A public health campaign is vital to educate the public about the impact of dirty air.

@rcphysicians.bsky.social poll finds low levels of public awareness of impact of #airpollution We have been trailing a new outdoor display in 3 neighbourhoods in London - we’re looking for funding to roll it out nationally! @kayloquial.bsky.social @ellarobertafdn.bsky.social 👉 awair-project.org

12 years ago today - the app I made with geniuses Mark Woollard & Francis Booth with @drgaryfuller.bsky.social expert eye for @city-air.bsky.social was featured in the App Store! Alongside BBC, Facebook & Lady Gaga! #memorylane apps.apple.com/gb/app/city-...

Poll finds the public remain unaware of the health impact of air pollution - AirQualityNews. Piece by Paul Day on research by Royal College of Physicans airqualitynews.com/headlines/po...

10 years ago today on BBC Click (now sadly gone) in @LondonAir Marylebone Road monitoring station talking #airpollution with @laralewington.bsky.social time flies! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

It was a real pleasure to talk to these lovely people in #gipsyhill yesterday evening about the @awair_displays in their neighbourhood finishing with a drink and a chat in the #greatsouthern pub - more videos & photos to come! 📸 awair-project.org

A year of air pollution visualised through the medium of knitting, inspired by Breathe London Piece by Paul Day with quote by my brilliant @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social colleague @andygrieveair.bsky.social airqualitynews.com/headlines/a-...

#ios26 is actually awful

Looking forward to listening to @ellarobertafdn.bsky.social talk at this amazing event at the National Portrait Gallery on Sept 18th! 🎟️🖼️ www.npg.org.uk/whatson/even...

In our report ‘A breath of fresh air’ we set out recommendations for the UK government, from tackling pollution at source and developing an indoor air quality strategy. 🔗Read the report: ow.ly/J9Rv50WcaRL

🔴 High #airpollution alert issued for Sat 21st June! If you are in #GipsyHill, #Peckham or #WhiteCity and you spot these @awair_displays around please fill out our survey here 👉 imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Thanks to @impurbanhealth.bsky.social funding this vital info to #londoners 🙏🙏

Air pollution must be recognised as a public health issue. Our report 'A breath of fresh air' highlights evidence on the increased range of health impacts linked to air pollution. The government needs to treat #airpollution as a serious & preventable health risk. 🔗 ow.ly/F3yq50Wc7wr #CleanAirDay

#Murakami - my favourite 📖

Well I’m loving these new @awair_displays hoodies! 🌈👕 Next week leaflets going out in #GipsyHill #Peckham and #WhiteCity asking residents’ views on Awair displays. We got 3 £50 Tesco vouchers to give away in each area. 🙌 Link here imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... if you’re in those areas 🌟🌟

“We need to park the car and take the train isn’t it!” Always top vibes with the good folks in #GipsyHil 😊 And a new one up in Gipsy Road! 🎉 @impurbanhealth.bsky.social @ellarobertafdn.bsky.social @imperial-clim-act.bsky.social

“There is an art to science, and science in art; the two are not enemies, but different aspects of the whole.”

Hottest day so far = another Moderate ozone #airpollution day 🟠 Ozone rises through the day peaking around 6pm 📈. So lowest levels in the morning. awair-project.org 🌟Thanks to @impurbanhealth.bsky.social for funding this vital project 🙏. 🌟And to @ellarobertafdn.bsky.social for inspiring it 🙏

Moderate ozone #airpollution forecast for today 28th and tomorrow 29th🟠 Ozone rises through the day peaking around 6pm so best time to avoid it is the mornings. Thanks to @impurbanhealth.bsky.social for funding this vital project 🌟 Thanks to @ellarobertafdn.bsky.social for inspiring this project 🌟

Some particulate #airpollution around today 🟠 awair-project.org or breathelondon.org for tips on reducing exposure and taking action 🍃 🙏 @impurbanhealth.bsky.social for funding this 🌟 🙏 @ellaroberts.bsky.social for inspiring this 🌟

It was incredibly moving to attend this unveiling yesterday. Ella and Rosamund have challenged and inspired so many to do what we can to improve #airpollution including me. Hopefully this statue will inspire others to do what they can too. 💙💙💙

4 more AWAIR #airpollution displays installed in #peckham this week! 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Check out awair-project.org for map📍and more! 🙏 @lb-southwark.bsky.social for supporting this 🙏 @impurbanhealth.bsky.social for funding this 🙏 @ellarobertafdn.bsky.social for inspiring and supporting this vital project 🌟🌟🌟

🟠 Moderate #airpollution in #london today. 🔴 High forecast for tomorrow. More details from @londonair Thanks to @impurbanhealth.bsky.social for funding this vital project to bring #airpollution info to the public ⭐️

Amazing time at #ImperialLates yesterday talking to people about our #Awair project to bring #AirPollution information into the public realm 🚦👀. Lots of new ideas and connections! @impurbanhealth.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @kayloquial.bsky.social

Only 2 day until our first #airpollution communication conference! Expertly curated and organised by @kayloquial.bsky.social 👌 It’s gonna be epic! Thanks to @britishacademy.bsky.social for hosting us 🙌 www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...

