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The image shows Ana Benavides-Lanhstein, presenting evidence for the tranformative potential of taking part in Big Seaweed Search Mexico at the European Citizen Science Conference. The image shows a slide that reports: 1) Attitude changes are evidenced by 87% and 76% describing that their way of thinking about nature and science respectively had changed. 2) There were also signs of agentic behaviour. 39% shared their experiences and learning with family and/others in their communities, sometimes teaching others. 22% began to search and/or identify macroalgae in their free time. One young person also started working on a seaweed-based fertiliser.

Ana Benavides-Lahnstein, presenting evidence for the tranformative potential of taking part in Big Seaweed Search Mexico at the European Citizen Science Association Conference in Berlin.

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