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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 7d

Meet OEDP Board Member, @joannecheung.com ! Joanne is a lifelong #EnvironmentalJustice advocate whose homeland is the Jianghan. She carries the care + creativity of her ancestral lineage of traditional medicine practitioners in her practice to support global env., climate + food justice movements 💫

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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 8d

Due to high demand, we've added ANOTHER Community Data Demo & Workshop! Registration is capped at 100 people to keep the workshop interactive so make sure to grab your spot ASAP ~

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📆 Tues, Oct. 14
⏰ 10 - 11:15 am PT
🔗 Registration link at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Community Data Demo & Workshop on Oct 8 now sold out

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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 13d

#DataCenter #WaterUse #Energy #EnergyGrid #AI #LoudounCounty #AlbemarleCounty #VA #Virginia #EnvironmentalPolicy #Advocacy #Coalition #Reform #Mapping #Legislation #CommunityOrganizing #StateLegislation

Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 13d

Read the transcript for this interview, where Julie discusses the resources PEC has built, including a map of existing + proposed data centers, plus a framework to encourage legislative action.

www.openenvironmentaldata.org/storytelling...

Local Advocacy in the Data Center Capital: An Interview with Julie Bolthouse

In this interview with Policy & Communications Fellow Sean Wang, Julie Bolthouse talks about mapping and legislative projects and how they’ve empowered communities and legislators to tackle this ever-...

www.openenvironmentaldata.org

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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 13d

Julie works in Virginia’s nine-county region advocating for more #sustainability in #planning processes and land use decisions. She also co-organizes the VA #DataCenter Reform Coalition, bringing together 40+ community partners to understand the impacts of rapid hyperscale data center development.

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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 13d

It's hard to talk about the explosion of #ArtificalIntelligence without talking about #DataCenters or the world's data center capital... #Virginia. This summer, Policy & Communications Fellow Sean Wang Zi-Ming sat down with Julie Bolthouse, Director of Land Use at the Piedmont Environmental Council.

Local Advocacy in the Data Center Capital: An Interview with Julie Bolthouse

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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 14d

This workshop is designed for folks working with community-generated environmental data: as a data steward, collector, analyst, researcher, technologist + the community environmental data-curious!

📆 Wed, Oct. 8
⏰ 9 - 10:15 am PT
🔗 Registration link at
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Community Data Demo and Workshop. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Communities around the world collect and use environmental data, but often face barriers in using data to its fullest extent: technical solutions are cost-prohibitive or unsuited to social context and...

us02web.zoom.us

Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 14d

Join us for a demo and workshop to dive into all things data governance! During the workshop, we will:

🔍 give a primer on the Community Data Playbook,
🧩 test out a few Plays,
📚 launch and demo our Resource Library, and
🗣 provide space for feedback and ideas.

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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · Aug 20

Here is a set of readings about climate insurance, curated by Research & Policy Manager Emelia Williams. It includes topics like:

📕 A primer on insurance in the time of #ClimateChange,
📑 Different #insurance options,
🤝 Who to hold accountable and what states are doing, and
⭕ The #data gap.

A primer on insurance in the time of climate change

Who to hold accountable and what states are doing

Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · Aug 20

After floods, fires + hurricanes, insurance increasingly affects people's ability to live and work in the places they call home. At OEDP, we're interested in how env. + climate data affects the current insurance system, both in understanding risks + exploring different insurance models/policies.

What we're reading / watching / listening to about Climate Insurance

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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · Aug 7

This month’s Attention Inventory is compiled by Cathy Richards, Civic Science Fellow + Data Inclusion Specialist at OEDP. Cathy talks about:

🫀 taking the pulse of the planet,
🌱 finding ways to resist,
🧛🏾‍♂️ the history + soundtrack of Sinners.

Read more at open.substack.com/pub/openenvi...

Lessons from Unexpected Places

An Attention Inventory from Cathy Richards, OEDP's Civic Science Fellow and Data Inclusion Specialist

open.substack.com

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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · Jul 30

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A Certification System for Third Party Climate Models to Support Local Planning and Flood Resilience - Federation of American Scientists

Establishing an objective and widely recognized certification standard for climate and weather models would support actors both within and outside of government to use a growing wealth of flooding and...

