This piece was first published in Essence Magazine
It’s 2:03am and I feel like giving up. I feel depleted; my body slumped in the soft camping chair we’ve brought into the corner of the bedroom to give me a comfortable place to feed …
How Climate Change Can Make Us Change Our Lifestyles And Be Happier As A Result
This first appeared on the TAKE2 website.
29 year old Michelle Kovacevic is conducting an experiment – one she hopes will inspire others to take action on climate change.
This committed and inspiring TAKE2 member has changed the way she lives …
Tales of trying to fly less
I’d like to tell you a story about why I am travelling by ship today.
It starts with a woman called Kim Nicholas. Kim grew up in the sunny
fields of California’s wine country. She seems like she would have been a
Brains, botany and Bogor: My eclectic career path
This was first published on Asia Options.
“How did someone with a background in neuroscience end up working at a forestry institute in Indonesia?”
It’s a question I got asked by almost everyone I met while living in Bogor, Indonesia. Brows furrowed, trying to figure me and my eclectic …
Feedback on CGIAR Strategy and Results Framework – youth
I delivered this intervention at the CGIAR’s Strategy and Results Framework stakeholder consultation: http://www.cgiar.org/srfconsultation/srf-e-consultation-2/
“First of all, I welcome the CGIAR’s initiative to consult youth regarding the 10-year research strategy.
However, upon reading the strategy, I was disappointed to note that the words youth and young people are mentioned only a …
Things I’m excited about #1: Open data
Earlier this month I was invited to facilitate a “data expedition” as part of a citizen science festival in Copenhagen (am putting together a blogpost which chronicles my experience…watch out for it soon). It was my first foray into the world of open data and I’m excited to learn more …
Join our Science Advice Wikibomb on Oct 24!
During the Science Advice to Governments conference, Kim Nicholas and I had a great idea.
“There doesn’t seem to be one place where you can find what science advice is, what systems different countries implement and a list of those country’s science advisors,” Kim said (I paraphrase).
While this information …
5 tips to improve youth participation at science policy conferences
A version of this article was published on SciDev.Net. Read it here.
This time last year, I was only just starting to understand the participation challenges young people across the world face when attending large science policy conferences.
On the surface it seems like progress has been made, with many …
Lessons learned exploring Copenhagen’s bicycle paths using data – Part 1
This story was originally posted on the School of Data’s website.
When I signed up to the School of Data mailing list, I didn’t quite know what I was getting myself into.
Within two days of joining, I was invited to lead a data expedition at the Kopenlab citizen science …