### What is a Barnraising? [1]: https://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-florida-2022 A Barnraising is an event hosted by the Public Lab community. In the spirit of bringing a community together to collectively raise a structure such as a barn, Barnraising participants come together to test environmental monitoring tools in the field, brainstorm new research projects, share about environmental concerns, and develop strategies to address them. At the event, with the support of facilitators, people collectively set the agenda, and participate and collaborate rather than just present, talk at, and listen. People attending a Barnraising can expect to: improve social ties through in-person collaboration, participate in deep exploration of local environmental issues and ongoing community research, advance technical knowledge, and work with hands-on projects for local environmental monitoring and documenting new monitoring methods. ## Host a Barnraising See our [Host a Barnraising](/barnraising-host) page to find more resources on hosting your own Barnraising event. **** ### Past Barnraisings: * [2019 Barnraising: Galveston & Houston, USA](https://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-texas-2019) * [2018 Barnraising: Guangzhou, China](https://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-guangzhou-china) * [2018 Crisis Convening & Barnraising, Newark, New Jersey](/barnraising-newark-2018) * [2017 Barnraising: Cocodrie, Louisiana](https://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2017) * [2017 Appalachia Barnraising](https://publiclab.org/wiki/appalachia-barnraising-2017) * [2016 Barnraising: Cocodrie, Louisiana](wiki/barnraising-2016) * [2016 Regional Barnraising, Val Verde, CA](https://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-val-verde-ca) * [2015 Barnraising: Cocodrie, Louisiana](/wiki/barnraising-2015) * [2015 Midwest Regional Barnraising: Chicago, Illinois](/wiki/2015-regional-barnraising) * [2014 Barnrasing: Cocodrie, Louisiana](/wiki/barnraising-2014) * [2014 Northeast Regional Barnraising: Plymouth, Massachusetts](/wiki/barnraising-northeast-2014) * [2013 Barnraising: New Orleans, Louisiana](/wiki/barnraising-2013) * [2012 Barnraising: Cocodrie, Louisiana](/wiki/barnraising-2012) * [2011 Barnraising: Asheville, North Carolina](/wiki/barnraising-2011) [](//i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/016/690/original/The_Barnraiser_--_Regional_Special_Issue_2016.jpg) [](/i/29579) [](/i/29580) ...
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| rmj21332 | " " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi, @a1ahna - great post, thank you! I'd mentioned some folks interested in archaeology from low-altitude mapping using infrared -- take a look at ..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| zengirl2 | "I was really excited to work on this at BarnRaising. As a group we constructed sensors by using tin snips to cut sheets of copper, which is a bit t..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Hi!! Check out the Barnraising 2017 page. :) Fill in sessions, notes and lightning talks that happened! https://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2017 " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| stevie | "@stevie awards a barnstar to a1ahna for their awesome contribution! " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| zengirl2 | "@eustatic This is a great example and I do believe I see sunlight glint and not oil sheen. :) " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| liz | "Here is Molly's presentation on dynamics in the Linux kernel mailing list: mdb-barnraising2017-f-as-in-freedom.pdf " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
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| caufenkamp | "I love what you did here https://publiclab.org/notes/pdhixenbaugh/11-04-2017/community-science-interventions-a-framework-barnraising2017-session " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Did anyone get a photo of the schedule board? I'd love to go through and post the questions on there as questions on the site -- that way we can ha..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
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| kgradow1 | "Raspicam with 40 mm objective - 10 microns between each tick Raspicam with 100 mm objective - 10 microns between each tick Dust particles from..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
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| kgradow1 | "For future consideration: It might be useful to set aside time during the day for documentation -- just as a set session, or as multiple sessions ..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| kgradow1 | ""How are you collecting your data?" "With a ruler." [] Dan's manometer / water depth sensor " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
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| pdhixenbaugh | "I like this idea! Maybe with a focus of leading with the takeaway, and with a link to more resources (which people can add to over time). So the RN..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago |