Citizen science for environmental citizenship

A Framework for Inclusion and Diversity in Environmental Citizen Science

Volume 17, Number 1 184 we really know about these organisms, and the difficulties in establishing terrariums with mating pairs. I really appreciate that she includes her e-mail correspondence with experts because it demonstrates the dynamic between scientists and the citizens aiding them in their pursuit of knowledge. She does a good job of painting the picture of a novice starting an adventur...

Citizen Science for Citizen Access to Law

Over 2014, the Cornell University Legal Information Institute and the Australian National University worked with users of the Cornell LII site in a citizen science project to collect over 43,000 crowdsourced assessments of the readability of legal and other sentences. Readers (“citizen scientists”) on legislative pages of the LII site were asked to rate passages from the United States Code and ...

Evaluating environmental education, citizen science, and stewardship through naturalist programs.

Amateur naturalists have played an important role in the study and conservation of nature since the 17th century. Today, naturalist groups make important contributions to bridge the gap between conservation science and practice around the world. We examined data from 2 regional naturalist programs to understand participant motivations, barriers, and perspectives as well as the actions they take...

The diversity and evolution of ecological and environmental citizen science

Citizen science-the involvement of volunteers in data collection, analysis and interpretation-simultaneously supports research and public engagement with science, and its profile is rapidly rising. Citizen science represents a diverse range of approaches, but until now this diversity has not been quantitatively explored. We conducted a systematic internet search and discovered 509 environmental...

Cloud Computing for Citizen Science