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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · Jul 30

They outline how a certification system/clearinghouse for climate models would let cash-strapped state + local gov'ts make more informed and cost-effective choices about which models to use, empowering local communities and potentially saving billions of $$ in disaster damages and clean up costs

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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · Jul 30

Read our newest policy memo: "A Certification System for Third Party Climate Models to Support Local Planning and Flood Resilience", written by Katie Hoeberling and Emelia Williams for @scientistsorg.bsky.social

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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · Jun 26

Since Exec. Director Brittany Janis attended @agu.org 's #DaysOfAction, she's been reflecting on the urgency of the budget cuts, the ways these policies are impacting day-to-day lives, and the approaches people need to take, across sectors, to be heard 👂🏻

These aren't abstract policy debates: they affect people's lives

The many sectors that need to be heard; and how we can speak up

Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · Jun 24

Our June newsletter is out! Catch up on OEDP's recent goings-on, including:

🤝 highlights from the Community Data Playbook;

✍ an op-ed about hardware procurement from @sdosemagen.bsky.social , Eunice Mercado-Lara + Alison Parker;

☀️ AGU's Days of Action in D.C.

open.substack.com/pub/openenvi...

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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · Jun 11

The results of these sessions are all in the Community Data Playbook, including templates you can use if you’re asking similar questions!

You can get it at: zenodo.org/records/1528...
En español: zenodo.org/records/1548...

Community Data Playbook

In response to climate and environmental injustices, communities around the world are collecting and using environmental data to strengthen awareness, engagement, advocacy, or research. There are myri...

zenodo.org

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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · Jun 11

Last year, we collaborated on a workshop for SHE's programs on Water Quality Testing & Filtration. We:
1️⃣ brainstormed their team’s data values,
2️⃣ built the foundation of a data co-ownership agreement, and
3️⃣ strategized around risk-reducing practices for data products they're developing.

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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · Jun 11

There’s sometimes a disconnect b/w private homeowners + gov't officials: homeowners don’t want water usage being monitored by the gov't, but data collected to understand the environmental conditions can inform policy + $$.

Community Data Playbook

In response to climate and environmental injustices, communities around the world are collecting and using environmental data to strengthen awareness, engagement, advocacy, or research. There are myri...

zenodo.org

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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · Jun 11

Today, we're highlighting our work with Self-Help Enterprises (SHE), a non-profit based in Visalia, CA (USA) whose mission is to work together with low-income families to build and sustain healthy homes and communities.

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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · Jun 4

📚 What We're Reading: June 2025 📚

Every month, we publish what we're reading/watching/listening to on topics like #DataGovernance, #OpenSource, #EnvironmentalJustice + #ArtificialIntelligence. Here are some highlights and you can get the full list at www.openenvironmentaldata.org/what-were-reading

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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · Jun 3

Thanks to AAPS for a wonderful #CAPS25 conference last week! Here are some reflections from Research & Policy Manager Emelia Williams ✨

Reflections on community & memory at the Ethical Considerations Panel

Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · May 29

This month’s Attention Inventory is compiled by E Williams who talks about:

👂🏻 data centers' impact on our ability to hear + listen,
🔥 the aftermath of LA fires,
👀 their work as a fire lookout volunteer +
🎶 the search for a perfect workday playlist

Read more at open.substack.com/pub/openenvi...

Looking and Listening Deeply: An Attention Inventory from Emelia Williams

Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · May 28

It's an important step, but misses a key component of new tech: #OpenSource.

In their article for @techpolicypress.bsky.social, @sdosemagen.bsky.social, Eunice Mercado-Lara, and Alison Parker identify 3 principles that can help bring #OS into fed. procurement

www.techpolicy.press/unlocking-in...

Unlocking Innovation: Why Federal Procurement Should Embrace Open Source | TechPolicy.Press

Eunice Mercado-Lara, Shannon Dosemagen, and Alison Parker make the case for reforming federal procurement rules to boost open source solutions.

www.techpolicy.press

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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · May 28

On 4/15, the White House released an EO to "Restore Common Sense to Federal Procurement." It promises to reduce bureaucratic hurdles, create a more competitive environment + streamline the Federal Acquisition Regulation so small businesses can participate in federal contracting

Unlocking Innovation: Why Federal Procurement Should Embrace Open Source | TechPolicy.Press

Eunice Mercado-Lara, Shannon Dosemagen, and Alison Parker make the case for reforming federal procurement rules to boost open source solutions.

www.techpolicy.press

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