Communicate and inform about air quality
Actively communicating and informing about air quality ensures that citizens are more aware of this problem, of the impact of their own choices and of their own exposure to pollutants.
You tackle the following challenges:
That's how you do it
- Involve citizens of various ages and socio-economic status in air quality measurement campaigns and projects.
- If you start from a specific problem, focus on the local target groups. For example, you can include the home-school distance as the main criterion in the central registration system at schools.
- Schools can introduce children to the problem in a playful way.
- Organize information sessions.
- Place information boards, whether or not stating the current air quality.
- Explain clearly why certain measures are taken and what they mean for air quality.
- Provide tips to citizens on how to minimize their impact on air quality and their exposure to pollutants.
More information
- Learning about air quality through play (Flemish Environmental Agency, Flanders)
- Current air quality in Belgium (IRCEL, Belgium)
- Current air quality in the Netherlands (Air measurement network, the Netherlands)
- GLOBE measuring air quality together (RIVM, the Netherlands)
