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Dr. Andy Tasker, 16 March 1951 - 16 January 2012

GLOBE Alumni,

It is with a heavy heart that the GLOBE Community wanted to share with us the loss of GLOBE Program Director, Dr. Andy Tasker. Dr. Andy Tasker passed away peacefully on 16th January after a brief illness. Dr. Tasker cared deeply for GLOBE and he brought some new new ideas to it. The primary goal for the whole GLOBE Community is to ensure his vision for the Program is carried out.

Please keep Dr. Andy Tasker and his family in your prayers!

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/333955/Alaska__bigger.JPG http://posterous.com/users/3sDuZbRl8zAJ GLOBE alumni GLOBE alumni Thu, 19 May 2011 09:16:00 -0700 GLOBE Alumni North America Literature http://globealumni.posterous.com/globe-alumni-north-america-literature http://globealumni.posterous.com/globe-alumni-north-america-literature

Hello GLOBE Community!

Below you will find the necessary documents to pass out to GLOBE Graduates and Students to fill them in the North America GLOBE Alumni Community and the amazing opportunities, experiences, and projects it can involve.

Thanks!
GLOBE Alumni

 

 

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]]> Mon, 09 May 2011 18:50:16 -0700 Welcome New GLOBE Director Dr. Andy Tasker http://globealumni.posterous.com/welcome-new-globe-director-dr-andy-tasker http://globealumni.posterous.com/welcome-new-globe-director-dr-andy-tasker
Hello GLOBE Alumni!

We are pleased to pass along exciting news of the appointment of Dr. Andy Tasker as the new Director of the GLOBE Program!! Hailing from Warwickshire, England, Dr. Tasker has been an involved member of the GLOBE Program in Europe for over ten years.  His balanced and comprehensive career in nature conservation, environmental education, and consulting in a variety of business sectors will be an incredible asset to the overall GLOBE Program.  

As GLOBE Alumni, it is with great pleasure to welcome Dr. Tasker and the endless possibilities he will undoubtedly bring to the Program and contribute to it's already successful legacy.  The Alumni look forward to working with the Director, serving as volunteers in every aspect of the GLOBE Program and as always enhancing the student's GLOBE experience and learning.

For more information and to welcome Dr. Tasker, please feel free to visit the GLOBE Program Facebook Page

Best of luck to Dr. Tasker and again we look forward to continue working with GLOBE and hearing the new ideas that he will bring

-GLOBE Alumni.com

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]]> Mon, 09 May 2011 10:50:00 -0700 Czech GLOBE Games 2011 http://globealumni.posterous.com/czech-globe-games-2011 http://globealumni.posterous.com/czech-globe-games-2011

 The yearly meeting of GLOBE community called Czech GLOBE Games was held during 5th till 8th May in wonderful town Vsetin in the east part of Moravia. The main organisers of the gathering were the local basic school Vsetin-Rokytnice and the association TEREZA (the provider of the GLOBE program in the Czech Republic). The GLOBE alumni community was of course at the place even if it was the lowest number of GLOBE alumni since the Czech GLOBE Veterans association was established in 2005. But it wasn't only Czech GLOBE alumni who attended the meeting the Estonian team who also took part at the GLOBE Games 2011 was lead by Laura Atlin the Estoninan GLOBE Alumni coordinator and the GLOBE alumni representative of Europe and Eurasia with the help of Kristjan Pahk, Estonian GLOBE alumnus. Together with Tomas Tunkl, the head of Czech GLOBE Veterans association and GLOBE alumni representative for Europe and Eurasia the GLOBE Games became the international GLOBE alumni meeting and great opportunity to clear the plans for GLOBE alumni activities in Europe in the coming second half of the year 2011.

Closer look at the programme:

On Thursday evening the GLOBE Games were successfully opened at the cultural club. By the opening ceremony was present Marek Štrokay the member of Czech GLOBE Veterans and Estonians - Laura Atlin and Kristjan Pahk. After the short introduction of all GLOBE student teams coming from 29 schools and 3 teams from Estonia, Poland and Slovakia and a cultural performances the GLOBE Games officially began.

There was a terrain game on Friday situated near the village Hovězí (Beef). During the game the teams of six students from 3 different schools completed tasks at various standpoints operated by the experts and scientists. The tasks were of the various topics close to GLOBE programme and environmental education. One of the standpoints was co organized by the Czech GLOBE Veterans. After the game during the evening the students could either watch cartoon movie at the local cinema or go party at concert of the local band called Wattak. The GLOBE teachers spent evening at the garden party close to the school and GLOBE alumni went to see the ice hockey match between Czech and Slovak team at the World Championship at the local pub.

