how Public Lab

collaboratesto make environmental

science something

anyone can do

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you

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collaborative web software

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visual data

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public archive

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principlesof

Public Lab’s

approach

locals decide what to research

re-purpose consumer goods

customize locally to available means of production

let images communicate complexity

concealed operator

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revealed operator

build in openness & accountability

hands on making = learning

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What are

people

researching?

15 DECEMBER 2012

BALLOON AERIAL

GOWANUS CANAL MAPPING OF FRESH WATER INFLOWS FROM HISTORIC SPRINGS INTO SEWAGE CONTAMINATED WATERS

Unmapped

spring

spectralworkbench.org:

Many detergents claim to be “free and clear” or something similar, but still contain this dye. To check these claims, I shone UV light on detergent samples, and compared the resulting spectra to a baseline UV spectrum...detergents using the dye absorbed [UV] light...and re-emitted it in lower-energy areas, usually around blue or cyan. Those that showed little change from the baseline UV spectrum do not....Using this process, we chose to use a detergent that did not use this dye.

Josh McIlvainSeptember 2012

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work

together?

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Public Lab organizers are

community members that have

been nominated to positions of

community leadership.

They have an interest in the way

our community collaborates and

grows.

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community barnraisings

community barnraisings

community barnraisings

The Barnstar

Discuss on email groups

Document your research online

Active members become organizers

Meet in place-based chapters

Hold barnraisings

Oakland, California, City Hall plaza

OccupyOakland, November 2, 2011: 10am

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