In 2015, I completed a Fellowship program with the Centre for Sustainability Leadership. We were interviewed on completion of the program and here are some of my responses (which still feel relevant,…
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The village raising my breastfed child
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…