Attending the Association for Public Data Users Conference
On July 25 and 26, Joe Edgerton and Lili Badri attended the Association for Public Data Users (APDU) Annual Conference in Arlington, Virginia at the Amazon Skills Center. They were invited to attend as winners of Georgetown’s Greenspace Data Challenge and had the opportunity to present their work. This year’s theme was Expanding the Universe of Public Data, and the first day was filled with informative talks related to different data-driven projects. The second day was kicked off with an open discussion from federal agency leaders at the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), followed by a panel of presentations from the Greenspace winners and Data Storytelling finalists. It was an excellent opportunity to learn about the variety of datasets available and the methods by which they can be used to solve pressing questions.
Welcome, Rosh!
Please welcome our newest Science Communicator, Rosh! Roshni (Rosh) is originally from Mumbai, India and she immigrated to New York City where she was raised. Rosh earned her B.A in Urban Sustainability with a concentration in environmental science from Brooklyn College and worked for several environmental organizations within NYC such as Hudson River Park Trust and Brooklyn Grange. She recently completed her Masters in Landscape Architecture (MLA) from The Ohio State University. Over the last few years, she has worked for a landscape architecture firm on various projects in the Midwest. She is a licensed drone pilot and has been flying drones for the last five years. She enjoys creating art in various mediums such as painting, sewing, ceramics, and more.
Another successful summer with the GSS Scholars
Our second cohort of Global Sustainability Scholars and Fellows (GSS) concluded their program on July 21st. They presented their findings from the Potomac Listening Sessions and gave valuable insights that will help us improve our outreach and engagement. We really appreciate their contributions and wish them the best of luck with their future endeavors.
Broadening Ecosystem Report Card Horizons
Last month, Bill Dennison and Vanessa Vargas-Nguyen held a webinar through the Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC) where they discussed the expansion of the Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card (CBRC) to include a greater suite of indicators of socio-environmental conditions. They discussed the addition of the environmental justice index in the latest report card, which had the furthest reach of any previous CBRC, with over 500 million total media impressions. They also talked about the COAST Card project and insights from recent listening sessions. The webinar can be watched here.