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| 16 CURRENT | bhamster |
June 23, 2022 15:36
| over 2 years ago
We’re so glad you’re here, thanks for your interest in getting involved with Public Lab! 👋🏽 🎈 Public Lab is an open community -- you're welcome to simply start contributing in a variety of ways. Check out some examples of different ways to contribute below and get started with any that interest you. Whether you’re looking to connect with people at public events, ask or answer questions, develop and test tools or software for environmental research, or write about community science, there’s something for everyone! 🙋🏽 By contributing to the Public Lab community, you’ll be building shared knowledge on environmental issues and the ways that we can address them together. Please read and follow Public Lab’s Code of Conduct, which ensures a respectful space for everyone 💚 Lead image: Balloon mapping at the Texas Barnraising, photo by @zengirl2 On this page: Getting started with contributingIf you’re new to Public Lab, here are some first activities to try: If you haven’t signed up at PublicLab.org yet, sign up for a free account here!
Find environmental topics that interest you and follow topic tags to keep up-to-date with new posts
Meet people at public events. Drop into an Open Call and talk with someone about your interests and ways to get involved
Get hands-on with hardware and accessible tools for community science by getting a kit from the Public Lab store. Kits are designed and supported by members of the Public Lab community. Learn more about hardware and the Kits Initiative further down on this page.
Ask a question on PublicLab.org and reach out for collaborators, or help answer questions that others have asked.
If you want to be notified when someone asks a question under a particular topic, you can follow tags like question:air-quality, question:infragram, or any tag with the format question:insert-topic-here.For more information on how to post a question or help with answering them, visit About Public Lab’s Questions & Answers. Visit the wiki page on first-time posters to learn more about posting on PublicLab.org
We'd love to hear from you!
Leave a comment on posted research notes and activities on PublicLab.org, providing feedback or encouragement! Visit the Public Lab chat room. Connect with us on social media! Public Lab is on Twitter (English, Spanish), Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Get a few folks together, go outside, and look around!
Try out a community science kit together. Reach out to local organizations and see what environmental questions they’re investigating. Connect with or organize a local group to examine environmental, social, and other issues together. Interested in software and coding? You can contribute to that, too!
Getting more involved with the communityAnd here are some ways to further engage and contribute to the Public Lab community. Any of these activities are great for a group! 😀 Doing this together can make the work easier and more fun. Find resources on organizing group events here or reach out if you have questions! Try out a posted activity and comment to share back how it went. You can find some getting-started activities spanning different topics here.
Or create a step-by-step activity for a method that others can try. Post a research note to describe your work and interests in community science
Improve documentation on methods for community science by creating tutorials or diagrams, editing wikis, or commenting on associated activities.
Or analyze and compare methods and tools for investigating an environmental topic and post a research note with your findings (example here). Enjoy building, making, tinkering, or open hardware? You can also develop and improve methods and hardware for community science
Host an event! You could present a live build or demonstration of your favorite piece of open science hardware, or share your lived or learned experience with environmental advocacy as a guest speaker
Network with research, policy, and legal institutions to bring more support to community science issues and projects
Translate Public Lab resources into other languages
Contributing to software and codeA wonderful community of coders and developers contribute to Public Lab everyday by supporting our website infrastructure and open source software programs. Check out the links below if you’d like to get involved, newcomers are welcome and encouraged to join!
Contributing to hardware
Image: @warren Some of the activities listed above involve testing and documenting methods and tools for community science, but there’s much more you can do!
For educatorsImage: @a1ahna If you’re an educator or someone who works with schools, universities, or public workshops, there are some additional ways to get involved with Public Lab.
Make the case for community scienceDo you have a knack for writing or fundraising? Help spread the word about community science and build more capacity for it by co-authoring papers and grants.
