Neighbors for Clean Air
Community Engaged Science Leading Positive change
Neighbors for Clean Air is a community engaged science project that aims to empower residents with high quality data to make informed decisions about health and guide positive environmental change.
We are a partnership between community scientists, non-profits, and researchers, who will work together to collect, interpret, and disseminate data from a network of air quality sampling devices at resident and community hosted sites across the Greater Midway and Frogtown area.
Community engaged air monitoring
Guided by a community-first approach, this project aims to learn:
- what heavy metal pollutants are in our neighborhoods
- where these pollutants are concentrated
- how this air pollution exacerbates existing health inequities
- how to prevent and mitigate air pollution at a hyper-local scale
Accessible data to empower neighbors
Our data will be publicly accessible throughout the project. We aim to provide all of our neighbors with crucial information in a format that is easy to understand and prioritizes the issues that are most important to community members.
Through this effort, we strive to break down barriers, create pathways for involvement, and spark meaningful change that will ensure clean air for all.
Project partners
This project would not be possible without funding from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency as well as support from our partners below.