Open Environmental Data Project

18 Nov 2025

We’re excited to release the DIGITCORE Toolkit! The Digital Toolkit for Collaborative Environmental Research (DIGITCORE) outlines challenges, problems, and situations experienced in collaborative environmental research. Access the toolkit at digitcore.openenvironmentaldata.org

👥What does it mean to steward community data?👥 For Andrea Scarborough, it means using data to strengthen advocacy, protect community knowledge, and drive meaningful environmental change. Thank you, Andrea, for your continued leadership in advancing environmental justice and data stewardship.

📚 What We’re Reading: October 2026 Edition 📚 Every month, we publish what we’re reading, watching, and listening to. Here are some highlights from this month. 💡 You can also find the full list here: www.openenvironmentaldata.org/what-were-re...

It's been a week since our When the Data Goes Dark: Preparing for Climate Disasters in an Era of Science Disinvestment panel. A huge thank you to all of our panelists! Stay tuned for our panel highlights post, coming soon! #NYClimateWeek #EnvironmentalData #EnvironmentalJustice

10 Sept

📚 What We’re Reading: September 2026 Edition 📚 Every month, we publish what we’re reading, watching, and listening to. Here are some highlights from this month. 💡 You can also find the full list here: www.openenvironmentaldata.org/what-were-re...

9 Sept

👥 NY Climate Week PEDP Attendance 👥 OEDP is excited to be at New York Climate Week alongside Public Environmental Data Partners members! Come say hi to Michelle, Katie, Brittany, Cathy, and Charles! See you all there! #NYClimateWeek #EnvironmentalData #EnvironmentalJustice #Climate

us02web.zoom.usWelcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Ocean Data Stewardship Training 101. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.Join the Intertidal team to learn more about what ocean data stewardship is, why it matters, and explore our open training materials designed to help grow your ocean data superpowers. This interactive...

27 Aug

Intertidal is hosting an Intro to Ocean Data Stewardship webinar on August 27 at 1pm ET/10am PT where they’ll launch their open training materials and share experiences from their Spring 2026 cohort. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

theimpactproject.orgData Scientist/Engineer - The Impact ProjectData Scientist/Engineer Description The Impact Project is a national nonprofit organization that tracks changes in federal policy, funding, and workforce, and how those changes affect communities acro...

24 Aug

Our friends at The Impact Project are hiring! Please see the details below: theimpactproject.org/data-scienti...

merltech.orgSmall is Beautiful: Find out what SLMs can do for you - MERL TechThe MERL Tech Initiative is hosting a course on Small Language Models (SLMs). Join our workshop in September 2026 to learn from experts Cathy Richards and Jonas Norén.

24 Aug

Check out The MERL Tech Initiative’s course on Small Language Models (SLMs) co-led by Open Environmental Data Project Data & Technology Lead Cathy Richards. Register here: merltech.org/trainings/sm... #SLM #smalllocalmodels

11 Aug

🔑Key Takeaways from the Data Stewardship Learning Circle 🔑 The Data Stewardship Learning Circle is a space to develop your data stewardship instincts and build a data stewardship toolkit. It aims to bring folks together to tackle real data governance challenges. #datastewardship #keytakeaways

10 Aug

📚 What We're Reading: August 2026 Edition Every month, we publish what we're reading, watching, and listening to on topics from Community Science to AI. Get the full list here: www.openenvironmentaldata.org/what-were-re... #ReadingList #RecommendedReading #OpenData #EnvironmentalJustice

7 Aug

“Following the Buzz: Small Creatures, Big Questions” This month’s Attention Inventory is compiled by Katie Culbert, OEDP’s Policy Communications Fellow. 🔗 Read more here: openenvironmentaldataproject.substack.com/p/following-... #honeybees #teamwork #compromise #community #democracy

27 July

📞 Participate in a National Call-In Day on Wednesday, July 29 📞 Join advocates nationwide by calling your Senators and urging them to take action now to stop the OMB’s proposed changes and protect our communities. More info here: www.environmentalprotectionnetwork.org/wp-content/u... #takeaction

27 July

🌟Meet OEDP’s New Policy Communications Intern!🌟 Katie Culbert is a rising junior at Harvard University studying government and economics. She is passionate about public policy, science community and community engagement. Read more here: www.openenvironmentaldata.org/people/katie...

American Meteorological Society

20 July

Check out the American Meteorological Society’s new piece, A Movement for Earth Sciences Grounded in Generosity, co-authored by OEDP Executive Director Brittany Janis. 🔗 Read the full piece and watch the full video here: headlines.ametsoc.org/2026/07/14/a...