Benefits of contributing✔️ By answering questions, commenting on research, improving information on community science methods, or offering insights on advocacy strategies, you’ll be supporting communities investigating local environmental issues; ✔️ Build a body of public research online and receive credit for your work. Your profile page will feature all your work on Public Lab; ✔️ Enable others to learn from your findings, progress, and challenges. Sharing what didn’t work is as helpful as sharing what did work; ✔️ Receive feedback on your research; ✔️ Find collaborators for research; ✔️ Build and apply skills and knowledge of interest to you: writing, documentation, building and making, law and policy, and much more! ✔️ Participate in any way you can, as much or as little as you’re able. All of it matters! ✔️ Find community with other people that care about environmental health and justice. Image: @warren Resources on using the Public Lab website
More to come! Resources related to contributing on Public Lab[nodes:grid:contribute] Questions? Want to learn more?Looking for more help? Or interested in a more formal collaboration? Email staff@publiclab.org Thank you!We hope you’ll join the Public Lab community in creating shared knowledge together! ❤️💡 |
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| 15 | bhamster |
May 06, 2022 18:55
| over 2 years ago
We’re so glad you’re here, thanks for your interest in getting involved with Public Lab! 👋🏽 🎈 Public Lab is an open community -- you're welcome to simply start contributing in a variety of ways. Check out some examples of different ways to contribute below and get started with any that interest you. Whether you’re looking to connect with people at public events, ask or answer questions, develop and test tools or software for environmental research, or write about community science, there’s something for everyone! 🙋🏽 By contributing to the Public Lab community, you’ll be building shared knowledge on environmental issues and the ways that we can address them together. Please read and follow Public Lab’s Code of Conduct, which ensures a respectful space for everyone 💚 Lead image: Balloon mapping at the Texas Barnraising, photo by @zengirl2 On this page: Getting started with contributingIf you’re new to Public Lab, here are some first activities to try: If you haven’t signed up at PublicLab.org yet, sign up for a free account here!
Find environmental topics that interest you and follow topic tags to keep up-to-date with new posts
Meet people at public events. Drop into an Open Call and talk with someone about your interests and ways to get involved
Get hands-on with hardware and accessible tools for community science by getting a kit from the Public Lab store. Kits are designed and supported by members of the Public Lab community. Learn more about hardware and the Kits Initiative further down on this page.
Ask a question on PublicLab.org and reach out for collaborators, or help answer questions that others have asked.
If you want to be notified when someone asks a question under a particular topic, you can follow tags like question:air-quality, question:infragram, or any tag with the format question:insert-topic-here.Visit the wiki page on first-time posters to learn more about posting on PublicLab.org
We'd love to hear from you!
Leave a comment on posted research notes and activities on PublicLab.org, providing feedback or encouragement! Visit the Public Lab chat room. Connect with us on social media! Public Lab is on Twitter (English, Spanish), Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Get a few folks together, go outside, and look around!
Try out a community science kit together. Reach out to local organizations and see what environmental questions they’re investigating. Connect with or organize a local group to examine environmental, social, and other issues together. Interested in software and coding? You can contribute to that, too!
Getting more involved with the communityAnd here are some ways to further engage and contribute to the Public Lab community. Any of these activities are great for a group! 😀 Doing this together can make the work easier and more fun. Find resources on organizing group events here or reach out if you have questions! Try out a posted activity and comment to share back how it went. You can find some getting-started activities spanning different topics here.
Or create a step-by-step activity for a method that others can try. Post a research note to describe your work and interests in community science
Improve documentation on methods for community science by creating tutorials or diagrams, editing wikis, or commenting on associated activities.
Or analyze and compare methods and tools for investigating an environmental topic and post a research note with your findings (example here). Enjoy building, making, tinkering, or open hardware? You can also develop and improve methods and hardware for community science
Host an event! You could present a live build or demonstration of your favorite piece of open science hardware, or share your lived or learned experience with environmental advocacy as a guest speaker
Network with research, policy, and legal institutions to bring more support to community science issues and projects
Translate Public Lab resources into other languages
Contributing to software and codeA wonderful community of coders and developers contribute to Public Lab everyday by supporting our website infrastructure and open source software programs. Check out the links below if you’d like to get involved, newcomers are welcome and encouraged to join!
Contributing to hardware
Image: @warren Some of the activities listed above involve testing and documenting methods and tools for community science, but there’s much more you can do!
For educatorsImage: @a1ahna If you’re an educator or someone who works with schools, universities, or public workshops, there are some additional ways to get involved with Public Lab.
