### 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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| jjcreedon | " XRF analyzers are expensive to purchase; however , most companies that sell them will also rent instruments. This is a great option for large proj..." | Read more » | about 5 years ago | |||
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| falbriard | "@DanielleS I live and work at the Southern Coast in Brazil in a green forest belt known as Atlantic Rain forest. Traveling to Barnraising/TX would..." | Read more » | about 5 years ago | |||
| DanielleS | "Thanks @falbriard - I would love to exchange thoughts and brainstorm on this. I think its really important to keep developing these technologies. W..." | Read more » | about 5 years ago | |||
| zengirl2 | " I definitely want to work on hacking the FEMA box of food that people receive in emergencies. Let's take the same box size and figure out what peo..." | Read more » | about 5 years ago | |||
| Ag8n | "I know it's expensive, but the quickest heavy metal monitor is to dry the soil and do X-Ray flourescence (XRF). After that, there are many set che..." | Read more » | about 5 years ago | |||
| falbriard | " Dear DanielleS. I'm a software developer, retired but still active with code writing, developing analytics for natural resource management. We ju..." | Read more » | about 5 years ago | |||
| DanielleS | " Hey! I'd love to explore and learn about different diy options for soil testing for contaminants.... reagents, colorimeters, spectrometers, etc. O..." | Read more » | about 5 years ago | |||
| eustatic | " yay " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| warren | "Looking forward to this!!! I'm interested in perhaps doing a session on the "lifecycle" of a monitoring technique, from prototyping to community-bu..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago |