Barnraising
Trello Board
About the Barnraising
The Barnraising is the closest thing we have to a Public Lab conference -- but with an emphasis on "doing stuff together." This event is the embodiment of Public Lab where people come together to exchange hard-won technical knowledge, tactics, and stories in person. 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
- Improve social ties through in-person collaboration
- Learn how to collaborate with the broader Public Lab community
History
Each Fall since 2012 Public Lab has hosted a Gulf Coast Barnraising, also been referred to as the "Annual Barnraising". The first Regional Barnraising was held in Summer 2014 in Plymouth, Massachusetts to focus on wetland restoration. 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.
Past Barnraisings:
- 2017 Barnraising: Cocodrie, Louisiana
- 2017 Appalachia Barnraising
- 2016 Barnraising: Cocodrie, Louisiana
- 2016 Regional Barnraising, Val Verde, CA
- 2015 Barnraising: Cocodrie, Louisiana
- 2015 Midwest Regional Barnraising: Chicago, Illinois
- 2014 Barnrasing: Cocodrie, Louisiana
- 2014 Northeast Regional Barnraising: Plymouth, Massachusetts
- 2013 Barnraising: New Orleans, Louisiana
- 2012 Barnraising: Cocodrie, Louisiana
- 2011 Barnraising: Asheville, North Carolina