Citizen Science

This course is for you if you are interested in any of the following subjects: soil, food growing, agriculture, ecosystems and the environment, technology, earth observation, sensors, environmental governance. Participants won’t need any prior experience but it might be of particular relevance to small farmers, community and urban growers, gardeners, land managers, allotment growers, fab lab users, environmental NGOs, people interested in food production and citizen science, as well as teachers in science and environment-related subjects. You can use the hashtag #GROWData to talk about this course on social media.

• Overview of different sources of citizen science generated datasets in the GROW Observatory including soil sensor data.
• Analysis of results submitted by GROW participants over the growing season to investigate the effectiveness of a polyculture vs monoculture experiment.
• Identifying trends and patterns in datasets as well as reflecting on the different insights you can gain from individual and collective experiment results.
• The role and potential of art in communicating complex scientific concepts and data.
• Creating positive change through citizen science: from the local to the global.