Pokémon Go, pH, and projectors: Applying transformation design and participatory action research to an environmental justice collaboration in Chelsea, MA

Figures & data

Figure 1. Chelsea, Massachusetts (img: Matt Frank).

Figure 2. Local environmental justice communities and environmentally regulated sites in and around Chelsea, MA, including seven oil storage facilities (EPA, 2014).

Figure 3. GreenRoots’ ECO youth group with Wylie and Beloit College and NSF Research Experience student David Ortiz during a summer workshop (img: David Ortiz).

Figure 4. Aesthetically focused demonstration of Thermal Fishing Bobs near the Kendall Cogeneration Station (img: Jorge Valdez).

Figure 5. Three different Thermal Fishing Bob prototypes (img: Laura Perovich).

Figure 6. Participatory Pokémon Go video (video: ECO, Perovich, Wylie).

See: https://vimeo.com/230798537 .

Figure 7. Example light paintings created by ECO (img: ECO).

Figure 8. Testing Thermal Fishing Bobs on the Chelsea River (img: Adela Gonzalez).

Figure 9. Screenshot of results from pH calibration and water sample tests (img: ECO & Sara Wylie).

Figure 10. ECO and MIT student Sophia Struckman test RC boats (img: Laura Perovich).

Figure 11. Visual documentation of two outflow pipes, as seen from the bridge and a kayak (img: Laura Perovich, Sara Wylie).

EPA. (2014). Environmental justice analysis in support of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for the Chelsea river bulk petroleum storage facilities. Boston, MA: EPA Region 1.

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