Leads!
Thriving Earth Exchange is pleased to announce the June 2023 cohort of Community Leads! They will work with Community Science Fellows to launch 16 community science projects in the United States and Mexico. Stay tuned…
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Community Science at ECSITE: People, Imagination, and Dialogue
Blog post and photos by Liz Crocker Figure 1 View from the rooftop of the Mediterranean Conference Center. Finding ways to ensure communities have access to the benefits of science and can mobilize science to…
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Meet our June 2023 Community Science Fellow Cohort
Thriving Earth Exchange is pleased to announce our June 2023 cohort of Community Science Fellows! They’ll be working with communities from across the United States and Mexico to launch impactful community science projects. The partnership…
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Ecological Calendars: Meeting the challenge of climate change and biodiversity
In Western European and North American academic sciences, standardized seasons and calendars allow for experts to communicate about specific dates and periods with clarity. But nature is not a homogenous grid to which all environments…
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Meet the March 2023 Cohort of Community Leads
Thriving Earth Exchange is pleased to announce the March 2023 cohort of Community Leads! They will work with Community Science Fellows to launch 14 community science projects in the United States, Brazil and Jamaica! Stay tuned for…
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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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Meet our March 2023 Community Science Fellow Cohort
Thriving Earth Exchange is pleased to announce our March 2023 cohort of Community Science Fellows! They’ll be working with communities from across the United States, Brazil, and Jamaica to launch impactful community science projects. The…
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Launching Our Second Decade of Community Science at AGU
When I joined Thriving Earth Exchange in 2014, it was only the second year of the program’s existence. To be honest, at the time I wasn’t entirely familiar with the notion of ‘community science’. I…
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Evaluating Our Impact
September of 2020, Thriving Earth Exchange launched a cohort of 16 projects with support from the Betty and Gordon Moore Foundation. This cohort was focused on projects that had potential policy-related outcomes and in 2022…
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Updates from Adel, GA
January 5, 2023 Our community leads have reached a settlement agreement with the Spectrum Energy Georgia LLC in the operation of a proposed wood pellet plant in Adel. Effective December 24, 2022, the agreement includes…
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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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Opportunity: Advancing Justice-Centered Community Science in the Geosciences
Are you geoscience faculty with experience in justice and equity, active-learning practices, and working with communities? Take a look at this paid opportunity to contribute your expertise to co-develop learning materials. Advancing Justice-Centered Community Science…
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Meet the October 2022 Cohort of Community Leads!
Thriving Earth Exchange is pleased to announce the October 2022 cohort of Community Leads! They will work with Community Science Fellows to launch 10 community science projects across the United States and in Jamaica! Stay…
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Meet our October 2022 Community Science Fellow Cohort
Thriving Earth Exchange is pleased to announce our October 2022 cohort of Community Science Fellows! They’ll be working with communities from across the United States and Jamaica to launch impactful community science projects. The partnership…
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Developing a Nature-Connection Internship to Improve Mental Health for Black Youth | Projects | Uncategorized
Community Insights: A Healing Village for Oakland’s Young People
There is a growing awareness about the connection between time spent in nature and our mental health. At the same time, there is a growing concern about the mental health of teens, who spend…
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Meet our July 2022 Cohort of Community Leads
Thriving Earth Exchange is pleased to announce our July 2022 cohort of Community Leads! They will work with Community Science Fellows to launch 16 community science projects. Stay tuned for more information about the impactful…
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Equity in Co-Production: The “Fishbowl” Conversation
Author: Natasha Udu-gama On 12 May 2022, Thriving Earth Exchange hosted a public conversation on “What does equitable co-production look like in practice? A discussion.” I served as an advisory board member for the…
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Meet our July 2022 Community Science Fellow Cohort
Thriving Earth Exchange is pleased to announce our July 2022 regional cohort of Community Science Fellows! They’ll be working with communities from across the United States and Mexico to launch impactful community science projects. The…
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Reflections From the Board: Perspectives on International Growth
Thriving Earth Advisory Board Members share their views and vision for community science around the globe Thanks to the ambitious and inclusive leadership of AGU and the Thriving Earth Advisory Board, the reach and impact…
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Getting Involved World-Wide With Thriving Earth Exchange
Challenges like climate change, pollution and natural hazards know no borders. Thriving Earth Exchange has long facilitated community science beyond the U.S., and our international activities are accelerating even more thanks to new opportunities and…
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Meet our April 2022 Community Science Fellow Cohort
Thriving Earth Exchange is pleased to announce our April 2022 regional cohort of Community Science Fellows! They’ll be working with communities from across the state of Wisconsin to launch impactful community science projects. We are…
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Meet Our April 2022 Cohort of Community Leads in Wisconsin
AGU’s Thriving Earth Exchange, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s UniverCity Alliance and Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities Network (EPIC-N), will support 14 projects across the state of Wisconsin. As participants in the…
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An intercontinental coalition to create a resilient community
Residents and volunteer scientists collaborate across continents to build flood resilience Ellicott City, Maryland, is part of the Baltimore metropolitan area, but this charming, historic mill town on the banks of the Patapsco River…
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Meet Our New Partner: Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA)
At their core, many community science projects revolve around one critical question: What decisions can make life better in this community? It’s a tough question, made tougher by the increasingly complex economic, social and environmental…
