Databases

During a sabbatical year in 2020, I decided to change my worklife towards nature conservation and dedicate my skills in database development to that. So, I quit my job at Lund University and started a company  called Rubber Boots Data. I am now trying to find out who my clients could be and what they could need.

One way to do that, is to offer some pro-bono work to NGOs. So, if you think you could use a database, but lack budget, please do let me know. You could also go to join::table, where I registered as volunteer but where they so far don't seem to have projects in nature conservation. I will have about a day per week available. I work with database software called FileMaker, which runs on Windows, Mac and iOS. A server and webserver version are also available.

Besides changing my job, my partner and I also decided to move back to Costa Rica.

Funding expertise

When I registered yesterday, I noticed that an area of expertise is 'Funding'. Although I am relatively new to nature conservation, I used to be an academic with an interest in science funding and I do have a PhD on that topic. Now that I am getting acquainted with the world of nature conservation and its NGOs, I notice that funding is a big question and that there are quite some parallels between science funding and nature conservation funding ( grants, grant providers, calls, applications, projects, reviews, collaborations et cetera ). I may just write a blogpost about it in the near future. Yesterday, I got so enthusiastic about the topic, that I immediately started compiling a list of donors/funders. Have a look here https://rubberbootsdata.com/resources/funders-of-nature-conservation/ It's a start and I will keep working on it.