Popular activities in the Public Lab community:
Flying Balloons/Kites with Cameras:
over beaches to track pollution at the shoreline
over wetlands to track loss or restoration over time
over urban waterways to track sewage in the water and discover what vegetation thrives on the edge.
over contested urban areas to map local inhabitants narratives and perception of space.
Reading Rainbows AKA Spectroscopy
- measure contaminants from gas flares with a spectrometer backpack on your smartphone
Related
See also the idea of organizing activity guides according to environmental issues, e.g., "The Oil Spill Toolkit": http://publiclab.org/wiki/oil-response-toolkit-planning