Good Evening

SJSU Students!

It's 2006

Organize Diverse Communities

for Better Air Quality

Bay Area Air Quality Management District

Yvonna Cázares

Air is a resource

How did we

get from here?

To  here?

Air pollution =

Any contamination of the atmosphere that  alters its natural composition and chemistry

Group Activity:

Discuss and present what human

activities impact air quality

Group Activity:

Discuss and present the consequences

and effects of dirty air

Source: Michigan Tech University

Clean Air Day:

February 1, 2014

Dirty Air Day:

2014 New Year's Day

Air Quality in other parts of the world

Source: NASA Earth Observatory

1 in 7

Bay Area residents has a respiratory condition

Source: American Lung Association

Where you live determines

your health

Cancer and heart disease

Major roads

Particulate matter (PM)

Brake and tire debris 

                      DUST

Health impacts

Asthma

        cardiovascular disease

childhood leukemia

            premature death.

Autism linked to air pollution

Source: Harvard School of Public Health

of San Jose = 79.5 years

Los Altos, Mountain View,

Palo Alto = 86.7 years

Source: HealthTrust.org

#SRSLY!?

The

Clean Air Act

The

Health & Safety Code

Created in 1955

First Air District in the Country

Guess

What our first regulation was?

The Air District

protects the air you breathe

Compliance & Enforcement

10,892  Inspections  in  2015

Updates to

refinery emissions rules

Commuter Benefits

Rulemaking in 2014

$62 million

for clean air projects in 2014

"Science may have found a cure for most evils;

but it has found no remedy for

the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings."

- Helen Keller

- Helen Keller

Pair Share!

How can we raise awareness and reach residents?

Awesome

Thanks for your ideas!

173 Community Events

in 2014

Youth for the Environment and Sustainability

Y.E.S. Conference

both educates and engages residents

Social media

Public Participation Plan

Provide opportunities for

meaningful public input

future look like?

What does the

white vans

Back at it again with the

Clean Air Plan

Updates to the

Bay Area Near Roadway

Sensor Study

Maybe you'll work for the Air District?

Group Activity:

Skills and $$$ 

? ? ?

Thank you

Professor Chan & HS 172 Students!