Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative's (CMC) Data Interpretation and Science Communication Workshop
Richmond, Viginia and Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA. The CMC trained approximately 20 people in Data Interpretation and Science Communication in February. The free 2-day workshop is part of the CMC's training services and include hands-on, immersive training in data interpretation, conceptualization, storytelling, and design and layout. One workshop was hosted at the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality's office in Richmond, VA and the other was hosted by the Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. The participants were asked to bring a spreadsheet of their data, as well as an idea for a science communication product that they could work on developing throughout the two-day course. There were a lot of impressive results from both workshops! Check out this blog for a more in-depth look!
Report card course
The 2019 Healthy Rivers for All course is underway! 22 students from Africa, Mexico, and the Philippines are learning how to create ecosystem health report cards through a virtual, flipped-classroom approach. Bill, Heath, and Vanessa meet with students on line each week to review recorded lectures and engage through instructive activities.
Bhitarkanika report card kick off
IAN led a workshop in Bhubaneswar, India for the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management to begin the process of developing a report card for Bhitarkanika Conservation Area. More than 30 diverse stakeholders participated in conceptualizing the assessment area, choosing potential indicators, and carving a path forward for the project.
Welcome, Nathan Miller!
Nathan Miller recently joined IAN as a Science Communicator. Nathan studied Film & Television at NYU, Env. Biology at Columbia, and Env. Management at Duke. Nathan wants to use his education to learn how to make complex environmental research more relevant to resource users and policy makers through creative storytelling strategies