The Saturday was devoted to GLOBE students' conference where the GLOBE students presented their research projects executed during the last year. The projects were presented in front of the expert commissions which after the presentation provided the teams with the feedback and advices both on the presentation skills and the research itself. The presentations needed a technical support and that was the place were the GLOBE alumni helped. After the conference the official "rolling of the Globe" took place from the main square till the park where the programme followed by the GLOBE festival. The rolling was assisted by the folk dancers and folk band. The GLOBE festival is an afternoon party for the wider public. Local people could get to know the GLOBE programe, experience it at the standpoints organized by the GLOBE schools and enjoy the performance at the main stage where the local bands, dancers and artists played. The afternoon was closed by the giving presents to all of the GLOBE teams and organisers, closing word and discovering where will the next GLOBE Games take place - Litomysl! During the evening the GLOBE students had the garden party, GLOBE teachers meeting at the local restaurant same as the GLOBE alumni. The discussion and cultural exchange between Czech GLOBE alumni and Estonian GLOBE alumni was so entertaining that it lasted till the morning hours.

Some of the teams could enjoy the supplementary programme on Sunday morning. The other teams left the place of GLOBE Games because of the long journeys back to the their home towns and cities.

Final word:

GLOBE Games 2011 was a very successful meeting and well organized by local school and TEREZA association. Also the weather during the event was very well pre-ordered. GLOBE alumni was trying to advertise the GLOBE alumni community and attract new members trough the posters, discussions and articles in the GLOBE Games Newsletter written by GLOBE student team under the expert lead. "We are looking forward to the GLOBE Games 2012 in Litomysl and we hope they will successful as the GLOBE Games 2011 were."

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/333955/Alaska__bigger.JPG http://posterous.com/users/3sDuZbRl8zAJ GLOBE alumni GLOBE alumni Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:09:00 -0800 GLOBE alumni logo contest http://globealumni.posterous.com/globe-alumni-logo-contest http://globealumni.posterous.com/globe-alumni-logo-contest

The GLOBE alumni community is pleased to announce the GLOBE alumni logo contest. As far as our logo is getting old and we would like to choose some new that would represent the whole community and the questions and activities executed by this group of people. We have issued a template for the logo designers that is attached to this post. Also there is one filled in template attached which could be taken as the guideline. The deadline is March 15th then the GLOBE alumni international will pick the best one. If you have any questions do not hesitate and contact us directly at tunklt@globealumni.com or by adding comments to this post.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/333955/Alaska__bigger.JPG http://posterous.com/users/3sDuZbRl8zAJ GLOBE alumni GLOBE alumni Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:23:00 -0800 Reply on A message from GLOBE's Director of Science and Education, Dr. Donna Charleviox http://globealumni.posterous.com/globealumni http://globealumni.posterous.com/globealumni

Donna, this is an opportunity for us to raise awareness on climate
changes occured in Africa...Next generation need to know, for best
preventions actions ...

Ylliass Lawani

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/590552/Ylli1.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5AajRTmWdb9f Ylliass LAWANI destylla Ylliass LAWANI Mon, 20 Dec 2010 07:07:00 -0800 A message from GLOBE's Director of Science and Education, Dr. Donna Charleviox http://globealumni.posterous.com/36957359 http://globealumni.posterous.com/36957359

Hello GLOBE Alumni!

Dr. Donna Charleviox, GLOBE's Director of Science and Education Division, wanted to share this message with all of us!

 

Dear GLOBE Alumni,

The GLOBE Program Office would like to thank you for your assistance with
the recent Climate and Land Cover event. Your participation, and that of
the schools you involved, added significantly to overall engagement in the
event and demonstrates the GLOBE Alumni Organization's ability to promote,
support and help raise awareness for the GLOBE Program. Thank you again
for your continued enthusiasm and commitment to GLOBE.