Make the case for community scienceDo you have a knack for writing or fundraising? Help spread the word about community science and build more capacity for it by co-authoring papers and grants.
Benefits of contributing✔️ By answering questions, commenting on research, improving information on community science methods, or offering insights on advocacy strategies, you’ll be supporting communities investigating local environmental issues; ✔️ Build a body of public research online and receive credit for your work. Your profile page will feature all your work on Public Lab; ✔️ Enable others to learn from your findings, progress, and challenges. Sharing what didn’t work is as helpful as sharing what did work; ✔️ Receive feedback on your research; ✔️ Find collaborators for research; ✔️ Build and apply skills and knowledge of interest to you: writing, documentation, building and making, law and policy, and much more! ✔️ Participate in any way you can, as much or as little as you’re able. All of it matters! ✔️ Find community with other people that care about environmental health and justice. Image: @warren Resources on using the Public Lab website
More to come! Resources related to contributing on Public Lab[nodes:grid:contribute] Questions? Want to learn more?Looking for more help? Or interested in a more formal collaboration? Email staff@publiclab.org Thank you!We hope you’ll join the Public Lab community in creating shared knowledge together! ❤️💡 |
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| 14 | liz |
December 11, 2017 22:46
| almost 7 years ago
Public Lab is an open community -- you're welcome to simply start contributing in a variety of ways. If you are interested in a more formal collaboration, just ask staff@publiclab.org. For an overview, click through the links in the "Get Involved" dropdown menu at the top of this page):
Some ways to be a part of the community:
More ways to be part of the community:
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| 13 | zengirl2 |
December 11, 2017 20:09
| almost 7 years ago
Public Lab is an open community -- you're welcome to simply start contributing in a variety of ways. If you are interested in a more formal collaboration, just ask staff@publiclab.org. For an overview, click through the links in the "Get Involved" dropdown menu (at the top of this page):
Some ways to be a part of the community:
More ways to be part of the community:
Areas we need specific help in:
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| 12 | liz |
December 11, 2017 19:45
| almost 7 years ago
Public Lab is an open community -- you're welcome to simply and start contributing in a variety of ways. If you are interested in a more formal collaboration, just ask staff@publiclab.org. For an overview, click through the links in the "Get Involved" dropdown menu (at the top of this page):
Some ways to be a part of the community:
More ways to be part of the community:
Areas we need specific help in:
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| 11 | liz |
August 28, 2015 17:48
| about 9 years ago
Public Lab is an open community -- you're welcome to simply sign up and start contributing in a variety of ways. If you are interested in a more formal collaboration, just ask staff@publiclab.org. For an overview, click through the links in the "Participate" dropdown menu (at the top of this page):
Some ways to be a part of the community:
More ways to be part of the community:
Areas we need specific help in:
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| 10 | liz |
November 05, 2014 15:10
| about 10 years ago
Public Lab is an open community -- you're welcome to simply sign up and start contributing in a variety of ways. If you are interested in a more formal collaboration, just ask staff@publiclab.org. For an overview, click through the links in the "Participate" dropdown menu (at the top of this page):
Some ways to be a part of the community:
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| 9 | liz |
April 19, 2014 20:13
| over 10 years ago
Public Lab is an open community -- you're welcome to simply sign up and start contributing in a variety of ways. If you are interested in a more formal collaboration, just ask staff@publiclab.org. Some ways to be a part of the community:
Areas we need specific help in:
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| 8 | liz |
April 09, 2013 21:07
| over 11 years ago
Public Lab is an open community -- you're welcome to simply sign up and start contributing in a variety of ways. If you are interested in a more formal collaboration, just ask staff@publiclaboratory.org. Some ways to be a part of the community:
Areas we need specific help in:
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| 7 | liz |
April 09, 2013 20:49
| over 11 years ago
PLOTS is an open community -- you're welcome to simply sign up and start contributing in a variety of ways. We are also open to more formal collaborations, just ask staff@publiclaboratory.org Some ways to be a part of the community:
Feel free to just jump in and start adding content to our site (it's a wiki), but a great place to start is to sign up for an account on this site. Areas we need specific help in:
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| 6 | liz |
April 09, 2013 20:43
| over 11 years ago
