Public Lab hosted the 2017 Barnraising November 3rd-5th at LUMCON in Cocodrie, Louisiana. The event drew 36 people from 12 states, and event brought participants from Germany and China. ###Session topics for this Barnraising included: - "Getting started" the beginnings of organizing in the face of environmental issues - Facilitation techniques and Codes of Conduct - Louisiana and coastal wetlands - Existing data and citizen science - Exploring water monitoring tools ([notes here](https://pad.publiclab.org/p/barnraising2017-Mayfly)) - Disaster response and recovery - Community science for direct intervention/remediation - Science in the face of denial - Illustrated guides - Underpinnings of technical development - Building an antenna - Methods and strategies for monitoring H2S ([activity used for this session here](https://publiclab.org/notes/gretchengehrke/11-02-2017/copper-sheet-hydrogen-sulfide-detection-activity)) - The Public Lab website ([notes here](https://pad.publiclab.org/p/barnraising2017-website)) - Microscopes and "how can communities visualize pollutants" ([Research Note on this session here](https://publiclab.org/notes/kgradow1/11-04-2017/prototype-build-for-barnraising-2017)) - Exploring problems can crowd sourcing assist - Funding strategies for environmental monitoring - Creating tangible games with environmental data ([notes here](http://pad.publiclab.org/p/barnraising2017-Games)) - Mapping and monitoring plant biodiversity ([Research note on this session here](https://publiclab.org/notes/eustatic/11-06-2017/mapknitter-map-of-lumcon-barnraising-2017)) People coming to the Barnraising often want to share on deep topics of interest with each other. Lightning talks have become a way to engage with people's individual projects or topics of expertise that are more about decimating information (rather that requiring a sessions space where we build a collaborative environment of learning). **Lightning talks topics at the 2017 Barnraising included:** - Invasive species in Louisiana - Exploring leaked emails - Water born illnesses - How codes of conduct affect email lists - An oil monitoring project on Louisiana Beaches - Games and building to promote learning about the environment ## Questions [questions:barnraising] ##The Barnraiser The Barnraiser is a daily paper print publication participants in the Barnraising work together to produce. Below are copies of the Barnraiser that came out of this event: UPLOAD ##Notes and photos that came out of the Barnraising: [notes:barnraising-2017]