In addition to the paid services I offer I also participate in projects that interest me on a voluntary basis. These projects are usually purely for the public good, are service to my discipline of geoscience, or are in development to be fundable in the future. This page showcases some of these projects.

I do most of work voluntarily so I really would appreciate any support and encouragement you can give me. To see how to best support me, visit this page.

GeoSkinner YouTube

I regularly make content for YouTube on my GeoSkinner channel. My videos cover the same themes as my workshop, including model literacy, flooding, and science communications.

I make these videos for free so my only payment is encouragement – please do remember to click Like if you’ve enjoy a video and Subscribe to the channel.

I have a number of themed-series running on the channel:

Model Life explores the world of numerical models, including essential knowledge, interesting facts, and the links to games.

Floodology is a series that looks into the science and practice of managing flood risk, including science communication and creative approaches.

Distracted Geography uses shorter-form videos to explain different aspects related to geography.

Games for Geoscience

Games for Geoscience is a science-sharing session held each year the European Geoscience General Assembly. It was founded by myself, Rolf Hut, and Sam Illingworth in 2018. Each session is followed by the now legendary Geoscience Games Night.

I am lead convenor for the session and the Games Night and I also maintain the website. I also produce the Gaming Environments newsletter that supports the session, which is published on the Games for Geoscience website and as part of my own newsletter.

Adventures in Model Land

Adventures in Model Land is an open-source framework to help people bring the curious and uncanny worlds created by numerical models to life. Inspired by tabletop roleplay games, the three levels leverage the imaginations of players to create model lands, explore them, and better understand where models are useful, and crucially, where they are not.

To learn more, visit the Adventures in Model Land page.

Rooted in Crisis

Rooted in Crisis is an anthology of tabletop roleplay games co-created by environmental scientists and professional games designers. It makes use of the rules-lite Trophy to take players on an exploration of worlds wracked with climate changes and environmental peril.

To learn more, visit the Rooted in Crisis website.