Appalachia Barnraising

The Appalachia Barnraising was hosted June 24th and 25th, in Morgantown, West Virginia. The event was hosted at West Virginia University Reed College of Media, at the Media Innovation Center.

Event topics

Sessions that were hosted at the event included: - Aerial monitoring and surveillance - Air quality monitoring - Art and environment projects - Integrating West Virginia's assets to create a sustainable economy - Convergent design and compatibility - Unconventional partnerships and coalitions, environment and paycheck - Water quality monitoring, natural habitats and communities affected by water contamination - Kites, balloons, and cameras - Wildlife mapping - Lightning talks

Attendees included people from:

• Public Lab
• SWPA Environmental Health Project
• Southwest Pennsylvania Env. Health Project
• Christians for the Mountains
• Coal River Mountain Watch (CRMW)
• SkyTruth
• West Virginia University
• WVU Reed College of Media
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Tennessee Clean Water Network (TCWN)
• The Green Community Garden (Newark,NJ)
• WVDEP Office of Environmental Advocate
• Anchor Coalition
• Center for Coalfield Justice
• Appalachia Mountaintop Patrol

Photos from the event can be found on these posts:

• https://publiclab.org/notes/bronwen/06-24-2017/share-your-photos-from-aappalachia-barnraising
• https://publiclab.org/notes/stevie/07-26-2017/appalachia-barnraising-2017-tweets

Partners for the Appalachia Barnraising included: