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This special event is the culmination of a semester long pilot scheme bringing together diverse disciplines, from art to science and everything in between, to tackle the growing problem of air pollution. LIVING LAB: Learning at the Junction – Street Festival. Students and staff from 10 different academic subjects have been collaborating since February to investigate the burning social and ecological issue of local air quality. At this street festival they share their learning and advocacy through performances, citizen science activities, zines and talks. There will be music and refreshments av…
Impact of poor air quality from a personal perspective
A former teacher, Rosamund became a clean air advocate after her 9-year-old daughter, Ella, died in 2013 from a rare and severe form of asthma. Rosamund is now a World Health Organisation advocate for health and air quality and gave a talk on health and climate at COP26.
Past, present and the future for air quality in the UK
Air pollution has impacted public health for hundreds of years, and continues to be the largest cause of global preventable death. Reducing the impacts of pollution needs action right across society, tackling visible sources such as traffic and industry and less obvious ones from agriculture, homes and domestic products. How clean the air will be in the future will depend partly on the national choices made around Net Zero and decarbonisation, alongside further actions we take personally at home and work.
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