Posts in: Leadership in Action

Dr. Matthew Costa’s path to conservation and coastal science began as a curious kid drawn to explore coastal ecosystems in his hometown. That early fascination deepened in college, where hands-on fieldwork showed him the power of asking — and answering — meaningful questions about the natural world. Since then, Matt’s research has focused on blue carbon ...

Born in Anápolis, Goiás, in the Brazilian Midwest, Raisa Pina grew up witnessing the rapid expansion of JBS, from a family butcher shop in her hometown to the world’s largest meat corporation. “Every time they opened another butchery, it was a topic of conversation in the city. There was even street art advocating for vegetarianism that played off the comp...

In this interview with COMPASS’s Noor Jaber, Juan Perez Saez shares the life experiences that led him to conversation, advocacy, and environmental stewardship and offers some insights on what scientists should consider when thinking about how to meaningfully and ethically engage with communities....

COMPASS's Christina Hoenow interviews Dr. Jamie Peeler, a landscape ecologist dedicated to tackling forest conservation challenges in a more fire-prone world. She shares some of her reflections from the workshop, putting her communication skills into practice, and why engaging with communities and policymakers is so important....

Sara Nawaz is an environmental social scientist who studies the social dimensions of technologies and policies aimed at using the oceans to suck up CO2, an approach that researchers call marine-based carbon dioxide removal, or mCDR for short. In this interview with COMPASS’s Nicolle Etchart, why she's excited to work in this field and offers some insights on what scientists should consider when thinking about how to meaningfully and ethically engage with people around novel technologies....

Along the sunset shores of northern California with waves gently crashing in the distance, 20 researchers spanning career stages and expertise gathered in solidarity to create the early drafts of “Centering relationships to place for more meaningful research and engagement.” That is how I would like to begin this blog — however that is entirely not what ha...