Air Quality Monitoring Part 1a: Behind the Science
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Description: This workshop was developed by Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments (CAPHE) for people working to promote the use of air quality monitoring and clean air in their communities. Our goal is to teach you to use available data to inform work to promote clean air and improved health. First, we introduce the concept of air quality monitoring, talk about some common air pollutants and explain their health effects. Next, we talk about air quality limits established by federal law and informed by scientific evidence of health impacts. Towards the end, we describe how air quality is measured and reported.
Air Quality Monitoring Part 1b: Looking at Air Quality in Detroit
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Description: This workshop was developed by Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments (CAPHE) for people working to promote clean air in their communities through the use of improved air quality monitoring. Our goal is to teach you to use available data to inform work to promote clean air and improved health. In part 1a, we introduced the concept of air quality monitoring, talked about some common air pollutants and explained their health effects. In Part 1b, we talk about how air quality is experienced in Detroit, how it is measured and reported, and leave you with the link to a demo for AirNow.Gov, where you can explore air quality in your area and beyond.
Air Quality Monitoring Part 1b: AirNow.Gov Demo
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Description: This demo is part of the Air Quality Monitoring workshop series developed by Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments (CAPHE) for people working to promote clean air in their communities through the use of improved air quality monitoring. Our goal is to teach you to use available data to inform work to promote clean air and improved health. This video is a walkthrough demo on AirNow.gov. This website can be used to monitor pollution levels in your area.
Air Quality Monitoring Part 2a: Monitoring Networks and Gathering, Using and Interpreting Data
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Description: This workshop was developed by CAPHE for people working to promote clean air in their communities through the use of improved air quality monitoring. Our goal is to teach you to use available data to inform work to promote clean air and improved health. First we will explore the science of air quality monitoring. Next we will explain why air quality monitoring is important and look at types of air quality monitoring. Lastly we explain EPA monitoring networks and review different types of air quality sensors and discuss why we need them.
Air Quality Monitoring Part 2a: MiAir Demo
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Description: This demo is part of the Air Quality Monitoring workshop series developed by CAPHE for people working to promote clean air in their communities through the use of improved air quality monitoring. Our goal is to teach you to use available data to inform work to promote clean air and improved health. This video is a walkthrough demo on how to use MiAir.org This website can be used to provide real-time and historical air pollutant data.
Air Quality Monitoring Part 2b: Finding and Using Air Data
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Description: This workshop was developed by CAPHE for people working to promote clean air in their communities through the use of improved air quality monitoring. Our goal is to teach you to use available data to inform work to promote clean air and improved health. First we will explore how to use data to understand long and short term trends using some of the existing portals that are available. Next, we will be talking about design values, concentration plots and multi-year tile plots. Lastly we will look at short term trends using OpenAQ.org and give an overview of air quality tools and when to use them, including using wind roses.
Air Quality Monitoring Part 2b: Concentration Plot Demo
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Description: This demo is part of the Air Quality Monitoring workshop series developed by CAPHE for people working to promote clean air in their communities through the use of improved air quality monitoring. Our goal is to teach you to use available data to inform work to promote clean air and improved health. This video is a walk through demo on how to make a concentration plot.
Air Quality Monitoring Part 2b: Multi Year Tile Plot Data Demo
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Description: This demo is part of the Air Quality Monitoring workshop series developed by CAPHE for people working to promote clean air in their communities through the use of improved air quality monitoring. Our goal is to teach you to use available data to inform work to promote clean air and improved health. This video is a walk through demo on how to make a multi year tile plot.
Air Quality Monitoring Part 2b: Open AQ Demo
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Description: This demo is part of the Air Quality Monitoring workshop series developed by CAPHE for people working to promote clean air in their communities through the use of improved air quality monitoring. Our goal is to teach you to use available data to inform work to promote clean air and improved health. This video is a walk through demo on how to use OpenAQ.org. This website provides free access to global, real-time ground-based air quality data.
The Fight for Environmental Justice in Michigan
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Description: Environmental justice activists and organizations in Detroit have been tackling environmental racism for decades, with national and local awareness increasing in the past several years due to the Flint water crisis. Several environmental justice leaders featured in the MLIVE documentary serve as members of, and make substantial contributions to, the work of the M-LEEaD Center. M-LEEaD has also partnered with many of these organizations to work together to address pressing environmental injustices in Southwest Detroit. Michelle Martinez from the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition serves as a member of M-LEEaD’s Stakeholder Action Board and is featured in the documentary. MEJC’s focus on air pollution and climate change is featured powerfully in the documentary.
APHA: Mobilizing Public Health to Achieve Environmental Justice
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Description: The final webinar in APHA's Advancing Racial Equity series raised awareness of the ongoing impact of environmental racism on the health and well-being of Black, Indigenous and people of color in the U.S.
Speakers: Welcome: Kate Robb, MSPH, Senior Program Manager, Environmental Health, APHA Center for Public Health Policy; Moderator: Crystal Dixon, MPH, MCHES, NBC-HWC, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Education, UNC Greensboro; Presenters: Donna Chavis, Senior Campaigner, Fossil Fuels, Friends of the Earth; Donele Wilkins, Founder and CEO, Green Door Initiative; Sacoby Wilson, PhD, MS, Associate Professor, Director, Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland-College Park; Michele Okoh, JD, Senior Lecturing Fellow of Law, Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic
