About

We are a globally distributed organization working on improving equity in science education.  As we grapple with accelerating global changes, it is critically important that we train responsible planetary stewards.  This needs to be done at all levels and educational settings, from the formal classroom to informal learning environments.  Digital technologies are some of the most impactful ways of improving science education universally, when done right.  Coupled with project-based learning, game-based learning, place-based learning, and other experiential approaches, we are working to transform science education to better meet the challenges of the 21st century.

Our major projects include:  1) Greenworks, a global science, technology, and society (STS) research and development network for teachers, students, and communities working on local environmental stewardship projects, 2) Agavi, a digital science learning platform for low-resource areas, and 3) Sustainable States, a role-playing and board game for training teachers and students in game-based learning.  We also work on experimental projects in science outreach and toursim and talk with science educators via our Global.Science podcast.

Group of multi-cultural students with two professors in lower corner, with map of South American-type continent projected behind them
Dot matrix map showing blue people icons where volunteers are located (USA - Arizona, California, Michigan; Canada, Brazil; Romania), green people icons where teacher partners are located (USA - US Virgin Islands; Brazil; Indonesia; South Korea; Ukraine) and where our major institutional partners are located via green handshake icons (USA - Blue Marble Space Institute of Science; Indonesia - Khairun University; Ukraine - Lviv Polytechnic University, Ivan Franko Lviv National University of Lviv, Precarpathian Professional College of Forestry and Tourism)

Our volunteers (blue icons) are located in Arizona, California, Michigan (USA), Canada, Brazil, and Romania.  Our teacher partners (through the Greenworks and Greenworks Junior programs) are located in the US Virgin Islands (USA), Brazil, Ukraine, South Korea, and Indonesia.  We have professional partnerships with Blue Marble Space Institute of Science (USA), Lviv Polytechnic National University (Ukraine), Ivan Franko National University of Lviv [Geography and Geology Departments] (Ukraine), Precarpathian Professional College of Forestry and Tourism (Ukraine), and Khairun University (Indonesia).

Ten people standing in a row, with Indonesians wearing yellow coats
A group of elderly women in colorful headscarves and Sunday clothing standing in front of an Eastern Rite Greco-Catholic church speaking with two older professors
A Brazilian woman, Romanian man, and American man in winter clothing framing a black building labeled "Central" with a Christmas tree made of white lights stretching from the top of the building to the street, at night
Three male students to the left pouring compost in a bag and weighing it, two female students to the left crouching and labeling the bags of compost, two male students further to the left handing the female students labels for the compost bags in a room filled with bags of compost
Six Indonesian men and women and one Caucasian man in dark blue buttoned shirts with the Beeworks logo stitched in
Group of multi-cultural students with two professors in lower corner, with map of South American-type continent projected behind them
A group of Brazilian kids, adults, and elders surround a teacher who is showing the inside of a small wooden box, where tropical bees are housed.

Science Voices was founded in 2019 by Dr. Lev Horodyskyj, who spent nearly a decade working on digital astrobiology and sustainability learning at Arizona State University.  Science Voices builds on that work by taking it global and working with communities that couldn’t utilize the high concept resources that were developed due to limitations in bandwidth, power, or funds.  Prior to his time at ASU, he completed a PhD in geosciences and astrobiology.

Science Voices is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, incorporated in Arizona, USA.