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15 July

💫 The future of Earth sciences starts with Movement Generosity. Experts from AMS, @openenvirodata.bsky.social, AGCI, @datafoundation.bsky.social, and others are standing up to protect critical Earth sciences by being a part of this movement. Will you join the movement? More: https://bit.ly/4yh8KpL

bit.lyA Movement for Earth Sciences Grounded in GenerosityBy Amanda Staudt (American Meteorological Society), Sonia Wang (Data Foundation), Brittany Janis (Open Environmental Data Project and Public Environmental Data Partners), Dhruv Patel-Tupper (Aspen…

14 July

We’re Hiring! 📣 OEDP is hiring a Civic Science Fellow: 💰 $78,000 annual salary ⏳ Estimated 32 hours per week 📍 Remote (U.S.) 📆 Apply by August 2, 2026 at 11:59 pm ET Learn more here: www.openenvironmentaldata.org/work-with-us

13 July

Read what OEDP Executive Director Brittany Janis has to say about the White House Office of Management and Budget’s new proposed rule in Straight Arrow’s recent article. The public comment period closes TODAY, July 13. san.com/cc/the-end-o...

13 July

Submit Your Own Public Comment by Monday, July 13! You can find a list of helpful resources (FAQs, slide decks templates, and more) here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #PublicComment #ScienceFunding #PeerReview #OpenScience #ResearchPolicy

11 July

COS, AMS, and OEDP submitted public comments on OMB's new proposed rule. You can read the full comments below. COS: lnkd.in/e3kqHscz AMS: lnkd.in/ebH4swWh OEDP: lnkd.in/ebHPsgqD #PublicComment #ScienceFunding #PeerReview #OpenScience #ResearchPolicy

9 July

The Office of Management and Budget has proposed a new rule that will make political alignment a prerequisite for federal science funding. OEDP has submitted a public comment. You can read the full comment here: zenodo.org/records/2128... We encourage you to submit your own. #ScienceFunding

7 July

📚 What We're Reading: July 2026 Edition Every month, we publish what we're reading, watching, and listening to on topics from Community Science to AI. Get the full list here www.openenvironmentaldata.org/what-were-re... #ReadingList #RecommendedReading #OpenData #EnvironmentalJustice

2 July

Our quarterly newsletter is out, and teeming with upcoming opportunities, reading lists and more! 🗞️ 🔗 Read more here: openenvironmentaldataproject.substack.com/p/start-of-summer-updates-from-the #EnvironmentalData #OpenData

19 June

The OEDP team recently went to California for our annual staff retreat! As an all remote team, the connection and collaboration that comes with these in-person moments is especially meaningful. Always grateful to have everyone together. #opendata #oedp #teambuilding #staffretreat

16 June

Data Drop-In happening next week, Tuesday, June 23rd, from 11 am to 1 pm PT! ✏️ Need to speak with someone who understands both data *and* environmental and climate justice work? 🔗Sign up here: calendly.com/emelia-willi... #OpenData #EnvironmentalJustice

15 June

“Questions about exceptionalism, care, multiplicity, and hope”: An Attention Inventory from Katie Hoeberling 📰 The Impact of Media on Public Opinion, 🌱 Environmental Governance Accommodating Multiplicity and more. Read her piece here: openenvironmentaldataproject.substack.com/p/questions-...

15 June

📚 What We're Reading: June 2026 Edition Every month, we publish what we're reading, watching, and listening to on topics from Community Science to AI. Get the full list here www.openenvironmentaldata.org/what-were-re... #ReadingList #RecommendedReading #OpenData #EnvironmentalJustice

4 June

Sign up for our Data Drop-Ins, happening on Tuesday, June 9th and June 23rd from 11 am to 1 pm PT! ✏️ Need to speak with someone who understands both data *and* environmental and climate justice work? Sign up here: calendly.com/emelia-willi... #OpenData #EnvironmentalJustice #CommunityScience

26 May

👥 OEDP at 2026 CAPS 👥 We’re excited to be at CAPS this year! If you’re registered, join our Collaborative Session: Community Environmental Data x AI Governance with Emelia Williams and Cathy Richards. 🔗Register here: participatorysciences.org/conferences/... #CAPS2026 #Data #AI #EnvironmentalData

15 May

"To what end?," from OEDP's Fieldnotes on AI Senior Research & Policy Manager Emelia Williams writes about the knowns of data stewardship and how it plays out or expands when AI enters the equation. 🔗Read more here: substack.com/home/post/p-... #Data #OpenData #AI #EnvironmentalData

15 May

"When participation becomes raw material," from OEDP's Fieldnotes on AI Senior Fellow Shannon Dosemagen writes about how stewardship can no longer end at collection or sharing as data becomes training material for AI. 🔗 Read more here: openenvironmentaldataproject.substack.com/p/when-parti... #AI

13 May

"Who has the keys?," from OEDP's Fieldnotes on AI Data & Tech Lead Cathy Richards writes about the power researchers hold and the many ways we can responsibly steward valuable things. 🔗 Read more here: openenvironmentaldataproject.substack.com/p/who-holds-... #OpenData #AI #EnvironmentalData

Check out Shannon Dosemagen’s and Gwen Ottinger’s new article: Constructing a New Knowledge Infrastructure—out now in Issues in Science and Technology. In this piece, Shannon and Gwen argue that we should move away from… (1/5) #Data #Community #EnvironmentalResearch #Infrastructure #Advocacy

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issues.orgConstructing a New Knowledge InfrastructureA knowledge commons could support evidence-based policymaking, but it will require coordination with the communities monitoring pollution.

