Smartphones are revolutionizing the collection and sharing of environmental data, but their potential as tools for citizen science is vastly under-utilized. This series will examine a range of topics including the underlying science and technical development, as well as the legal and privacy concerns of data collection and dissemination, and the implications for environmental justice and regulations enforcement. Each workshop will cover a different scientific topic from airborne contaminants to soil and water and feature speakers leading the field from the researchers behind the science to the users in our communities.

Panel presentations include:
-Trace metal contamination in New York City garden soils. Zhongqi Cheng

-How can we motivate our citizen scientists? A New York City-based case study of water quality citizen science. Rebecca Gibson and David Farnham

-Legal challenges to data censorship laws. Katrina Fischer Kuh

-Mapping hazardous levels of lead in soil using a new field kit and a smartphone. Franziska Landes

-TreesCount! 2015 – Mapping Every Street Tree in New York City. Jacqueline Lu

-On citizen networks in seismology: what works, what doesn’t? Paul Richards

Free, but please register here.

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Photo credit: Japan Times