The idea that is starting to spread is to put nets on cars that volunteers drive around on a special route on certain times. Collecting samples of the insects there and counting and documenting what they have found
Planting trees together
No doubt I'm skeptical about how phones and technology are changing our lives both indoors and on the trails. But once in a while I see it can also do good
Ringing birds memory lane
The expert were explaining how the important work of ringing birds and collecting data about bird migration and behavior was coordinated all over the world and my thoughts went back to Ertholmene... where I used to stay together with the bird-people
Cityzen science architecture
Co creation is also about place-making and architecture, about creating places where people can walk, meet, discuss and innovate together
The science jam session
Innovating is often better with an element of chaos, chance and music mindsets thrown into the session
Search chain vs follow the leader community
Drawing of a group of people holding hands making a search chain, and the same people making a line, walking after each other. Community illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt
From concerned to engaged
Can new technology give us an option to act on our concerns, instead of just sharing them?
What is Citizen Science
Preparing my talk about Citizen science and how we can understand it, both as creating trails and as images, I sketched up a scientist in a boat with just one oar
Seeing the bigger picture
Drawing up how each of us seldom have all the facts