You can see OEDP’s attempt at building such infrastructure with the DIGITCORE project or Public Environmental Data Partners. You can access both here: Article: issues.org/environmenta... DIGITCORE: digitcore.openenvironmentaldata.org/en PEDP: www.openenvironmentaldata.org/pilot-type/p... (5/5)

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📓OEDP’s Fieldnotes on AI📓 This week’s question is: What does it mean to care for data and communities when participation itself can become extractive? Follow or subscribe to our Substack to read the whole series. openenvironmentaldataproject.substack.com #Data #OpenData #AI #EnvironmentalData

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…focus on creating something that can be put to work for the common good. They advocate for an environmental knowledge commons, a shared space where communities, researchers, and others can contribute, access, and use data across places. Instead of a singular project,… (3/5)

…tightly controlled by a small group of people, environmental data infrastructure needs something that grows and moves with the needs of the space. Shannon and Gwen’s call for a decentralized sharing of data and resources for scientific research is an important one. (4/5)

…the idea that we just need to hold on long enough to “get through it” and “rebuild” environmental research infrastructure during perceivably friendlier times. Instead, they urge communities of all types to rethink their shared infrastructure and … (2/5)

11 May

Data Drop-In happening next Tuesday, May 19th, from 11 am to 1 pm PT! ✏️ Need to speak with someone who understands both data *and* environmental and climate justice work? 🔗Sign up here: calendly.com/emelia-willi... #OpenData #EnvironmentalJustice #CommunityScience #DataGovernance

8 May

"Against premature answers: what prototyping teaches us," from OEDP's Fieldnotes on AI Senior Fellow Shannon Dosemagen thinks about hands-on, place-based prototyping and how meaningful inquiry emerges through imaginative engagement. 🔗Read more here: substack.com/home/post/p-... #OpenData #AI

7 May

"From failure you learn—from success, not so much," from OEDP's Fieldnotes on AI Data & Tech Lead Cathy Richards writes about leveraging AI early on in the process in order to learn from failure as quickly as possible. 🔗Read more here: substack.com/home/post/p-... #Data #OpenData #AI #Environment

7 May

📚 What We're Reading: May 2026 Edition Every month, we publish what we're reading, watching, and listening to on topics from Community Science to AI. Get the full list here www.openenvironmentaldata.org/what-were-re... #ReadingList #RecommendedReading #OpenData #EnvironmentalJustice

6 May

"Prototypes, purpose, and not driving off the road," from OEDP's Fieldnotes on AI Senior Research & Policy Manager Emelia Williams elevates the idea of putting up guardrails while you experiment. 🔗Listen to more here: substack.com/home/post/p-... #Data #OpenData #AI #EnvironmentalData

4 May

📓OEDP’s Fieldnotes on AI is a blog series where we offer reflections on AI in environmental and participatory contexts. This week’s question is: How can we use AI to clarify questions? Follow or subscribe to our Substack to read more. open.substack.com/pub/openenvi... #Data #OpenData #AI

1 May

"Mimicry is the greatest form of flattery," from OEDP's Fieldnotes on AI Data & Tech Lead Cathy Richards writes on humor and grief, two instances where not following a pattern is fundamental to understanding it. 🔗Read/Listen to more here: substack.com/home/post/p-... #Data #OpenData #AI

30 Apr

During DC Climate Week, our OEDP Team hosted a variety of events. 🛠️OEDP and our colleagues at EPIC led the PEDP Building Better EJ Tools Workshop. ⚠️We also co-hosted a continuation of our Future of Open Environmental Data Infrastructure workshop from September. #DCClimateWeek #EnvironmentalData

30 Apr

"Humans are the loop," from OEDP's Fieldnotes on AI Sr. Research & Policy Mgr Emelia Williams considers how humans make patterns in precarity, with survival in mind. 🔗Listen to more here: substack.com/home/post/p-... #Data #OpenData #AI #EnvironmentalData #EnvironmentalJustice #Patterns

29 Apr

If you enjoyed reading Shannon Dosemagen’s AI blog this morning, check out her article “Holding Ground” in Southern Cultures’ Spring 2026 issue! “New Orleans is a weather city. Our relationship to the atmosphere is daily, immediate, visceral.” The story of New Orleans is not easily… (1/3)

29 Apr

The story of New Orleans is not easily categorized under the popular framing of climate migration. It’s about who gets to choose how they exist in the city, compared to those who must endure. Home, then, becomes not just a matter of place and geography but of power: who holds it, who is…(2/3)