Below we provide examples of the type of outreach activities we are engaged with. The main goals are:
1) To help disseminate our research results.
2) To inform the society that funds our research.
3) To contribute to gaining the perspective that researchers may lose if they never take a walk outside their ivory towers.
Popular science blogs
2018. Ecological intensification of agriculture in drylands (Investigación y Ciencia - Arida Cutis blog, only in spanish)
2018. Plant domestication and agroecology (Ecomandanga blog, only in spanish)
2018. Ecological intensification and crop diversity (Ecomandanga blog, only in spanish)
2018. Crop traits, organic farming and soil C sequestration (The Applied Ecologist's blog)
2013. Behind the scenes of the Maestre lab (Maestre lab blog)
Workshops and seminars
2018. XVIII Semana de la Ciencia (Madrid, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)
Hands-on workshop in the Climate Change Laboratory (LABCLIM)
The climate change laboratory of the Rey Juan Carlos University
2019. Ciencia a la Carta (Madrid, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)
Hands-on wokshop for high-school students
Investigating the effects of climate change on natural and agro-ecosystems
2018. Pint of Science Festival (Madrid, De Raimundo Pub)
Science seminar in a pub (science & beer!)
Feeding 9 billion people without destroying the world
2018. Ciencia a la Carta (Madrid, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)
Hands-on wokshop for high-school students
Anticipating the impacts of climate change
2018. Two-day workshop in an Elementary School (Madrid, Lycée Français Molière)
What is science and how can we do it
2016. XVI Semana de la Ciencia
(Madrid, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)
Ecosystems services of organic agriculture
2016. One-day workshop in an Elementary School
(Madrid, Lycée Français Molière)
Soil diversity is important and fun