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Methods

developed by Public Lab contributors

Public Lab's community collaboratively develops many different DIY environmental monitoring and advocacy methods.

Browse them here and learn how to get involved.

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Water Quality Sensor
 
Anonymity
 
Community Microscope Kit
 
Facilitate your meetings
 
Survey your site
 
Stormwater Monitoring
 
Write an Issue Brief
 
Odor Logging
 
Sampling
 
Pipeline Monitoring
 
Public Comment
 
BabyLegs
 
MapKnitter
 
Testing Our Waters
 
Aerial photos with Passenger Pigeon
 
Raspberry Pi Infragram
 
Coqui conductivity sensor
 
MiniVol TAS Particulate Matter Monitor
 
Emery Board Terrain Survey
 
Roomba Indoor Air Quality Monitoring
 
Thermal Flashlight
 
Assess Turbidity in Water
 
Start an Environmental Monitoring Study
 
PurpleAir
 
Spectral Workbench
 
Soil Sampling Toolkit
 
Filters
 
Nano Data Logger
 
DIY Indoor Air Remediation Kit
 
Pole Mapping Kit Instructions
 
Balloon & Kite Mapping
 
Noise
 
Guides
 
Spectrometry
 
Infragram
 
Water conductivity monitoring
 
Particle Sensing
 
Microscopes
 
Image Sequencer
 
WebJack
 
Hydrogen Sulfide Copper Pipe Testing
 
Data Logging
 
Filter Based Monitoring of Particulate Matter
 
Optical Monitoring of Particulate Matter
 
Kite-Balloon Hybrid
 
Host an event
 
Air Sampling
 
Water Sensors
 
Hydrogen Sulfide Photopaper
 
Electronic Hydrogen Sulfide Sensors
 
DustDuino
 
Timelapse Kit
 
Sensor enclosures
 
Riffle: an Open Source Water Monitoring Approach
 
Reagents
 
Thermal photography
 
Photo Sharing
 
Water Sampling
 
Soil Sampling
 
Photo Monitoring
 
BioBroth Bubbler
 
Creating a Media Campaign
 
Fido - The Raspberry Pi based Temperature Alarm that sends text messages
 
pDR-1500
 
Potentiostat
 
KAPtery Aerial Rigs
 
Aerial Photography
 
Mãe d'Água
 
Multispectral imaging
 
Conducting a Literature Review
 
Conducting and Writing a Health Effects Literature Review
 
Guide to doing a technology review
 
Refinery Watching
 
Pole Mapping
 
Gardening Toolkit
 
Air Column Monitor
 
Portable Energy Scavenging Kit
 
Home Testing for Endocrine Disruptors
 
Balloon Telemetry Kit
 
Stereo Camera