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We Use Citizen Science to Contribute to Planetary Health

Interview with Linda Mederake and Tim Kiessling from "Plastic Pirates – Go Europe!"

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Berlin/Kiel, Germany
Interview
Tim Kiessling (Kiel Science Factory)

In the citizen science project Plastic Pirates, children and teenagers become citizen scientists. In an interview with "Bürger schaffen Wissen", the central platform for citizen science in Germany, Linda Mederake (Ecologic Institute) and Tim Kiessling (Kiel Science Factory) talk about the history of the citizen science project, their experiences in working with school classes and their expectations for the ECSA Conference 2022.

Global plastic pollution threatens planetary health with devastating consequences for ecosystems, wildlife and human health. The Plastic Pirates help to uncover the extent and nature of plastic pollution.

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Interview
Tim Kiessling (Kiel Science Factory)
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Berlin/Kiel, Germany
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plastic pollution, plastic litter, youth project, EU
Europe
citizen science