A Public Laboratory group is just starting up in Texas, read below for more information and to ge...
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| 8 CURRENT | liz |
July 03, 2018 20:35
| almost 6 years ago
A Public Laboratory group is just starting up in Texas, read below for more information and to get involved! Houston
Galena ParkExcerpted from Galena-Park-Monitoring-Report-FINAL.pdf Galena Park, Texas is an environmental justice community of some 10,000 residents on the Houston Ship Channel. The community is surrounded by the ship channel; industry, particularly that associated with Houston petrochemical industry; rail lines; and high traffic roadways, including I-10 to the north and 610 to the west. Air Alliance Houston has been active in Galena Park for several years. It is a community in which concerns about pollution and public health run high. However, a lack of resources and knowledge leads to very little public engagement on issues that impact environmental quality and health. Although citizens are worried about their health, there is little sense that they can personally affect change. Air Alliance Houston and Global Community Monitor conducted a community health impact survey, and community mapping workshop, and a community air monitoring project. Air monitoring was conducted over the course of a year for fine particulate matter and elemental carbon, a surrogate for diesel pollution. The results of the yearlong community air monitoring project form the basis of this report. An independent report was produced by a graduate student at the Rice University Department of Statistics. Diesel pollution presents an unacceptable health risk in Galena Park. Cancer risk due to diesel pollution exposure may exceed 1 in 10,000. Fine particulate matter pollution may exceed federal health standards as well. Galena Park must act now to reduce diesel and particulate matter pollution in order to protect its residents’ health. We recommend aggressive steps to limit diesel pollution by banning older, dirty trucks and diverting trucks from Galena Park roads. We also recommend further testing to determine the extent of air pollution in Galena Park, and its impacts. Galena Park recently elected a new mayor and city council. This new administration has an opportunity to take a fresh look at the pollution challenges their residents face. It is our hope that Galena Park will work with the Port of Houston Authority, Harris County, and the City of Houston to address these challenges and protect the health of the citizens of Galena Park, Texas. History:
Contacts: Gregory Foster [ [[http://twitter.com/gregoryfoster|@gregoryfoster]] ] - org-public_laboratory@entersection.org |
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| 7 | liz |
August 28, 2015 19:01
| over 8 years ago
A Public Laboratory group is just starting up in Texas, read below for more information and to get involved! Galena ParkExcerpted from Galena-Park-Monitoring-Report-FINAL.pdf Galena Park, Texas is an environmental justice community of some 10,000 residents on the Houston Ship Channel. The community is surrounded by the ship channel; industry, particularly that associated with Houston petrochemical industry; rail lines; and high traffic roadways, including I-10 to the north and 610 to the west. Air Alliance Houston has been active in Galena Park for several years. It is a community in which concerns about pollution and public health run high. However, a lack of resources and knowledge leads to very little public engagement on issues that impact environmental quality and health. Although citizens are worried about their health, there is little sense that they can personally affect change. Air Alliance Houston and Global Community Monitor conducted a community health impact survey, and community mapping workshop, and a community air monitoring project. Air monitoring was conducted over the course of a year for fine particulate matter and elemental carbon, a surrogate for diesel pollution. The results of the yearlong community air monitoring project form the basis of this report. An independent report was produced by a graduate student at the Rice University Department of Statistics. Diesel pollution presents an unacceptable health risk in Galena Park. Cancer risk due to diesel pollution exposure may exceed 1 in 10,000. Fine particulate matter pollution may exceed federal health standards as well. Galena Park must act now to reduce diesel and particulate matter pollution in order to protect its residents’ health. We recommend aggressive steps to limit diesel pollution by banning older, dirty trucks and diverting trucks from Galena Park roads. We also recommend further testing to determine the extent of air pollution in Galena Park, and its impacts. Galena Park recently elected a new mayor and city council. This new administration has an opportunity to take a fresh look at the pollution challenges their residents face. It is our hope that Galena Park will work with the Port of Houston Authority, Harris County, and the City of Houston to address these challenges and protect the health of the citizens of Galena Park, Texas. History:
