##Appalachia Barnraising The Appalachia Barnraising was hosted June 24th and 25th, in Morgantown, West Virginia. The event was hosted at [West Virginia University Reed College of Media, at the Media Innovation Center](http://mediainnovation.wvu.edu/space). ###Event topics Sessions that were hosted at the event included: - Aerial monitoring and surveillance - Air quality monitoring - Art and environment projects - Integrating West Virginia's assets to create a sustainable economy - Convergent design and compatibility - Unconventional partnerships and coalitions, environment and paycheck - Water quality monitoring, natural habitats and communities affected by water contamination - Kites, balloons, and cameras - Wildlife mapping - Lightning talks ###Attendees included people from: - [Public Lab](https://publiclab.org) - [SWPA Environmental Health Project](www.ironmentalhealthproject.org) - [Southwest Pennsylvania Env. Health Project](www.environmentalhealthproject.org) - [Christians for the Mountains](www.christiansforthemountains.org) - [Coal River Mountain Watch (CRMW)](www.crmw.net) - [SkyTruth](https://skytruth.org) - [West Virginia University](www.wvu.edu) - [WVU Reed College of Media](www.reedcollegeofmedia.wvu.edu) - [Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute](www.rpi.edu) - [Tennessee Clean Water Network (TCWN)](www.tcwn.org) - The Green Community Garden (Newark,NJ) - [WVDEP Office of Environmental Advocate](www.dep.wv.gov/environment) - [Anchor Coalition](http://www.anchorcoalition.org) - [Center for Coalfield Justice](www.coalfieldjustice.org) - [Appalachia Mountaintop Patrol](http://www.appalachianmountaintoppatrol.org/) Photos from the event can be found on these posts: - https://publiclab.org/notes/bronwen/06-24-2017/share-your-photos-from-aappalachia-barnraising - https://publiclab.org/notes/stevie/07-26-2017/appalachia-barnraising-2017-tweets ###Partners for the Appalachia Barnraising included: [![Media_Innovation_Center_Logo.jpg](https://publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/020/370/thumb/Media_Innovation_Center_Logo.jpg)](https://publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/020/370/original/Media_Innovation_Center_Logo.jpg) [![AMPlogo-2-black.jpg](https://publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/020/382/thumb/AMPlogo-2-black.jpg)](https://publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/020/382/original/AMPlogo-2-black.jpg)