@openenvirodata.bsky.social
www.openenvironmentaldata.org
They outline how a certification system/clearinghouse for climate models would let cash-strapped state + local gov'ts make more informed and cost-effective choices about which models to use, empowering local communities and potentially saving billions of $$ in disaster damages and clean up costs
30.07.2025 23:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Read our newest policy memo: "A Certification System for Third Party Climate Models to Support Local Planning and Flood Resilience", written by Katie Hoeberling and Emelia Williams for @scientistsorg.bsky.social
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Reflections on AGU's Days of Action
The urgency of the budget cuts
These aren't abstract policy debates: they affect people's lives
The many sectors that need to be heard; and how we can speak up
Since Exec. Director Brittany Janis attended @agu.org 's #DaysOfAction, she's been reflecting on the urgency of the budget cuts, the ways these policies are impacting day-to-day lives, and the approaches people need to take, across sectors, to be heard 👂🏻
26.06.2025 23:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
June updates from OEDP
Our June newsletter is out! Catch up on OEDP's recent goings-on, including:
🤝 highlights from the Community Data Playbook;
✍ an op-ed about hardware procurement from @sdosemagen.bsky.social , Eunice Mercado-Lara + Alison Parker;
☀️ AGU's Days of Action in D.C.
open.substack.com/pub/openenvi...
The results of these sessions are all in the Community Data Playbook, including templates you can use if you’re asking similar questions!
You can get it at: zenodo.org/records/1528...
En español: zenodo.org/records/1548...
Last year, we collaborated on a workshop for SHE's programs on Water Quality Testing & Filtration. We:
1️⃣ brainstormed their team’s data values,
2️⃣ built the foundation of a data co-ownership agreement, and
3️⃣ strategized around risk-reducing practices for data products they're developing.
There’s sometimes a disconnect b/w private homeowners + gov't officials: homeowners don’t want water usage being monitored by the gov't, but data collected to understand the environmental conditions can inform policy + $$.
11.06.2025 20:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Today, we're highlighting our work with Self-Help Enterprises (SHE), a non-profit based in Visalia, CA (USA) whose mission is to work together with low-income families to build and sustain healthy homes and communities.
11.06.2025 20:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0📚 What We're Reading: June 2025 📚
Every month, we publish what we're reading/watching/listening to on topics like #DataGovernance, #OpenSource, #EnvironmentalJustice + #ArtificialIntelligence. Here are some highlights and you can get the full list at www.openenvironmentaldata.org/what-were-reading
Reflections on CAPS25
Reflections on the AI double standard
Reflections on community & memory at the Ethical Considerations Panel
Reflections on Reciprocity
Thanks to AAPS for a wonderful #CAPS25 conference last week! Here are some reflections from Research & Policy Manager Emelia Williams ✨
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Looking and Listening Deeply: An Attention Inventory from Emelia Williams
This month’s Attention Inventory is compiled by E Williams who talks about:
👂🏻 data centers' impact on our ability to hear + listen,
🔥 the aftermath of LA fires,
👀 their work as a fire lookout volunteer +
🎶 the search for a perfect workday playlist
Read more at open.substack.com/pub/openenvi...
It's an important step, but misses a key component of new tech: #OpenSource.
In their article for @techpolicypress.bsky.social, @sdosemagen.bsky.social, Eunice Mercado-Lara, and Alison Parker identify 3 principles that can help bring #OS into fed. procurement
www.techpolicy.press/unlocking-in...
On 4/15, the White House released an EO to "Restore Common Sense to Federal Procurement." It promises to reduce bureaucratic hurdles, create a more competitive environment + streamline the Federal Acquisition Regulation so small businesses can participate in federal contracting
28.05.2025 20:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Are you attending the Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences' #CAPS25 Conference in Portland today?
OEDP's Research & Policy Manager Emelia Williams will be there discussing our Community Data Playbook. Join them at the Ethical Considerations talk session today at 3:45 pm PT 💫
Our Community Data Playbook is also available in Spanish! | ¡Nuestro Manual de Datos Comunitarios también está disponible en español!
zenodo.org/records/1548...
Get the full playbook (in English) here: zenodo.org/records/1528...
20.05.2025 21:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The Community Data Playbook:
🔍 compiles case studies of env. data governance, from our partnerships with: CHARRS, CENIT + Self-Help Enterprises,
🧩 outlines “plays,” or modular strategies + opportunities that #data stewards can use,
📖 provides #templates + #resources data stewards can repurpose.
Community Data Playbook Cover
We’re so proud to release the Community Data Playbook!
Communities around the world collect and use #environmental data, but face barriers in using data to its fullest extent; to unlock the potential benefits of community-generated environmental data, we need better data governance approaches.
The Senate #Environment and #PublicWorks Committee is interested in hearing how the #EPA 's work has helped you, a loved one, or your community. Deadline is TODAY (before the budget hearing tomorrow)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📚 What We're Reading: May 2025 📚
Every month, we publish what we're reading/watching/listening to on topics like #DataGovernance, #OpenSource, #EnvironmentalJustice + #ArtificialIntelligence. Here are some highlights and you can catch the full list at www.openenvironmentaldata.org/what-were-re...
