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### About the Barnraising
Barnraisings are the closest thing we have to a Public Lab conference -- but with an emphasis on "doing stuff together." At these events, people come together to exchange field-tested technical knowledge, compare advocacy tactics, and share stories in person. On the first morning of the event, we make our own schedule using an "Open Space Technology" approach; this ensures that the agenda speaks directly to the interests of the people present. Our [Code of Conduct](https://publiclab.org/conduct) applies here as in all other Public Lab spaces. At a Barnraising, people may:
* Connect with people from other regions who are working on similar issues
* Exchange advocacy strategies
* Build and modify tools for collecting data
* Learn about local environmental health concerns, perhaps through a field trip
* Improve social ties through in-person collaboration
* Learn how to collaborate with the broader Public Lab community
Each Fall since 2012 Public Lab has hosted a Gulf Coast Barnraising, also referred to as the Annual Barnraising.
The first Regional Barnraising was held in Summer 2014 in [Plymouth, Massachusetts](http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-northeast-2014) to focus on restoring wetlands on former farmland. Regional Barnraisings have happened every summer since then through partnerships with local groups working on place-specific issues such as monitoring the largest landfill in LA County, assessing petcoke pollution in Southeast Chicago, and timelapse imaging mountain top removal explosions in West Virginia.
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### Past Barnraisings:
* [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)
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