{"id":2920,"date":"2023-11-06T14:57:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T14:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/?post_type=exhibit3&#038;p=2920"},"modified":"2023-11-06T14:57:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T14:57:36","slug":"what-can-you-do-about-air-pollution","status":"publish","type":"exhibit3","link":"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/atmostheatre\/what-can-you-do-about-air-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"What Can YOU Do About Air Pollution?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Air pollution affects us all, yet it can often feel that we are powerless to do something about it. This recorded live session explores things that we can do to reduce air pollution in our everyday lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It looks at what air pollution is and why we should care about it, before looking at what we can do as individuals and communities to improve air quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also looks at the case study of Mukuru in Kenya, to learn about some of the creative ways residents raised awareness about air pollution in their community \u2013 could you do something similar?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/05\/Heather-Price-head-shot-photo-728x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2841 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/05\/Heather-Price-head-shot-photo-728x1024.jpg 728w, https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/05\/Heather-Price-head-shot-photo-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/05\/Heather-Price-head-shot-photo-768x1081.jpg 768w, https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/05\/Heather-Price-head-shot-photo-320x450.jpg 320w, https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/05\/Heather-Price-head-shot-photo-480x676.jpg 480w, https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/05\/Heather-Price-head-shot-photo.jpg 1009w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Dr Heather Price<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heather Price is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Geography at the University of Stirling and UK Research &amp; Innovation\u2019s Regional Clean Air Champion for Scotland. Her research focuses on finding solutions to air pollution and other environmental problems by putting people at the heart of research, either by working collaboratively with communities or using methods that engage people in the research process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n                <div class=\"related-content\">\n                        <div class=\"container\">\n                <h2><\/h2>\n                <div class=\"content-carousel swiper-container\">\n                    <ul class=\"content-carousel__wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n                                                                                    <li class=\"content-carousel__item swiper-slide\">\n                                    \n<a href=\"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/envirotent\/meet-the-scientist-kirsty-pringle-university-of-leeds\/\" class=\"grid-list__item\">\n    <img width=\"610\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2021\/02\/bib-610x340.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>    <div class=\"grid-list__content\">\n        <ul class=\"grid-list__terms\"><li class=\"grid-list__restriction grid-list__restriction--8andover grid-list__restriction--1\">\n                        8 and over\n                    <\/li><li style=\"background-color:#ed6c58;\" class=\"pollution\">Pollution<\/li><li style=\"background-color:#ed6c58;\" class=\"research\">Research<\/li><\/ul>        <h3>BiB Breathes: Monitoring Exposure to Air Pollution<\/h3>        <div class=\"event-date\">\n            <!-- event date -->\n            <span class=\"event-date__item\">\n                            <\/span>\n        <\/div>\n        <span><B>Resources<\/b><BR><BR>Children in Bradford become Citizen Scientists in the BiB Breathes Project.  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