Dan Hammer co-founded & build the first few versions of Global Forest Watch, and is now working on Earthrise Media, a non-profit that brings data scientists, designers and storytellers together to tackle global environmental challenges.

We talk about how Global Forest Watch was built, how journalists have leveraged the platform to tell stories and how it lived on until today. We also touch on the importance of design in addition to data science, and the power of telling stories.

Dan Hammer

Show notes:

Time stamps:

03:00 - Conversation starts, Dan presents himself
08:30 - The tools behind monitoring deforesting back in 2009
12:00 - How Global Forest Watch 2.0 started
18:45 : Why Global Forest Watch continued on
25:40 - Collaborating with journalists
29:50 - An example of leveraging Earth Observation data for policy making : Global Plastic Watch
31:00 - Having an impact
38:50 - Precision vs Accuracy
45:45 - Earthrise Media: Design, Data science & story telling
51:35 - The importance of Design
56:50 - Dealing with & communicating uncertainty
1:02:00 - Non-profit or for-profit?
1:08:10 - Building a team
1:10:20 - Origin of the name "Earthrise" & Inspiration through space
1:21:15 - Book / Media Recommendation

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Ep 11 - Dan Hammer - Global Forest Watch, Design & Story Telling