Sincerely, Dr. Donna Charleviox and the GLOBE Science and Education Team

 

 

Thank you Dr. Charleviox! It is an honor to continue to have the opportunity to work with the GLOBE Program!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/333955/Alaska__bigger.JPG http://posterous.com/users/3sDuZbRl8zAJ GLOBE alumni GLOBE alumni Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:52:36 -0800 Inaugural meeting of Sri Lanka GLOBE Alumni Association (SLGAA) http://globealumni.posterous.com/inaugural-meeting-of-sri-lanka-globe-alumni-a http://globealumni.posterous.com/inaugural-meeting-of-sri-lanka-globe-alumni-a

 The inaugural meeting of Sri Lanka GLOBE Alumni Association (SLGAA) was held on 4th of December, 2010 at D.S. Senanayake College, Colombo with the participation of 14 past GLOBE students. Ms Damayanthi Balasooriya, GLOBE country coordinator of Sri Lanka was the chief guest of the meeting. This meeting was facilitated by the GLOBE Club of D.S. Senanayake College.  The office bearers and the Master in Charge, Mrs Wanshaja Aberathna of College GLOBE Club were also took part in the event.

The primary objective of forming this association is to offer the contribution of past GLOBE students towards the improvement of the GLOBE program in schools of Sri Lanka. SLGAA hopes to become a facilitator for the students to improve their knowledge and skills regarding GLOBE studies by working collaboratively with the Ministry of Education, the official coordinator of the GLOBE program in Sri Lanka.

In this initial meeting, some ideas for the future course of actions of SLGAA were presented by the members as well as Ms Damayanthi Balasooriya. Members agreed to launch an annual event such as a Research Campaign in order to bring the Sri Lankan GLOBE community together to share the knowledge and experiences.  And also launching school level programs such as quiz competitions, exhibitions, researches, workshops..ect, forming a framework for SLGAA to operate within, building relationships with the International Alumni Association of the GLOBE Program  and implementing programs to expand SLGAA were among other ideas that were discussed.

With a group of hopeful members who have interesting ideas to implement, SLGAA is looking forward to contribute towards developing an active GLOBE community in Sri Lanka.          

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]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:09:00 -0800 In memory of Professor Maria Del Carmen Galloni, GLOBE Argentina http://globealumni.posterous.com/in-memory-of-professor-maria-del-carmen-gallo http://globealumni.posterous.com/in-memory-of-professor-maria-del-carmen-gallo

GLOBE Alumni,

It is with a heavy heart that the GLOBE Community wanted to share with us the loss of one of it's founding members, Professor Maria Del Carmen Galloni, Country Coordinator for Argentina and the GIAC Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean Region. Maria del Carmen passed away peacefully last Friday and had lived a long, healthy life.

As many of you know, she provided much needed support for the Alumni efforts both in the LAC Region as well as Internationally. Well before the alumni came into the picture, she was referred to by many as a “Legend” at GLOBE, Maria del Carmen helped to establish the vision of the program in 1994. In fact, her perseverance strengthened and formed many of the strong ties and collaborations built throughout the Program that we have today.

Maria del Carmen attended and facilitated GLOBE workshops and events around the world and she never missed any GLOBE Annual meetings until this year. Many of the founding Alumni members have seen her from GLOBE Meetings to GLE's and she has always been a familiar, and friendly face to see. On a more alumni level, Maria del Carmen was the grandmother of Founding Alumni Member for the LAC Region, Guillermo Grimaux, and our hearts and thoughts go out to him and his family!

Please keep Guille and his family in your prayers!

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]]> Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:06:00 -0800 Semi live and virtual meeting of GLOBE alumni representatives of Europe and Euroasia http://globealumni.posterous.com/semi-live-and-virtual-meeting-of-globe-alumni http://globealumni.posterous.com/semi-live-and-virtual-meeting-of-globe-alumni

GLOBE alumni representatives from Europe and Eurasia Laura Altlin and Tamas Tunkl met on Tuesday 9th November in Prague. The part of the meeting was face to face meeting between them and another part was an online meeting with Dr. Sheila Yule (the GLOBE alumni leader), Monika Vavrikova (also GLOBE alumni representative for Europe) and Matt Fenzel (GLOBE alumni representative for North America).

The main topics of the meeting were:

  • The change of the model of GLOBE alumni leadership in Europe - from one representative (Tomas Tunkl) to three representatives (Laura Altlin, Monika Vavrikova , Tomas Tunkl) from 1st January 2011
  • The main alumni events of the year 2011 in the region - Czech GLOBE Games (May), GLOBE CCs meeting in Kiev (June), GLOBE summer camp in Estonia (July/August), possible GLOBE alumni annual meeting (autumn)
  • Branding issues were discussed - mainly the common logo and alumni groups naming policy
  • The way to help alumni newbies get orientation in their first steps
  • Also the role of alumni in general and their connection to GLOBE was discussed

The meeting was successful and helped to shape the frame for the European GLOBE alumni work in 2011!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/333955/Alaska__bigger.JPG http://posterous.com/users/3sDuZbRl8zAJ GLOBE alumni GLOBE alumni Sun, 07 Nov 2010 12:11:19 -0800 GS-Pal Activity:San Ignacio de Recalde and Innoko River School Video Conference Summary http://globealumni.posterous.com/gs-pal-activitysan-ignacio-de-recalde-and-inn http://globealumni.posterous.com/gs-pal-activitysan-ignacio-de-recalde-and-inn Hello GLOBE Alumni!

