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| 9 CURRENT | bhamster |
May 05, 2022 16:24
| almost 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 💚 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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| 8 | bhamster |
May 05, 2022 16:20
| almost 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 💚 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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| 7 | bhamster |
April 26, 2022 18:32
| about 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 💚 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
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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| 6 | bhamster |
April 25, 2022 19:47
| about 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 💚 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
Ask a question on PublicLab.org and reach out for collaborators, or help answer questions that others have asked
Visit the wiki page on first-time posters to learn more about posting on PublicLab.org
Leave a comment on posted research notes and activities on PublicLab.org, providing feedback or encouragement!
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: 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.
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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| 5 | bhamster |
April 25, 2022 19:38
| about 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 💚 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
Ask a question on PublicLab.org and reach out for collaborators, or help answer questions that others have asked
Visit the wiki page on first-time posters to learn more about posting on PublicLab.org
Leave a comment on posted research notes and activities on PublicLab.org, providing feedback or encouragement!
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: 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.
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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| 4 | bhamster |
April 22, 2022 23:04
| about 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 also read and follow Public Lab’s Code of Conduct, which ensures a respectful space for everyone 💚 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
Ask a question on PublicLab.org and reach out for collaborators, or help answer questions that others have asked
Visit the wiki page on first-time posters to learn more about posting on PublicLab.org
Leave a comment on posted research notes and activities on PublicLab.org, providing feedback or encouragement!
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: Try out an activity post on PublicLab.org and comment to share back how it went. You can find some getting-started activities spanning different topics here
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
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
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.
Benefits of contributingMore coming soon Resources on using the Public Lab website
More to come! More on 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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| 3 | bhamster |
April 22, 2022 22:46
| about 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 also read and follow Public Lab’s Code of Conduct, which ensures a respectful space for everyone 💚 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
Ask a question on PublicLab.org and reach out for collaborators, or help answer questions that others have asked
Visit the wiki page on first-time posters to learn more about posting on PublicLab.org
Leave a comment on posted research notes and activities on PublicLab.org, providing feedback or encouragement!
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: Try out an activity post on PublicLab.org and comment to share back how it went. You can find some getting-started activities spanning different topics here
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
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
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.
Benefits of contributingMore coming soon Resources on using the Public Lab website
More to come! More on 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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| 2 | bhamster |
April 22, 2022 17:37
| about 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 also read and follow Public Lab’s Code of Conduct, which ensures a respectful space for everyone 💚 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
Ask a question on PublicLab.org and reach out for collaborators, or help answer questions that others have asked
Visit the wiki page on first-time posters to learn more about posting on PublicLab.org
Leave a comment on posted research notes and activities on PublicLab.org, providing feedback or encouragement!
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: Try out / replicate an activity post on PublicLab.org and comment to share back how it went
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
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
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!
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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
Ask a question on PublicLab.org and reach out for collaborators, or help answer questions that others have asked
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