Community science projects begin when frontline leaders facing environmental injustice set goals. Projects follow a non-linear trajectory that may include organizing, mobilization, empirical documentation, and [advocacy](/sandbox-advocacy) based on the results. Read about milestones achieved by projects around the world on the [Stories page](/stories). ### Projects [wikis:grid:project] ### Approaches There are a few main approaches for collecting environmental evidence that documents reality and supports locally held goals: * Establishment of a baseline → change detection * Environmental surveillance (Internet of Things, trend spotting) * Exploring existing data (FOIA, data science, close reading) * Watchdogging, hotspotting, bounty hunting * Study Design with a disprovable hypothesis In Public Lab's educational work, we use the following framework: [![Screen_Shot_2020-10-29_at_4.10.29_PM.png](/i/41361)](/i/41361?s=o)