Keynote: Open Source as Endurance Infrastructure for Environmental Justice

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Community groups build DIY air monitors using replicated EPA SUMA canisters, odor maps and grab-sample bags to document refinery flares; balloon and kite platforms with 5.5‑ft weather balloons and point‑and‑shoot cameras lift to 3,000 ft to image the BP spill, then mapknitter stitches mosaics. Projects scale through 250 volunteers, 1,000 map stitchers and open hardware like pocket spectrometers and NIR cameras. Work proves durable but surfaces governance, preservation and usability gaps, and risks from exposing community data.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:02Cancer Alley air monitoring
3. 3:09Public Lab and open tools
4. 5:34Shuttleworth fellowship
5. 8:44Open source aids environmental justice
6. 12:38Translating openness for communities
7. 14:27Open infrastructure and policy
8. 15:30Call to action

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