**Williamsburg is part of [New York City](/wiki/new-york-city) and the [Northeast region](http://publiclab.org/wiki/northeast).** ###El Puente **[El Puente's Green Light District](http://elpuente.us/content/green-light-district-overview) (GLD)** is a strategic ten-year initiative to sustain, grow, green, and celebrate Williamsburg’s Southside community. At a time when communities across New York City are facing rapid changes that threaten to destabilize our neighborhoods, the Green Light District seeks to flip the disempowerment of gentrification and put the power of transformation in the hands of its residents and stakeholders. The Green Light District seeks to build equity and sustainability through connecting residents to each other, socially and culturally; sharing knowledge and resources across the neighborhood through partnerships, coalitions, and alliances; improving access to public resources; and building leadership in the community to carry our collective goals forward. [](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/004/175/original/elpuentegld.jpg) ##community science in williamsburg's southside Our goal of _sharing knowledge and resources through partnerships, coalitions, and alliances_ aligns well with Public Lab. This community science infrastructure can help our residents tell their urban environmental stories. ####Our first experiment with aerial imagery **April 29, 2014:** We planned for 9th grade science students from El Puente Academy to bring a balloon camera around to 4 community gardens. http://publiclab.org/notes/AnushaV/04-22-2014/hope-in-bloom-in-the-southside-of-williamsburg It was rainy and windy: [](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/004/170/original/IMG_4665.JPG) Just a couple very blurry garden photos: [](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/004/173/original/IMG_4707.JPG) [](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/004/169/original/IMG_4644.JPG) [](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/004/172/original/IMG_4684.JPG) Anusha! [](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/004/174/original/IMG_4705.JPG) ...
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| roberts_ecofarm | " There are lots of interesting things you can do, but you will need come collection surface. Would like to know the kinds of plants and their growi..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| liz | " Hi @birdlink, let us know some additional information. Just noticed that your post title mentions dew collection systems, and to my limited knowle..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| liz | " hi! What a great project! I happen to live in the Williamsburg, Brooklyn neighborhood too and am so excited to hear about this. Will this sculptur..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| mathew | "sounds like a good place for a pole. Love how inventive you got with the store owner and his tank. " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| liz | "the urban environment was too crowded with buildings to use a kite " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| warren | "@ckmguy - I imagine it was the standard one in the balloon mapping kit. Yikes, sounds like you could have used a kite, huh? I usually don't use a ..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| ckmguy | "What type of balloon are you using? Latex? Size? " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| liz | "We'll be filling the balloon late morning, if you're interested in joining, send an email to plots-nyc@googlegroups.com! " | Read more » | over 10 years ago |