Posts by: Amanda Stanley

My journey with COMPASS began 12 years ago, when I was a newish Program Officer at Wilburforce Foundation, trying to find ways for science to more effectively inform conservation. We quickly developed a rewarding partnership: I was able to support COMPASS in expanding their scope beyond the ocean realm, and COMPASS brought their deep knowledge in training, connecti...

Science is a way of understanding the world that relies on observation, evidence, and reasoning, and the honest analysis of facts and data. As science communicators, we are responsible for sharing what we know truthfully. The truth of what happened in the U.S.A. this week is that there was an assault on democracy, and we must face with unflinching honesty how this ...

Our values shape how we make decisions and show up in the world. But identifying core values and sharing them on a website is one thing; living them is another. This year has been a test of our values, and the resilience of our organization itself. And I’m proud of how we have found ways to live into our core values even as the world profoundly changed around us....

After a long and tumultuous election year, we look ahead to starting 2021 with a new President, whose administration will be worlds different from the one that came before. The incoming Biden-Harris Administration has a lot of work to do to repair, rebuild, and re-envision the role science can play in society. From restoring dismantled and understaffed scientific a...

When I joined COMPASS three years ago, it felt like a time of great change. There was an explosion of interest in science communication, urgent reports on the concerning state of the climate and biodiversity, and a rapidly shifting political landscape. COMPASS itself was an organization navigating its first ever executive transition - a challenging time for any non...