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Citizen Science Provides Valuable Data for Monitoring Global Night Sky Luminance [PDF]

, 2013
The skyglow produced by artificial lights at night is one of the most dramatic anthropogenic modifications of Earth’s biosphere. The GLOBE at Night citizen science project allows individual observers to quantify skyglow using star maps showing ...
Elvidge, Christopher D., Falchi, Fabio, Fischer, Jürgen, Hölker, Franz, Kuechly, Helga U., Kyba, Christopher C. M., Ruhtz, Thomas, Wagner, Janna M., Walker, Constance E.   +8 more
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Global Citizenship in American Studies, Native American Studies, and Social Justice Studies Programs [PDF]

This project proposal for the Global Citizenship Pedagogy Community outlines its two-fold objectives: 1) to undertake curriculum revision revisions that strengthen the theme of global citizenship and global studies in the Native American Studies and ...
Woidat, Caroline M.
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PERANAN PENDIDIKAN KEWARGANEGARAAN DALAM MEMBENTUK KESADARAN MAHASISWA SEBAGAI WARGA GLOBAL : Studi Kasus Kelas Internasional di Universitas Pasundan Bandung [PDF]

, 2014
Tesis ini menyajikan hasil penelitian tentang proses perkuliahan Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan dalam membentuk kesadaran sebagai warga global di lingkungan Universitas Pasundan Bandung Fakultas Teknik Informatika.
Yamanto, Redi
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Global invasion history of the agricultural pest butterfly Pieris rapae revealed with genomics and citizen science

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019
Significance Over the last few thousand years, the seemingly inconspicuous cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, has become one of the most abundant and destructive butterflies in the world.
Sean F. Ryan, É. Lombaert, Anne E. Espeset, R. Vilà, G. Talavera, V. Dincă, Meredith M. Doellman, M. Renshaw, M. Eng, E. Hornett, Yiyuan Li, M. Pfrender, D. Shoemaker   +12 more
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Correction: [On Becoming a Global Citizen: Transformative Learning Through Global Health Experiences]. [PDF]

Ann Glob Health, 2021
Litzelman DK, Gardner A, Einterz RM, Owiti P, Wambui C, Huskins JC, Schmitt-Wendholt KM, Stone GS, Ayuo PO, Inui TS, Cottingham AH, Umoren RA.   +11 more
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Associations for Citizen Science: Regional Knowledge, Global Collaboration [PDF]

, 2016
Since 2012, three organizations advancing the work of citizen science practitioners have arisen in different regions: The primarily US-based but globally open Citizen Science Association (CSA), the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA), and the ...
Cappadonna, JL, Domroese, M, Göbel, C, Haklay, M, Miller-Rushing, AJ, Roetman, P, Sbrocchi, C, Shirk, JL, Storksdieck, M, Vohland, K   +9 more
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Developing the global potential of citizen science: Assessing opportunities that benefit people, society and the environment in East Africa

Journal of Applied Ecology, 2018
1. Citizen science is gaining increasing prominence as a tool for science and engage-ment. However, despite being a potentially valuable tool for sustainable development, citizen science has little visibility in many developing countries. 2. We undertook
Michael J. O. Pocock, H. Roy, Tom A. August, A. Kuria, F. Barasa, J. Bett, M. Githiru, J. Kairo, Julius Kimani, W. Kinuthia, B. Kissui, I. Madindou, Kamau Mbogo, Judith Mirembe, P. Mugo, Faith Milkah Wakonyo Muniale, P. Njoroge, Edwin Gichohi Njuguna, M. Olendo, Michael Opige, T. Otieno, C. Ng’weno, E. Pallangyo, T. Thenya, Ann Wanjiru, R. Trevelyan   +25 more
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Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
wiley   +1 more source

Mediated Culture and the Well-informed Global Citizen

Nordicom Review, 2010
During recent years, considerable attention has been paid to the negative portrayal of the African continent in the media of the so-called ‘global North’.
Orgeret Kristin Skare
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