### What is a Barnraising? [1]: https://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-florida-2022 A Barnraising is an event hosted by the Public Lab community. In the spirit of bringing a community together to collectively raise a structure such as a barn, Barnraising participants come together to test environmental monitoring tools in the field, brainstorm new research projects, share about environmental concerns, and develop strategies to address them. At the event, with the support of facilitators, people collectively set the agenda, and participate and collaborate rather than just present, talk at, and listen. People attending a Barnraising can expect to: improve social ties through in-person collaboration, participate in deep exploration of local environmental issues and ongoing community research, advance technical knowledge, and work with hands-on projects for local environmental monitoring and documenting new monitoring methods. ## Host a Barnraising See our [Host a Barnraising](/barnraising-host) page to find more resources on hosting your own Barnraising event. **** ### Past Barnraisings: * [2019 Barnraising: Galveston & Houston, USA](https://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-texas-2019) * [2018 Barnraising: Guangzhou, China](https://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-guangzhou-china) * [2018 Crisis Convening & Barnraising, Newark, New Jersey](/barnraising-newark-2018) * [2017 Barnraising: Cocodrie, Louisiana](https://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2017) * [2017 Appalachia Barnraising](https://publiclab.org/wiki/appalachia-barnraising-2017) * [2016 Barnraising: Cocodrie, Louisiana](wiki/barnraising-2016) * [2016 Regional Barnraising, Val Verde, CA](https://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-val-verde-ca) * [2015 Barnraising: Cocodrie, Louisiana](/wiki/barnraising-2015) * [2015 Midwest Regional Barnraising: Chicago, Illinois](/wiki/2015-regional-barnraising) * [2014 Barnrasing: Cocodrie, Louisiana](/wiki/barnraising-2014) * [2014 Northeast Regional Barnraising: Plymouth, Massachusetts](/wiki/barnraising-northeast-2014) * [2013 Barnraising: New Orleans, Louisiana](/wiki/barnraising-2013) * [2012 Barnraising: Cocodrie, Louisiana](/wiki/barnraising-2012) * [2011 Barnraising: Asheville, North Carolina](/wiki/barnraising-2011) [](//i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/016/690/original/The_Barnraiser_--_Regional_Special_Issue_2016.jpg) [](/i/29579) [](/i/29580) ...
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| danbeavers | "http://wgno.com/2015/11/24/naval-unmanned-underwater-program-operates-from-stennis/ has a little information on where I was working with underwate..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Congratulations on your award. The reported stories had many layers. " | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "I suppose I am old school, and my job is to struggle to get more science and evidence into environmental decision making, but there are funding con..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| warren | "I haven't read Collins, but I think the subject of how expertise could be reconfigured is very important, and have a few thoughts in response to yo..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| geraldmc | "It’s important to specify whether the word science refers to the method of science or the current institutional practice of science. I think the t..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "Everyone looks so worried! ha " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| ygzstc | "Great job Chris! I look tired though :-) " | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| btbonval | "If PhotosynQ people want to make their own wiki, they're free to grab the content from your note here or the wiki page I made from your note. Every..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| btbonval | "Stripped out all the juicy plant bits and spectral mumbo jumbo. added it here: http://publiclab.org/wiki/multispectral-analysis-for-determining-pla..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "I agree that this material is more appropriate for a wiki than a note, but I wanted people to see it. Such a wiki should be built by somebody at P..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| btbonval | "Apologies if I was being pedantic. Now that I think about it, cleaning up the note isn't a great solution. Instead of changing this note, the perti..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| LauraChipley | "this is great! " | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| nedhorning | "Good stuff. From my perspective NDVI is good for mapping vegetation and can provide some indication of overall health and is good at differentiatin..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Thanks Bryan. You're right that NDVI rose to fame as a satellite and airborne tool, and has only recently been used more widely at close range. It ..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "dope " | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| btbonval | "Woops I skipped the part at the top where it seems to suggest in advertisement language that the PhotosynQ gives you this and more! Any chance you..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| btbonval | "This is a really good collection of information about photosynthesis and spectral analysis. My understanding was that NDVI has largely been used f..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| liz | "@eymund i couldn't be happier that you came to Barnraising this year! What a great and informative note, with hilarious GIFs. " | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| geraldmc | "Does it matter that most research in Public Lab research notes is not reproducible? Insofar as reproducibility builds trust and trust binds and co..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| stoft | "Liz, good points. It might be useful to draw a general dividing line between research and data collection. Research often requires data collection,..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| liz | "I've noticed that we use the word reproducibility/replicability towards (at least) two ends: 1) can you build a tool according to instructions that..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| liz | "check this out, @p_silva_82 " | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| stoft | "This is a good topic and, IMHO, points to the heart of entire PLab hypothesis -- that reproducible scientific measurements are possible by a broad ..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| warren | "Community members could try to help tag new notes as appropriate to generate such prompts for others...? " | Read more » | over 9 years ago |