Environmental bounty hunting on idling commercial vehicles
"Thanks to a new law, any New Yorker with a cell phone and some time to kill can report on idling commercial vehicles, and earn thousands of dollars doing it."Law 717A (also referred to as Local Law...
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How can we build this wind turbine to power lights?
posting on behalf of @MustaphaHow can we build a wind turbine to power lights? Our refugee camp in Lebanon which houses Palestinians, Lebanese, and Syrians has narrow streets which need lighting.Here...
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Is there a way to make a cheaper "UV Hound"?
I'm posting on behalf of the amazing Houston organizer Bryan Parras, who shared some insights with me on the phone the other day.In a settlement from a lawsuit against local industry, decorated Port...
View ArticleAnyone had experience with the PTrak 8525 for ultrafine particles?
Has anyone has experience using the PTrak 8525 to measure ultrafine particles in indoor air? We have a community member using this piece of equipment for that purpose:...
View ArticleDo you have experience using a gas chromatograph?
Has anyone has experience with using a gas chromatograph? If so, we'd love to hear about it!Gas chromatographs came up during this month's OpenHour (November 2019). Chris Nidel (also a guest on June...
View ArticleUnearthing PVD Map Content
This is a collection of the map content for the https://publiclab.org/wiki/unearthing-pvd project!
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Call for Outreachy 2020 proposals!
With support from the DIAL Open Source Center, we're again part of Outreachy -- which recruits software contributors to work on open source projects:Outreachy provides three-month internships to work...
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Anyone still using the legacy editors? Speak up now!
Hi everyone,With all the great attention going into the Editor project on PublicLab.org, we are anticipating that we may be able to turn off links to our "legacy editors" by the end of the summer ---...
View ArticleTranslate guides!
If you visit https://publiclab.org/wiki/guides#Translations, you will see that the balloon mapping guide has been translated into a dozen languages—Arabic, Castellano/Spanish, Portuguese, Georgian,...
View ArticleThe concept of community paralegals
I'm reading the book Community Paralegals and the Pursuit of Justicehttps://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/human-rights/community-paralegals-and-pursuit-justice (pricey hardcover, free PDF...
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Report: 2020 Software Contributors Survey
NOTE: This report is truncated as compared to other annual Software Contributors Surveys due to reductions in capacity from COVID19.Public Lab received support from the United Nations Foundation DIAL...
View ArticleCity of New York's first-ever "Environmental Justice for All" report
Press Release: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, in partnership with the NYC Environmental Justice Advisory Board (which is chaired by WE ACT's Peggy Shepard), has launched the community engagement...
View ArticleHow to test sea water for gas?
There's a known discharge point from an gasoline refinery on the coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Haina industrial area, discharging into the Caribbean Ocean. My colleague is curious what's in...
View Article2021 US EPA Region 2 Citizen Science Water Monitoring Equipment Loan Program
2021 US EPA Region 2 Citizen Science Water Monitoring Equipment Loan ProgramRequest for Applications is now open for New York and New Jersey. Here's how to apply:...
View ArticleSeeking maps of mining sites in Maine
Re-posting on behalf of a community member:I am in need of Maps of the mining sites within Maine. I have looked over the internet and haven't found anything - does anyone have a digital map, or know a...
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investigation concepts from journalists
Community science might sometimes be described as "collaborative investigations for accountability" — a phrase also used by journalists. Into this space of overlap comes this great guide to #OSINT or...
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Quickly find regulatory violations near you
Ready-to-use reports on how well environmental regs are enforced in every congressional district in the country! Use this website to take the temperature of environmental governance in your local area,...
View ArticlePublic Labbers meetup in Nairobi?
Hi folks! It's been a long time. Hope that if you are reading this, you are well.I'm writing because new open source work that enables large numbers of people to collaborate on peacebuilding has...
View ArticlePublic Lab + open source meetup in Nairobi!
Lead image: 12 people celebrating. On Wednesday, December 6, 2023, a gathering of 12 people brought together by Public Lab veteran staff @cess and @ruthnwaiganjo celebrated open source values and...
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