Public Lab
Public Lab is a community and a non-profit, democratizing science to address environmental issues that affect people.
See for yourself
Learn new ways to investigate and document issues you see in your local environment. Plan field work, analyze results, and learn how to report environmental impacts.
Build a shared knowledge base
Explore and improve techniques for documenting environmental issues - learn from others and help expand this public resource.
Strengthen your community
Connect with others facing similar issues locally & worldwide to solve problems together. Ask and answer questions about your environmental concerns.
Be the change
Talk to your neighbors, and build a healthier and more equitable world together by going to the press, to regulators, or to court.
Community Projects
The Sand Sentinel Program
The Sand Sentinel Program is aimed at creating an easier way for people to collect and file reports on suspected permit violations by frac sand mining companies.
Unearthing Providence
**A platform for historical data-driven analyses of industrial land use, story-mapping, and community organizing.**
Urban greening in Nottingham
The aim of this project is to develop a mapped plan for urban greening and growing in Nottingham with children and young people from the community. The work is ongoing.