Citizen Science on the Rocky Shore

EcoExplore is an application for mobile devices to encourage members of the public to explore the natural environments of New Zealand and to share their discoveries with others. Our project will bring the scientific community and the public together in collaboration by enabling participants to record, share and discuss observations and questions while also facilitating the collection of scientific data. This will result in a greater understanding of, and involvement in, the management and conservation of natural New Zealand environments by all parties involved. Root-Bernstein (2008) argues that science is not a search for solutions but a search for answerable questions – it must become acceptable to say “I don’t know”: Science is a way of asking more and more meaningful questions. The answers are important mainly in leading us to new questions. So try to learn some answers, because the