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Corey Chao in From Big Science to Citizen Science and beyond

Sep 28, 2016

CASE STUDY: DC Sun

DC Sun is a network of solar coops. The nonprofit organizes new groups of neighbors to buy solar panels together, lowering individual cost by buying wholesale, and advocates for legislation that protects and encourages individuals’ ability to buy into solar infrastructure. DC Sun fosters a…

Corey Chao in From Big Science to Citizen Science and beyond

Sep 28, 2016

CASE STUDY: Southwings

www.southwings.org

Southwings is a conservation nonprofit that maintains a network of private, small plane pilots in the southeast US. The organization then takes requests from environmentalists, biologists journalists, politicians and other activists seeking…

Christian Smirnow in From Big Science to Citizen Science and beyond

Sep 26, 2016

Safecast

What is Safecast?
Safecast is an open-data network that records, analyzes and distributes tens of thousands of data points about nuclear fallout and other pollutants related to the post-tsunami nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, in March 2011. Safecast is an ongoing volunteer-based research project that uses…