How I See TEX in 2038
TEX Advisory Board Member Kevin Noone (Stockholm University) imagines community science 20 years hence. As part of an exercise to identify strategic priorities at a recent meeting of the TEX Advisory Board, members took a…
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Ocean City Flooding to Co-host Community Meeting on flooding, June 6th
Dr. Tom Herrington, Associate Director of the Urban Coast Institute at Monmouth University, will speak about flooding issues impacting Ocean City at the next Fairness in Taxes (FIT) meeting in Ocean City on June 6th….
Colebrook, NH Community Science Fellow Completes Sampling and Presents to Local High School Students
By Bradley Geismar, TEX Community Science Fellow, Colebrook, NH On Friday, April 20th, the students of Colebrook had an opportunity to learn about the complicated task of environmental remediation during a presentation on a decade-spanning…
Barnesville, OH submits joint proposal and holds joint community meeting
The Barnesville-TEX team, as part of the GeoPolicy Connect cohort developed at the GeoPolicy Connect meeting in October 2017, accomplished a number of activities since their collaboration launched in January 2018. Dr. John Stolz of…
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Salt Fork State Park Barnesville-Cambridge, OH Joint Conference – April 28, 2018
By Jill Antares Hunkler, Community Lead, TEX-Barnesville, OH project A special conference was hosted by participants in the American Geophysical Union’s Thriving Earth Exchange (TEX) Barnesville and Cambridge, OH projects at Salt Fork State…
Doing Community Science Around the World: How TEX is Going Global
By Natasha Udu-gama, TEX Senior Specialist The American Geophysical Union’s mission is to promote discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. About five years ago, our senior leadership acknowledged that our…
Reflections from the National Environmental Justice and Training Program Conference
By Sarah Wilkins, TEX Project Manager Who has a voice? Who has the power? And whose stories are we missing? These are three of the many thought-provoking messages scribbled in my notebook from last week’s…
San Juan College Students Release 2 New Videos on Makerspace
Luke Renner’s Media Arts & Design students produced 2 video segments on the proposed makerspaces. Video #1: Overview of the makerspaces featuring SJC’s Luke Renner and Judy Castleberry and EPA CUPPS’s Michael Burns. Video #2:…
Recipes for a ‘Potluck’ Model of Science Engagement
By TEX Director, Raj Pandya In a previous blog, I talked about the loading dock, the dominant model for science engagement and applications since WWII. Honestly, it isn’t really fair to call the loading dock…
Partner Profile: Earth Connections
Through service-based learning, offering students the chance to learn while making an impact The geosciences are projected to have a workforce deficit in the coming years—that is, more job opportunities than people to fill them….
Geoscience for Adaptation Decision Support: Fulfilling User Needs
Seeking to improve local decision support, effort finds more gaps than coverage in decision-relevant information By Shahan Haq The international climate science community has made tremendous strides in our understanding of the climate system. We…
A Gap to Fill: Putting People First in Solving Environmental Issues
By Hannah Hagemann The sites I worked at as a geologist for an environmental consulting firm were eerily similar. All located within low income or working-class neighborhoods in Los Angeles, the residents were immigrants and…
Barnesville, OH Project Featured in Local Paper
The Barnesville, Ohio project was featured in The Columbia Dispatch on March 21, 2018 in an article titled, “Gubernatorial candidate tours southeastern Ohio fracking and mining sites”: A March 9 fossil fuel extraction tour…
Resilient Communities Projects Launch Across the Nation
TEX and the National League of Cities collaborate to help seven cities elevate climate resilience goals TEX is proud to partner with the National League of Cities’ Sustainable Cities Institute (SCI), which recently announced seven…
Beyond the Loading Dock
By Raj Pandya, TEX Director In a recent blog, I asked about how to stand up for science. That led me to another question: Why do we even need to stand up for science? Also:…
Making the Conversation Work
Insights on facilitating community-scientist interactions from an experienced bridge-builder Here at TEX, we’re in the business of building bridges. For us, that often means taking stock of what each side—the community and the scientists—has and…
Reflections of a TEX Fellow
By Abhishek Rao Editor’s Note: TEX created a Community Science Training/Fellowship opportunity for the Hermosa Beach, CA project in Fall 2016. While TEX projects typically include scientific partners who are more established in their field,…
Cal Poly Pomona Students Process Ontario, CA Water Samples
Undergraduate students enrolled in undergraduate research at Cal Poly Pomona are getting some applied lab experience processing water samples collected from Ontario’s constructed wetlands. Under the supervision of Dr. Shelton Murinda, Professor in the Animal…
Introducing the TEX Statement on Integrity in Community Science
Introducing the TEX Statement on Integrity in Community Science Community science depends on partnerships that harvest the benefits of many perspectives. To provide a foundation for effective, mutually beneficial and ethically conducted community science projects,…
Translational Research or Community Science?
By Thushara Gunda, recent Vanderbilt University PhD graduate A reflection on my dissertation journey as part of an interdisciplinary research project with community partners. Over the last few months, I have been thinking a fair…
How Can We Elevate Community Science within the Scientific Community?
How Can We Elevate Community Science within the Scientific Community? If you’re reading this blog, it’s probably not too much of a stretch to surmise that you may be in the ‘choir’ when it comes…
Standing Up by Sitting Down
I have a sticker on my laptop that says, “Stand Up for Science.” Nice, but how do you really stand up for science? One way to stand up for science is to be visible, en…
Breathe Brandywine Forum: Air Quality, Pollution & Your Health
On Saturday, February 3, 2018, the TEX-Brandywine project held its first community education and engagement forum at the Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Brandywine, Maryland. The 4-hour event served as an opportunity for…
San Juan College and Drexel University students shape the vision and design of the makerspaces
Students from Luke Renner’s Digital Media Arts and Design Program class have been busy assembling promotional materials to support the design and construction of two 1,000 square foot makerspaces. The materials highlight the benefits of…
Community-Driven Science: Science of the Future?
By Kelly Sanks Ph.D. Candidate in Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences at University of Arkansas My lifelong goal is to conduct scientific research that makes a tangible impact on people’s lives. In a time of…
Community Science with Indigenous Communities
By Raj Pandya, TEX Director As much as anything, I hope that TEX can be a group of people learning and doing community science together. Learning together means sharing ideas, even ideas that aren’t…
Evanston prepares for public meeting to discuss air quality monitoring
In order to determine the environmental impact of their waste transfer station, the Evanston team plans to hold a public meeting describing the project strategy with city aldermen, scientists, and its environmental justice task force…
Introducing Adaptation Analytics: Connecting Data with Decisions
There’s data, data, everywhere—but does it apply to me? When it comes to climate, that’s the million-dollar question. While scientists deploy sophisticated on-the-ground sensors, satellites, crowdsourcing and big data tools to gain insights on climate…
Peer Learning Approach Builds Competence and Confidence
Sometimes you want a custom-designed project just for you. Sometimes you want to learn from the experiences of others. At TEX, our peer-learning cohorts are designed to strike the right balance—and deliver results. The idea…
Science to Action Session Provides Inspiration for Future of Science and Public Engagement
By Rebekah Lee, Boise State University This blog was originally posted on the AGU Blog, The Bridge: Connecting Science and Policy. Lee’s post is part of a series written by student bloggers from the AGU…