As many have you all have seen there has been a lot of activity on GS-Pals between San Ignacio and Innoko River School's as they have just paired up on their Migratory Bird Study. They had commenced it with a Video Conference between the to schools on 13 October to get to know one another and discuss the project.  Check out the videos below or the Migratory Bird Document created for the Project here.  Also, GS-Pal Team member and Alumni, Juan-Diego wrote up an excellent summary of the conference.

"Monitoring Migratory Birds as Climate Bio-indicators "

 

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San Ignacio de Recalde

 

On the frame of the project  "Monitoring Migratory Birds as Climate Bio-indicators ", Wednesday October the 13, it was developed the first video-conference between the two schools: Innoko River school from Fairbanks-Alaska-USA and the San Ignacio de Recalde from Lima-Perú, with the finality of promote the exchange of information about migratory birds, from the polar zones to our country, which will allow our students to establish migration patterns related with temperature, as well as promoting the exchange of information and culture between both countries.

 

This process happened because of the great effort of all the teachers and students that were involved in the project in both schools, assessed by the representatives from the international Red of GLOBE  Alumni and the coordination of the GLOBE Program Perú, whose headquarters are in the environmental government  department. The project will have a duration of at least one year, without considering the vacation period in both countries.

 

The agenda of the video-conference was the following:

 

  1. Introducing participants countries, schools, teachers and students.
  2. Presentation of the study zone: Biotic and Abiotic characteristics.
  3. Exchange of questions about the biological diversity, putting emphasis on the relationship between the presence of migratory birds and other birds registered in the zone, with temperature.  
  4. Dialogue about the environmental issues, in a Global order.

 

 

Before the event, the students from 9 grade of the San Ignacio de Recalde schools, did some study-fields visits to the Rimac river basin and to the Villa Marshes- watersheds to:

 

  1. Take environmental data  from each of the observation points.
  2. Infer the relationships between the temperature and the presence of migratory birds.

 

After taking the data of the biotic and abiotic factors in both zones, they met several times in the schools facilities to analyze the data that they had picked up, reviewing the  bibliographic information about the time of migration of the migratory birds that are studied, been aware of the weather and the  impact of men-activities from the surrounding  during the years  on the birds.

 

The objective of this event, was to promote reflexion spaces that allow the students to propose solutions to a problem that is a  global-awareness, as they are all environmental issues.

 

The video-conference was very wealth producing experience for the students, because without no doubt they experienced different realities, points of view, that of course must be respected.

 

 

The participants of the San Ignacio de Recalde de Lima-Perú are the teachers: Ruth Vargo, Armando Arana, Patricia Loo and the students  Sophia Herencia, Renzo Rodríguez, Junior  Vilca, María Katia Montes, Pilar Mendoza, Wen Yi Wang, Steve García, Luís Felipe Gutiérrez, Jerko Pavletich y  Rafael Yamamoto, of 9 grade of secondary.

 

 

 

Juan Diego Calvo-Pérez Rodó

 

LAC-GLOBE Alumni Representative


Thanks to everyone who participated and we look forward to seeing you soon.


GLOBEAlumni.com Team

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]]> Sat, 06 Nov 2010 10:52:58 -0700 New web hosting for GLOBEalumni.com http://globealumni.posterous.com/new-web-hosting-for-globealumnicom http://globealumni.posterous.com/new-web-hosting-for-globealumnicom Good news! We have migrated our website to a new web hosting which was kindly provided by our fellow GLOBE alumni Mohamed Hamdy Elwan from Egypt. The web server is located in Texas, United States of America and has a great accession speed and provides us a big portion of storage for our data. Also it has some new feautes as f.e. CPanel v.2 and latest version of PHP. So once again thank you Mohamed for your great contribution to GLOBE alumni community.

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]]> Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:56:14 -0700 CloudSat conference in Paderborn http://globealumni.posterous.com/cloudsat-conference-in-paderborn http://globealumni.posterous.com/cloudsat-conference-in-paderborn

In the end of September CloudSat Conference was held in Paderborn. Estonian students, teachers and alumni also participated.

 

Matt Rogers made presentations about clouds and explained how data, which is collected by students, is used in research projects. He made some workshops with students and explained how to make clouds by using bottles. Also the main principles about CloudSat measurements were explained to the new students. All Students made presentation about their GLOBE and CloudSat experience. We had trips in town and excursion to former army areas, where is nature park now. We were also introduces old weather station, which was used many years ago and new weather station what is being used now. Local scientist made presentations and introduced us Paderborn.

 

We had a really fun and exiting road trip (4500km by bus). We got new friends and experience and as a bonus we visited several sights on our road.

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/4Tk715Cd38yd lauraa lauraa Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:44:50 -0700 Xpedition and GLOBE Alumni Take-Off to summit Kiliminjaro http://globealumni.posterous.com/xpedition-and-globe-alumni-take-off-to-summit http://globealumni.posterous.com/xpedition-and-globe-alumni-take-off-to-summit Attention Alumni and GS-Pals!

We are pleased to announce that the 2010 Xpedition has commenced and we hope that all of you will have a chance to follow live as some of our fellow GLOBE Alumni and the rest of the Xpedition team climb 'To the Roof of Africa', Mt. Kiliminjaro, for yet another year to study changes in Biomes along the mountain and much much more! This is an incredible ESSP-Seasons and Biomes sponsored project to follow and we encourage all to follow live and interact with the summit team by reading and posting questions that they will answer along the way to the top! 

The Trek will begin on Wednesday September 22rd with a scheduled Summit date of Thursday, September 30th @10:15 AM local time, (3:15 AM U.S. eastern standard time).  Day 4 is especially important to the alumni as it will highlight what we have been doing, who we are, and a passionate video post by our Latin America & Caribbean Representative!  So be sure to check it out live at http://xpeditiononline.com/2010journal.html!  

Until Next time,

GS-Pal & GLOBE Alumni Team
 

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]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:21:00 -0700 GS-pal version 3 anounced http://globealumni.posterous.com/gs-pal-version-3-anounced http://globealumni.posterous.com/gs-pal-version-3-anounced

The GS-pal team is happy to annouce the GS-pal version 3!

So what is new?

  • better system stability and higher speed - the time needed to load the first page after login is only 14.22s
  • Adobe Flash replaced by standard PNG images
  • some bugs causing the logout were fixed
  • Brand NEW way to post news and pictures easily over email. Now it is possible to upload pictures even during field trips using the smartphone email client. Also any type of file can be attached. Some of the files will be automatically converted to web version (such as video, audio, etc.)
  • NEW editor for research papers. New way to present results of the collaborative activities.
  • Compare GLOBE data feature introduced!!! Now data from GLOBE database are brought to GS-pal website!

What should you be aware of?

  • do NOT use gspal2.freehostia.com, it is not working and it was causing serious errors

See you during the activities at the GS-pal site!

Your GS-pal team!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/333955/Alaska__bigger.JPG http://posterous.com/users/3sDuZbRl8zAJ GLOBE alumni GLOBE alumni Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:56:00 -0700 GLOBE Annual Partner Meeting Day 6-Closing http://globealumni.posterous.com/globe-annual-partner-meeting-day-6-closing http://globealumni.posterous.com/globe-annual-partner-meeting-day-6-closing
The final day at the GLOBE Annual Partner Meeting was strong!  We heard from Dr. Matt Rogers of Colorado State University on NASA ESSP CloudSat and the great work this project has compiled throughout the world.  It takes data that is collected by satellites and cross references that with data that is collected by students to see if the algorithms have made any errors in their cloud identification. 

Lastly, the conference closed with Dr. Ed Geary and the promises of things to come in GLOBE!  We thank GLOBE and everyone else for allowing the Alumni to participate in the Annual Partner Meeting and we, as well as everyone else, look forward to the things that will come for the GLOBE Program and the Alumni Organization!  Until next year!

GLOBE Alumni

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]]> Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:00:00 -0700 GLOBE Annual Partner Meeting Day 5 http://globealumni.posterous.com/globe-annual-partner-meeting-day-5 http://globealumni.posterous.com/globe-annual-partner-meeting-day-5
Hello again GLOBE Alum!

Today was another exciting day at the partner meeting as the participants continued with the ESSP Workshop training.  The alumni sat in again with Seasons & Biomes to learn new activities to offer while training in SAB.  

