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The Community Science Lab was created to support the work conducted by the Center for the Study of Land, Air, and Water. Built on the success of the Bard Water Lab and its partnership with the Saw Kill Watershed Community, CSL expands the Center’s reach by allowing us to refocus our work on projects that address the interconnectedness of land, air, water, and communities. The work of the Bard Water Lab and its goal of bringing water science to water communities continues through the Saw Kill Monitoring Program, as a CSL project.
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Environmental Monitoring

  • Water Quality Parameters + Protocols
    The Community Science Lab collects and analyzes water samples for sewage-indicating bacteria, turbidity, chlorophyll a, colored dissolved organic material, phycocyanin, and optical brighteners.
    • Saw Kill Monitoring Program
    • Roe Jan Monitoring Program
  • Air Quality Egg: Real-Time Data Science
    We’re using continuous monitoring technology from Air Quality Egg to establish air quality data stations around the Hudson Valley. Check out some of the data collected from these stations:
    • Bard Community Science Lab
    • Cary Institute Weather Station

Community Science Coalition

An initiative of the Open Society University Network (OSUN).

In addition to supporting the Center for the Study of Land, Air, and Water, the lab supports the OSUN Community Science Coalition, an international network working to bridge the gaps between climate change, academic institutions, and the equitable management of shared natural resources. The Community Science Lab will serve as the coalition's core lab facility, conducting environmental testing in response to community concerns. The data generated will be used to evaluate local climate impacts and help inform decision makers.

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Real issues. Real solutions. Real change.

  • Rethinking Environment
    The contemporary environmental movement has not successfully addressed the key environmental issues that humanity is faced with. Continuing to maintain the environmental status quo will not allow us to adapt in the ways we must to negotiate climate change while also addressing long-term issues including hunger, poverty, and income disparity.

    Rethinking Environment

    The contemporary environmental movement has not successfully addressed the key environmental issues that humanity is faced with. Continuing to maintain the environmental status quo will not allow us to adapt in the ways we must to negotiate climate change while also addressing long-term issues including hunger, poverty, and income disparity.

    This new project will turn the ideas of environment and sustainability on their heads, to recognize and attempt to remove the racism, classism, and sexism inherent in the conceptualization and contemporary realization of these terms. Using academic and community-based knowledge, experience, and resources, we will develop terms and conceptualizations that allow for the full integration of community, shared values, and resources, to successfully address  local and global issues.
  • Watersheds as Neighborhoods
    When people hear the word “watershed” they first think simply of water. But watersheds are full ecosystems with many living beings impacting their health and vitality. This new project rethinks what neighborhood means in the context of watershed-based community efforts. Project partners include the Dutchess County Government, Riverkeeper, and the Saw Kill Watershed Community.
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