Contacts: Gregory Foster [ [[http://twitter.com/gregoryfoster|@gregoryfoster]] ] - org-public_laboratory@entersection.org |
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November 18, 2011 18:51
| over 12 years ago
A Public Laboratory group is just starting up in Texas, read below for more information and to get involved! Current Activities:
Contacts: Gregory Foster [ [[http://twitter.com/gregoryfoster|@gregoryfoster]] ] - org-public_laboratory@entersection.org |
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| 5 | gregoryfoster |
November 18, 2011 18:49
| over 12 years ago
A Public Laboratory group is just starting up in Texas, read below for more information and to get involved! Current Activities:
Contacts: Gregory Foster [ [[http://twitter.com/gregoryfoster|@gregoryfoster]] ] - org-public_laboratory@entersection.org |
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| 4 | gregoryfoster |
November 18, 2011 18:42
| over 12 years ago
A Public Laboratory group is just starting up in Texas, read below for more information and to get involved! Current Activities:
Contacts: Gregory Foster [ [[http://twitter.com/gregoryfoster|@gregoryfoster]] ] - org-public_laboratory@entersection.org |
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| 3 | Hudonnoodles |
July 07, 2011 19:52
| almost 13 years ago
A Public Laboratory group is just starting up in Texas, read below for more information and to get involved! Current Activities: -Organizing SXSW panel -Spectroscopic analysis on food products -Outreach: Austin is rich with groups focused on environmental and sustainability issues (see The Unforeseen for the provenance of the Save Our Springs Alliance in the early 90's, focused on preserving the Barton Creek watershed and Barton Springs). Zilker Park surrounds the pool and would be perfect for kite and balloon flying amongst people enjoying and curious. Another group to reach out to is The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (for tracking the spread of native and invasive plant species, the effects of drought, etc.). In short, the combination of high tech + green in Austin is fertile soil for your work. Contacts: |
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| 2 | Hudonnoodles |
July 07, 2011 19:46
| almost 13 years ago
A Public Laboratory group is just starting up in Texas, read below for more information and to get involved! Current Activities: -Organizing SXSW panel -Spectroscopic analysis on food products -Outreach: Austin is rich with groups focused on environmental and sustainability issues (see The Unforeseen for the provenance of the Save Our Springs Alliance in the early 90's, focused on preserving the Barton Creek watershed and Barton Springs). Zilker Park surrounds the pool and would be perfect for kite and balloon flying amongst people enjoying and curious. Another group to reach out to is The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (for tracking the spread of native and invasive plant species, the effects of drought, etc.). In short, the combination of high tech + green in Austin is fertile soil for your work. July 6, 2011 - 4:00PM CST Phone Conference about SXSW Panel Notes: -Panel/workshop- PLOTS presence at SXSW -Confronted by app deadlines- July 15th- by the time we get to SXSW, should have partnerships with local groups, organizations, etc- need for tools and skills to bring to mix (currently in idea stage)- should be conservative in terms of saying where we will be a year from now- use this as a planning/goal setting process Greg - start up cit. sci. group tightly aligned with PLOTS What type of event- panel? workshop? ind. speaker? in addition, do an un-conference workshop that could be planned later on Collaboration w/ Dorkbot community? Organize a tent next to conference area- possible group to partner with to have a presence- open up to several different exhibitions SXSW panel is secondary to main goal of developing sustainability in working relationships Ideas for the panel: Is there a theme for SXSW this year? Provide a framework for panel topic -Community inspired panels- how they intersect with technology, software/hardware that comes out of it -Talk about the Gulf Coast or the online community and what it means globally -Panel size is 2-4, a few diff. formats or could do a workshop- all 60 minute formats Jen- talk about portions of Gowanus and Newark/NJ Greg - do a formal talk instead of a workshop format within the SXSW-organize