The Alumni presentation to the participants followed lunch and kicked off with a live video conference feed of GLOBE Alumni Estonia leading the 13th GLOBE Games and Expedition!  Represented there were 27 GLOBE Schools, 120 students, and 30 GLOBE Teachers.  It was great to hear from Estonian alumni Karli Kutt and Laura Altin and they received a tremendous round of applause from the audience on their work in Estonia!

Following Laura and Karli, JD and Matt were introduced and presented on behalf of the Alumni what was going on in our organization from history to future plans...it was all covered!  It began with a simple question asking the audience, "how many of you know what the GLOBE Alumni are?" and it ended with a much better understanding and even more potential for work of the alumni. A big congratulations to all of you and the work you have done over the years and continue to look forward to what we all have in store!

The rest of the afternoon was covered by the SCRC team including Dr. Donna Charlevoix, Mr. Eric Carpentar, and Mr. Gary Randolph of the GPO.  It was a great brainstorming session to allow partners and the other GLOBE Community member participants to give their thoughts and suggestions to how to fully enhance the SCRC experience. 

Until tomorrow! 

Matt & JD

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]]> Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:19:00 -0700 GLOBE Annual Partner Meeting Day 4 http://globealumni.posterous.com/globe-annual-partner-meeting-day-4 http://globealumni.posterous.com/globe-annual-partner-meeting-day-4
The 4th day of the annual meeting commenced with a discussion of how to make sense of field observations that were made from the previous days field studies and relating it to looking at climate.  The session was conducted by alumni coordinator Dr. Sheila Yule and other GPO staff member Mr. Martos Hoffman.  As an interactive/discussion based session, we used GLOBE's Model for Student Scientific Research(GMSSR) to investigate processes in hands--on learning.  Following this useful session, Mr. Michael O'Toole of the GPO and Dr. Lin Chambers(NASA, presented on ways to develop strategies to explore climate through long-term data sets.

The afternoon session was split up into 5 professional development training sessions on ESSP Projects.  Attending the Seasons and Biomes(SAB) session conducted by Dr. Elena Sparry and Mrs. Marth Kopplin, the Alumni explored how to utilize the GMSSR to make observations and formulate investigations on the activities associated with SAB.  It was highly productive and always informative.  SAB activities and participants have been a major component of GS-Pals and other Alumni run projects.

Until Tomorrow!

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]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:10:00 -0700 GLOBE Annual Partner Meeting Day 3 http://globealumni.posterous.com/globe-annual-partner-meeting-day-3 http://globealumni.posterous.com/globe-annual-partner-meeting-day-3
Hello GLOBE Alumni!

As with every GLOBE event, a hands-on, in your face, field study has to happen!! With four different sites selected for the participants to choose some, the Alumni were there to check it out!  The four sites included: Barrier Lake Station-university of Calgary Biogeoscience Institute, Fish Creek Provincial Park, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary and Center, and Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area. Matt was able to attend the Barrier Lake field study in Kananaskis Park, just outside of Banff and the Canadian Rockies. JD headed up to Inglewood Bird Sanctuary and Nature Center. Barrier Lake is within the lower subalpine ecoregion and contains a few different species such as lodgepole pine(lots of them) and Aspen.  Inglewood is located on the Bend River with a mix of riparian vegetation characteristics.  Best part about it is that it is in Calgary!

At both sites, they focused using GLOBE Protocol knowledge to map out a study site and record Unitems from Atmospheric and Land Cover topics.  Here are a few photos from the day! 

Also, if haven't had a chance check out the Annual Partner Meeting Virtual website

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Hello Alumni!

Greetings from the GLOBE Annual Partner Meeting in Calgary Canada!!  GLOBE Alumni Regional Representives, Juan Diego Calvo-Perez Rodo(LAC) and Matt Fenzel(NA) will be representing the Alumni throughout the week with a featured presentation and poster session with specific focus on the Alumni taking during the coference.  Day 1 commenced the conference off with a great opening reception and a taste of what is to come.  

Day 2 began with the official opening of the Conference and the alumni and other attendees were honoured by the presence of Alberta Senator Elaine McCoy.  Also, a fitting blessing was given from the Blackfoot Confederation from Elder Leonard Bastein. And as always, GLOBE Director Dr. Ed Geary provided an inspiring opening address speaking of all the happenings of the GLOBE Program, 15 years!!!, and what we can look forward to seeing to in the near future. 

Pictures to come soon!

Cheers,
GLOBE Alumni

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