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Methods

developed by Public Lab contributors

Public Lab's community collaboratively develops many different DIY environmental monitoring and advocacy methods.

Browse them here and learn how to get involved.

Find methods by topic or choose from the categories above.

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Facilitation

last edit by liz 8 days ago | 3,806 | 10


Issue Briefs

last edit by warren 14 days ago | 391 | 4


Community Microscope Kit

last edit by warren 14 days ago | 887 | 8


PurpleAir

last edit by warren 15 days ago | 93 | 3



Soil Testing Toolkit

last edit by bronwen 25 days ago | 34 | 2


Odor

last edit by imvec about 1 month ago | 419 | 3


Noise

last edit by warren about 1 month ago | 150 | 3


Stormwater Monitoring

last edit by warren about 1 month ago | 793 | 1



Public Comment

last edit by warren 2 months ago | 729 | 6


Guides

last edit by stevie 3 months ago | 22,772 | 4


Spectrometry

last edit by warren 3 months ago | 29,910 | 7


Infragram

last edit by warren 3 months ago | 77,431 | 12



Water conductivity monitoring

last edit by warren 4 months ago | 530 | 2


MapKnitter

last edit by warren 4 months ago | 52,796 | 5


Particle Sensing

last edit by warren 4 months ago | 11,811 | 5


Microscopes

last edit by warren 5 months ago | 1,546 | 1



Image Sequencer

last edit by warren 5 months ago | 707 | 2


WebJack

last edit by warren 5 months ago | 1,061 | 1



Data Logging

last edit by warren 6 months ago | 1,250 | 7



Coqui conductivity sensor

last edit by warren 6 months ago | 11,766 | 18


Raspberry Pi Infragram

last edit by warren 6 months ago | 897 | 1






Kite-Balloon Hybrid

last edit by warren 8 months ago | 46,173 | 6


Host an event

last edit by warren 8 months ago | 419 | 2


Air Sampling

last edit by warren 8 months ago | 790 | 2



Water Sensors

last edit by Nova 9 months ago | 1,586 | 6


Electronic Hydrogen Sulfide Sensors

last edit by warren 9 months ago | 27,005 | 3


Nano Data Logger

last edit by cfastie 10 months ago | 1,451 | 3


DustDuino

last edit by warren 10 months ago | 29,288 | 7



Timelapse Kit

last edit by warren 10 months ago | 2,498 | 2


Spectral Workbench

last edit by warren 10 months ago | 47,398 | 8


Turbidity

last edit by warren 10 months ago | 757 | 2


Sensor enclosures

last edit by warren 10 months ago | 555 | 1




Reagents

last edit by warren 11 months ago | 254 | 0


Aerial photos with Passenger Pigeon

last edit by warren 11 months ago | 3,923 | 2


Balloon & Kite Mapping

last edit by stevie 12 months ago | 151,155 | 2



Thermal photography

last edit by warren about 1 year ago | 96,429 | 4


Photo Sharing

last edit by xose about 1 year ago | 436 | 1


Water Sampling

last edit by warren about 1 year ago | 699 | 2


Soil Sampling

last edit by warren about 1 year ago | 455 | 2



Photo Monitoring

last edit by stevie about 1 year ago | 1,081 | 2


DIY Indoor Air Remediation Kit

last edit by warren over 1 year ago | 14,758 | 9


BioBroth Bubbler

last edit by warren over 1 year ago | 394 | 0




Creating a Media Campaign

last edit by xose over 1 year ago | 855 | 3



pDR-1500

last edit by mathew over 1 year ago | 399 | 2


Potentiostat

last edit by dwheeler over 1 year ago | 30,971 | 10



Site Survey

last edit by stevie over 1 year ago | 339 | 3


KAPtery Aerial Rigs

last edit by cfastie over 1 year ago | 5,199 | 10


Aerial Photography

last edit by liz over 1 year ago | 1,458 | 3


Mãe d'Água

last edit by vjpixel over 1 year ago | 5,686 | 7



Multispectral imaging

last edit by warren almost 2 years ago | 4,328 | 4


Conducting a Literature Review

last edit by gretchengehrke about 2 years ago | 563 | 1



Start an Environmental Monitoring Study

last edit by mathew over 2 years ago | 1,081 | 3



Guide to doing a technology review

last edit by mathew over 2 years ago | 569 | 1


Refinery Watching

last edit by warren almost 3 years ago | 11,596 | 5


Pole Mapping

last edit by Natalie over 3 years ago | 7,242 | 0


Gardening Toolkit

last edit by warren over 3 years ago | 6,718 | 5



Roomba Indoor Air Quality Monitoring

last edit by Shannon over 3 years ago | 1,437,413 | 7


Water Quality Sensor

last edit by Dana about 5 years ago | 42,627 | 2


Air Column Monitor

last edit by liz over 5 years ago | 11,110 | 1


Portable Energy Scavenging Kit

last edit by donblair almost 6 years ago | 7,808 | 0



Home Testing for Endocrine Disruptors

last edit by liz almost 6 years ago | 24,342 | 5


Balloon Telemetry Kit

last edit by mathew about 6 years ago | 18,497 | 0


Stereo Camera

last edit by mathew about 6 years ago | 18,499 | -1