Enda was invited by the Association of Science and Discovery Centres and NERC to an 'ideas charette' for a new initiative called Our Planet Earth. Funded by NERC, ASDC in association with Eden Project, Natural History Museum and Dynamic Earth are developing an inspirational and exciting national hands-on environmental science programme celebrating the science of the natural environment, the latest research and the scientists who make it happen, through activities and experiments for families and the wider public delivered through the UK's science and discovery centres and science museums. The ideas charette brought together people from a variety of backgrounds to come up with new ideas and to address specific questions including NERC scientists, university researchers as well as public engagement professionals from ASDC, Dynamic Earth, Eden Project, Natural History Museum and others.
Enda gave a presentation on AQMRC research such as the NERC funded CADTIME, EndotoxII and Biomold projects and utilising props like the Bristol AQMA Floor Map, Enda demonstrated the approaches that AQMRC have utilised to communicate and engage the public. Enda and AQMRC hope to continue supporting the initiative as it develops in the coming months to ensure that air pollution is part of this exciting initiative.
