| Community | Project Summary | TEX’s role | Local Impact | Broader Impact |
| Denver, CO | Testing low-cost approach to measuring PCE while helping one Denver neighborhood protect itself from pollutants that enter homes though basements (e.g. PCE and Radon) | Helped community scope project, and found scientific partner; connected to crowd-funding opportunity | 20 Residents whose home is tested
(20,000 neighborhood residents if EPA does remediation) |
Cost of monitoring goes from $100 to $8, making monitoring more accessible for everyone
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| Pamir Mountains, Afghanistan and Tajikistan
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Exploring ways to update traditional ecological calendars to reflect changing climate and anticipate future climate | Found collaborators with diverse expertise and facilitated team and proposal development. | 17 villages | Cornell received funding to explore whether local ecological knowledge can be a vehicle for climate change preparedness |
| South Central Kentucky | Integrating detailed local data into water monitoring in Kentucky | Helped scientist/community team define project goals and provided funding | 150,000 farmers in the 10 countries whose water managers use that data | The tools is being shared with water managers statewide, might be adapted for other states |
| Eugene OR | An ambitious new target for GHG emissions | Found scientist to help vet project, linked to partners who could help with advocacy | Eugene’s 159,000 residents | May inspire other communities to launch ambitious goals |
| Los Angeles CA | Background knowledge for community members concerned about oil extraction in their neighborhood | Found a Spanish speaking seismologist who helped educate the community | “changed the culture of dialogue” in one neighborhood of X residents | Union of Concerned Scientist using this example to talk about community science interaction |
