Reminder: Make your mark on the world through citizen science.

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Earth Systems Science

“Ethical Markets promotes citizen science, as I did when I served as a science policy advisor to the US Office of Technology Assessment(OTA).  I was delighted to find that Darlene Cavalier, as a student at Arizona State University, shared my interest in bringing citizens into  debates on science and technology policies affecting all our lives and our common future.

Many Congressmembers now support re-funding OTA, to assess all the new digital technologies affecting our privacy, our democracies, social media, robotics, and surveillance of citizens.  (see my “The  Future of Democracy Challenged in the Digital Age”. CADMUS, Oct, 2014).

 

Darlene Cavalier founded SciStarter, which is still flourishing and, as you see below, showing people how they can also become involved in the global Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations’195 member countries.  Darlene also supported our re-publishing with the University of Florida Press in 2014  of the OTA report I championed:

“Assessing Technology for Local Development” (1980) which foresaw all the renewable energy technologies: solar, wind, organic agriculture, farmers’ markets and community owned infrastructure we see today!  Enjoy and recommend SciStarter at Arizona State University!

 

~Hazel Henderson, Editor (formerly on the Technology Assessment Advisory Council of OTA)”.

The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals call for action to address health, a clean Earth, sustainable energy, and more.

Below, we spotlight citizen science projects you can do to address five of the 17 Goals.

 

Cheers!

The SciStarter Team

Goal #3: Good Health and Well-Being

With Flu Near You, you can help prevent outbreaks of the flu by reporting your symptoms online.

 

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Location: Global

Goal #6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Use the free Marine DebrisTracker to document litter in and around oceans, rivers, lakes, and streams.

 

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Location: Global

Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

AirCasting is a online platform and related air quality sensor you can use to monitor and share air quality data near you.

 

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Location: Global