Boats on Guanabara Bay, the one we took out for our tour is on the far left.

Across and through the Bay: Rio, Niteroi, and Guanabara expeditions

Alexandra Fries ·
8 July 2016
Environmental Report Cards | Science Communication | 

On June 20th 2016, Bill Dennison, Dave Nemazie, and I traveled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the next stakeholder workshop to develop the Guanabara Bay Report Card. We convened the workshop on June 23rd in neighboring Niteroi, a city across the Bay from Rio de Janeiro. There were some of the same participants as our first stakeholder workshop as well as a wider group of stakeholders from additional universities and municipal government offices.

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Zip, zap, zop was played to start off the retreat

Annual retreat fuels new thinking and cross-pollination of ideas

Caroline Donovan ·
6 July 2016
Science Communication | 

What is the definition of retreat? We all immediately think of military retreats in battle. But, there are two other definitions of retreat that relate to our annual work retreat: • a quiet or secluded place in which one can rest and relax - this is what most people intend when they go on a retreat or retreat to a vacation spot. Work retreats can be restful and relaxing because they bring you out of your day-to-day work space and provide a new creative arena to focus on.

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Satellite image of Guanabara Bay. Credit: NASA (in Wikimedia Commons)

Environmental Literacy for Guanabara Bay, Brazil

Bill Dennison ·
24 June 2016
Environmental Literacy | 

‘Environmental Literacy’ series … • Guanabara Bay is a tropical (22°S) embayment with a restricted opening which forms a natural harbor in Southeast Brazil with a monsoonal/savanna climate. • The watershed around Guanabara Bay is an internationally iconic location, including metropolitan areas like Rio de Janeiro, Niteroi and Sao Goncalo, beaches like Copacabana and Ipanema, and sights like Sugarloaf and Corcovado.

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The BOP CCERS project has a number of partners working cohesively to improve NY Harbor health and STEM learning for New York City middle school students. Credit: BOP website

The River Project at Pier 40

Dylan Taillie ·
22 June 2016
Science Communication | Applying Science | 

The week of June 6th brought strong winds to the east coast along with the 2nd annual workshop meeting of Billion Oyster Projects Curriculum and Community Enterprise for Restoration Science (BOP CCERS) project members. This was a weeklong series of events and meetings in NYC that gave project leaders both a chance to reflect on the year's achievements and to tweak project goals for the third, and final year of the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project.

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The 2016 conference was held at the Tampa Convention Center, a large complex on the waterfront, with nearby hotels and restaurants for attendees.

Expanding my conference horizons

Caroline Donovan ·
10 June 2016
Science Communication | Applying Science | 

I attended the biennial National Water Quality Monitoring Conference in Tampa, Florida from Monday, May 2nd through Friday, May 6th. This was my first time attending the conference and by the end, I realized it was a conference I want to attend many times again. The 2016 conference was held at the Tampa Convention Center, a large complex on the waterfront, with nearby hotels and restaurants for attendees.

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O time em frente ao Museu do Amanhã.

Quão rápido pode se criar e completar uma newsletter? No Rio, você só tem até amanhã!

Alexandra Fries ·
1 June 2016
Environmental Report Cards | 

"How fast can you create and complete a newsletter? In Rio, you only have until tomorrow" (Portuguese translation by João Paulo Coimbra) Depois do nosso primeiro workshop com as partes interessadas no INEA na segunda-feira, 25 de Abril, Bill Dennison, Dave Nemazie e eu tivemos que nos preparar para nosso workshop mais abrangente com 200 pessoas na sexta-feira, 29 de Abril, no Museu do Amanhã.

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The team outside the Museum of Tomorrow.

How fast can you create and complete a newsletter? In Rio, you only have until tomorrow!

Alexandra Fries ·
26 May 2016
Environmental Report Cards | Science Communication | 

After our first stakeholder workshop at INEA on Monday April 25th, Bill Dennison, Dave Nemazie, and I had to prepare for our expanded workshop of 200 people on Friday April 29th, at the Museum of Tomorrow. This meeting brought together stakeholders from all around Guanabara Bay, and served to not only discuss the report card, but also to talk about governance, management, and restoration in the Bay. The team outside the Museum of Tomorrow. Participants at the workshop.

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Chesapeake Bay Program Director of Communications Rachel Felver leads a group exercise at WebStock 2016. Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program.

WebStock 2016 Brings Chesapeake Bay Program Partners into the Creative Process

Catherine Krikstan ·
24 May 2016
Science Communication | 

This month, the Chesapeake Bay Program Creative Team hosted a one-day symposium on all things web for an audience of friends and colleagues. Known as WebStock, the annual event was revitalized last spring as a way for the Creative Team to introduce others to the work they do and the methods they use to do it. Indeed, participants gained an understanding of how the Creative Team can help them and how they can use the team’s own tools and processes to improve their work.

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