PLOTS is an open community - we're open to building more formal collaborations, but you're welcome to simply sign up and start contributing in a variety of ways. Giving backWe're happy to help you get started using our tools and techniques. Consider giving back -- not in terms of money (although we'd love to accept donations) but by contributing documentation of your projects, collaborating on shared research and publications, and generally becoming part of the community. Some ways to be a part of the community:
Feel free to just jump in and start adding content to our site (it's a wiki), but a great place to start is to sign up for an account on this site. Areas we need specific help in:
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| 5 | liz |
August 06, 2011 01:42
| over 13 years ago
PLOTS is an open community - we're open to building more formal collaborations, but you're welcome to simply sign up and start contributing in a variety of ways. Giving backWe're happy to help you get started using our tools and techniques. Consider giving back -- not in terms of money (although we'd love to accept donations) but by contributing documentation of your projects, collaborating on shared research and publications, and generally becoming part of the community. Some ways to be a part of the community:
Feel free to just jump in and start adding content to our site (it's a wiki), but a great place to start is to sign up for an account on this site. Areas we need specific help in:
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| 4 | liz |
August 06, 2011 01:40
| over 13 years ago
PLOTS is an open community - we're open to building more formal collaborations, but you're welcome to simply sign up and start contributing in a variety of ways. Giving backWe're happy to help you get started using our tools and techniques. Consider giving back -- not in terms of money (although we'd love to accept donations) but by contributing documentation of your projects, collaborating on shared research and publications, and generally becoming part of the community. Some ways to be a part of the community:
Feel free to just jump in and start adding content to our site (it's a wiki), but a great place to start is to sign up for an account on this site. Areas we need specific help in:
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| 3 | warren |
March 08, 2011 22:18
| over 13 years ago
PLOTS is an open community - we're open to building more formal collaborations, but you're welcome to simply sign up and start contributing in a variety of ways. Giving backWe're happy to help you get started using our tools and techniques. Consider giving back -- not in terms of money (although we'd love to accept donations) but by contributing documentation of your projects, collaborating on shared research and publications, and generally becoming part of the community. Some ways to be a part of the community:
Feel free to just jump in and start adding content to our site (it's a wiki), but a great place to start is to sign up for an account on this site. Areas we need specific help in:
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| 2 | warren |
February 20, 2011 21:02
| almost 14 years ago
PLOTS is an open community - we're open to building more formal collaborations, but you're welcome to simply sign up and start contributing in a variety of ways. Giving backWe're happy to help you get started using our tools and techniques. Consider giving back -- not in terms of money (although we'd love to accept donations) but by contributing documentation of your projects, collaborating on shared research and publications, and generally becoming part of the community. Some ways to be a part of the community:
Feel free to just jump in and start adding content to our site (it's a wiki), but a great place to start is the PLOTS mailing list. Areas we need specific help in:
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| 1 | warren |
February 20, 2011 20:55
| almost 14 years ago
PLOTS is an open community - we're open to building more formal collaborations, but you're welcome to simply sign up and start contributing in a variety of ways. Giving backWe're happy to help you get started using our tools and techniques. Consider giving back -- not in terms of money (although we'd love to accept donations) but by contributing documentation of your projects, collaborating on shared research and publications, and generally becoming part of the community. Some ways to be a part of the community:
Feel free to just jump in and start adding content to our site (it's a wiki), but a great place to start is the PLOTS mailing list. Areas we need specific help in:
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| 0 | warren |
February 20, 2011 20:54
| almost 14 years ago
PLOTS is an open community - we're open to building more formal collaborations, but you're welcome to simply sign up and start contributing in a variety of ways. Giving backWe're happy to help you get started using our tools and techniques. Consider giving back -- not in terms of money (although we'd love to accept donations) but by contributing documentation of your projects, collaborating on shared research and publications, and generally becoming part of the community. Some ways to be a part of the community:
Feel free to just jump in and start adding content to our site (it's a wiki), but a great place to start is the PLOTS mailing list. Areas we need specific help in are:
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