Citizen Science Christmas!

Friday, 22 December 2017 15:18

This year has been a big step (and with the release of the community package more like a giant leap) for the SPOTTERON Citizen Science Platform, and thanks to your help and interest, we can now offer a mobile and interactive channel for every CitSci project out there.

It is already tradition to use our photoshopping skills to build a special christmas card for you. This year's edition is packed full of science facts and fun activities in the winter season. And you can also use it as a Wallpaper so.. click to enlarge!

FACTS? WELL THERE IS A SCIENCE OF CHRISTMAS!

There are many amazing things about common christmas traditions. Did you know that christmas lights will tangle up, no matter how careful you packed them the year before because of entropy? Or that Rudolph the Rendeer ist.. well more like a Rosie? Watch this cool clip and enjoy some science facts around christmas.

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CITSCI CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We will now be off from regular task until next year*, but before that we want to wish you all the best for the holidays, merry christmas and a happy new year!
See you 2018!

* Dear partners, for emergency regarding your apps
or websites, please dont hesitate to call us!

Projects & Apps open for Co-Use on SPOTTERON

Social initiative Data Collection App

SPOTTERON

ArtSpots is a community-built art atlas. Through the App, people interested in various art forms like street art, historical or contemporary art, photography, architecture, and more can put their art observations on the map and discover art spots in their city or while travelling. The art community in the App allows exchanging with other like-minded people and contributing to a worldwide art collection.

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ArtSpots

Horizon Europe Citizen Science App

With the COSEA App, Citizen Scientists can observe marine environments, document coastal habitats or species, and report on pollution, infrastructure and the blue economy. Their contributions on the map and activity in the app will help scientists better understand the impacts and drivers of marine factors to protect and foster a healthy relationship between humans and seas.

Learn more about
COSEA | Collaboration for Effective Sea Action

Environmental Citizen Science, Data Collection App

SPOTTERON

NatureSpots is a non-commercial and free project to discover nature together. In the app, nature photos and sightings of animals, plants or mushrooms can be shared with the community on the map. The app is a new initiative for observing nature and taking part is very simple and straightforward. The app is free of advertising, does not track users and takes digital privacy seriously.

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NatureSpots

Social initiative Community Engagement App

SPOTTERON

The new citizen participation uses "Citizen Science" in their hometown and nationwide to get User's feedback on places. As a result, citizens are empowered to become active in a city worth living in to collect and share data themselves and to interact with scientists. This enables them to recognize the consequences of sealing, heat, water shortages, and a lack of biodiversity, and generally, how places in their own environment affect us all.

Learn more about
CIVO Citizen Voice

Horizon 2020 Invasive Species Monitoring App

The IPM-Popillia Horizon 2020 project aims to address the challenge of a new risk to plant health in Europe's agriculture and food safety: the invasion of the Japanese Beetle, Popillia japonica. This invasive species was introduced accidentally to mainland Europe in 2014 and can quickly spread by transportation and trade. As a species with a wide range of feeding plants, P. japonica threatens the entire agricultural sector, urban landscapes, and biodiversity in invaded areas.

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IPM Popillia | Integrated Pest Management of the Japanese Beetle

Environmental Community Engagement App

Fridays for Future see itself as a horizontal, grassroots grassroots movement that acts apolitically and refers to science for the facts. To engage the global population more, this app was developed using SPOTTERON. The aim is to find out how the population perceives the climate crisis and which positive and negative emotions are associated with specific topics related to biodiversity and climate crisis.

Learn more about
FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE - Climate App