workshop outside of this... Online vs. Offline community- diff. levels of stakeholders- everyone wants to know how to bridge gap and this is strength for this project Good for social change and creating group for x Large Scale est. project (GC/ env. justice perspective), in the works (Austin), Jen (Gowanus), other PL staff (online community- technical side- development of tools and techniques)- convey geekiness of DIY science projects July 15th panel picker entries, until August 5th to edit proposal- just one panel proposal bio about each of the speakers Nation Builder - to use for organizing in Austin- general purpose platform- keep track of those helping out as well as doing fundraising and for organizing events- launched just in April Contacts: |
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| 1 | Hudonnoodles |
July 07, 2011 19:45
| almost 13 years ago
A Public Laboratory group is just starting up in Texas, read below for more information and to get involved! Current Activities: -Organizing SXSW panel -Spectroscopic analysis on food products -Outreach: Austin is rich with groups focused on environmental and sustainability issues (see The Unforeseen for the provenance of the Save Our Springs Alliance in the early 90's, focused on preserving the Barton Creek watershed and Barton Springs). Zilker Park surrounds the pool and would be perfect for kite and balloon flying amongst people enjoying and curious. Another group to reach out to is The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (for tracking the spread of native and invasive plant species, the effects of drought, etc.). In short, the combination of high tech + green in Austin is fertile soil for your work. July 6, 2011 - 4:00PM CST Phone Conference about SXSW Panel Notes: -Panel/workshop- PLOTS presence at SXSW -Confronted by app deadlines- July 15th- by the time we get to SXSW, should have partnerships with local groups, organizations, etc- need for tools and skills to bring to mix (currently in idea stage)- should be conservative in terms of saying where we will be a year from now- use this as a planning/goal setting process Greg - start up cit. sci. group tightly aligned with PLOTS What type of event- panel? workshop? ind. speaker? in addition, do an un-conference workshop that could be planned later on Collaboration w/ Dorkbot community? Organize a tent next to conference area- possible group to partner with to have a presence- open up to several different exhibitions SXSW panel is secondary to main goal of developing sustainability in working relationships Ideas for the panel: Is there a theme for SXSW this year? Provide a framework for panel topic -Community inspired panels- how they intersect with technology, software/hardware that comes out of it -Talk about the Gulf Coast or the online community and what it means globally -Panel size is 2-4, a few diff. formats or could do a workshop- all 60 minute formats Jen- talk about portions of Gowanus and Newark/NJ Greg - do a formal talk instead of a workshop format within the SXSW-organize workshop outside of this... Online vs. Offline community- diff. levels of stakeholders- everyone wants to know how to bridge gap and this is strength for this project Good for social change and creating group for x Large Scale est. project (GC/ env. justice perspective), in the works (Austin), Jen (Gowanus), other PL staff (online community- technical side- development of tools and techniques)- convey geekiness of DIY science projects July 15th panel picker entries, until August 5th to edit proposal- just one panel proposal bio about each of the speakers Nation Builder - to use for organizing in Austin- general purpose platform- keep track of those helping out as well as doing fundraising and for organizing events- launched just in April Contacts: |
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| 0 | Shannon |
July 06, 2011 13:30
| almost 13 years ago
A Public Laboratory group is just starting up in Texas, read below for more information and to get involved! Current activities: Organizing SXSW panel Spectroscopic analysis on food products Outreach: Austin is rich with groups focused on environmental and sustainability issues (see The Unforeseen for the provenance of the Save Our Springs Alliance in the early 90's, focused on preserving the Barton Creek watershed and Barton Springs). Zilker Park surrounds the pool and would be perfect for kite and balloon flying amongst people enjoying and curious. Another group to reach out to is The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (for tracking the spread of native and invasive plant species, the effects of drought, etc.). In short, the combination of high tech + green in Austin is fertile soil for your work. Contacts: |
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