There are far more than 100 ways to share your science and get involved in AGU’s Centennial, and the idea of partnering with a community group or your lab to organize an event can be very exciting. However, some engagement opportunities don’t require a group effort and a large investment of resources. Here are 10 ideas for actions you can manage on your own:
- Write to or call your members of Congress and tell them why it’s important to invest in science
- Make a video for YouTube explaining your science in simple, easy-to-understand terms, and then share it on social media
- Write a letter to the editor in response to a news story about a science-related issue that affects your community
- Consider starting your own science blog
- Tap into your artistic side and try drawing a picture that depicts your science or taking photos during your next fieldwork trip and sharing them on Instagram with the hashtag #postcardsfromthefield
- If you are fluent in more than one language, try translating a report or other materials so that they can be better used in community engagement events to explain core science issues and topics
- Use the StoryCorps app to record yourself telling the story of how you decided to become a scientist or who inspired you to focus your research in a particular area
- Become a mentor
- Use the Centennial hashtag on your social media channels: #AGU100
Host a “postcard party” for your colleagues in which you write to policy makers about critical science issues