Only seven countries worldwide meet WHO guidelines on air pollution, study shows - but survey of toxic PM2.5 particles reveals some progress in pollution levels in India and China #airpollution www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It can be hard to tell if it’s a polluted day in #London. Thanks to support from @impurbanhealth.bsky.social and a lot of hard work over past few years we now have realtime public #airpollution displays in #GipsyHill, #Peckham & #WhiteCity Thankfully High & V.High doesn’t happen too often 🔴

What a shame. The US Embassy in Beijing blazed a trail a decade ago fearlessly publishing PM2.5 data for all to see. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/c... @drgaryfuller.bsky.social @kayloquial.bsky.social

Love these new #Awair cloud designs ☁️😊 Appearing in #WhiteCity #GipsyHill & #Peckham Realtime & forecast #Airpollution info in the street for everyone 🌟 awair-project.org @impurbanhealth.bsky.social @ellarobertafdn.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

🚦3 new #Awair #AirPollution displays for #WhiteCity on Thursday 🚦4 new displays for #GipsyHill on Friday 🌟🌟🌟 We’re on cloud 9 with our new design ☁️😊 So many lovely chats with people in these communities, thank you for support! 🙏 awair-project.org @impurbanhealth.bsky.social

A couple more #Awairs for #GipsyHill on Friday on Highland Road and Victoria Crescent bringing the total to 10 deployed 👀🚦 Thank you so much to the lovely, friendly people in Gipsy Hill chatting with me each week and for letting us pilot these in your neighbourhood 🙏🌟 @impurbanhealth.bsky.social

Deliver of #Awairs for #WhiteCity 📦 3 new ones up Along South Africa Road inc one at a bus stop 🙌👀 Thanks so much to my brilliant assistant Nishan for her help🙏 Glanceable #AirPollution info 🚦 We’re on a roll! 🚀 @impurbanhealth.bsky.social @ellarobertafdn.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

Join me at the 1st International Conference dedicated to exploring Air Quality Communications... Speakers from across the world of air quality: artists and app-makers, academics and activists and attendees will explore how the air is communicated in our world. www.imperial.ac.uk/events/18787...

Another #Awair #airpollution display for #Peckham! 💪🌟 Just outside the entrance to Copeland Park. Bringing glanceable air quality info into the street 👀🚦 We’re getting them out there despite the cold 🌨️! Thanks to @impurbanhealth.bsky.social for funding this amazing project 🌟🌟🌟

The inestimable @kayloquial.bsky.social and I are organising the 1st evr conf dedicated to exploring how we communicate air quality! 🍃 We’ve an amazing line-up of speakers from art, science, activism & politics. March 13th in-person & online. Register 👉 www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...

We’ve issued a 🟠 Moderate #airpollution forecast for Tues 11/02 🟠 Our #Awair displays bringing this vital info to the streets for everyone 👀🚦 londonair.org for more. Massive thanks to @impurbanhealth.bsky.social for supporting this pioneering project & @ellarobertafdn.bsky.social for inspiring it.

☔️ Rain ⛈️ Hail ❄️ Snow But that didn’t stop me getting another #Awair #airpollution display installed in #gipsyhill on Friday 💪🌟🚦 Thank you so much to the kind lady who came out and offered me a cuppa ☕️ A moment of warmth on a freezing day ☺️ @impurbanhealth.bsky.social @ellarobertafdn.bsky.social

A fleet of new #Awairs on my kitchen floor last night now up at 3 bus stops in #Peckham 🙌 Proving glanceable realtime #airpollution info in the street 👀🚦 A busy day up a ladder! 🪜 @impurbanhealth.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @ellarobertafdn.bsky.social

Researchers in Scotland have found patterns in health data that suggest that air pollution breathed by children may affect their chances of getting dementia in later life. #breathelife www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Love teaching on this course each year. So many lovely, curious, engaged people getting into understanding #airpollution Thanks for funding it @impurbanhealth.bsky.social 🙌

8 years ago today. Second time on @bbcbreakfast with the lovey Carol Kirkwood. Think she bought me a muffin afterwards in the bbc canteen 🧁

Interesting study that Gary reports on here, adding more nuance to the effects of air pollution on dementia & other diseases t.co/N9YVxvFN53

Thanks for the support coming in for Clean Air night 2025! Beautiful work by @camdencouncil.bsky.social highlighting the issues around domestic wood burning! Find out more at the Clean Air Hub ⬇️ and share what you learn using #CleanAirNight www.cleanairhub.org.uk

It was a cold and foggy start in #london town yesterday morning. Our #Awair displays giving glanceable realtime #airpollution info in the street 🚦 Piloting in Gipsy Hill, Peckham & White City ⭐️ More at https//awair-project.org @impurbanhealth.bsky.social @kayloquial.bsky.social

These cold still mornings have meant #airpollution has been building 📈 My #awair displays showing residents in #gipsyhill #peckham and #whitecity that we’re well over the @who.int reccomended levels currently 🟡 @impurbanhealth.bsky.social @ellarobertafdn.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

And then! Thursday! We put up another 4 #Awair displays back in Gipsy Hill 🚀 🚦Woodland Road 🚦Cawnpore Road 🚦Mountbatten Close 🚦Sainsbury Road Providing glanceable realtime + forecast #airpollution info to everyone and anyone in the street! awair-project.org

Woo hoo! 🚀 We put another 4 #Awair displays up on Wednesday bringing glanceable public #airpollution information to the good people of White City 🙌🚦 awair-project.org @hfcouncil.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

August 2023 - early experiments with RGB LEDs for #Awair What a journey 🎛️ https:\\awair-project.org

Really enjoyed presenting our #Awair project at the wonderful #UKHSA air quality conference in Bristol today. 📣 I’ve kept this project under wraps for so long it’s really weird to talk about it in public but I’m so happy it’s out in the world now! 🥳 awair-project.org

Really enjoyed learning about the Awair project by this dynamic duo @andygrieveair.bsky.social and Kayla

#airpollution in Delhi & north India has been making the headlines this week as millions suffer seasonal smog. What does this smog feel like and why is it happening? For a deep dive, here's me, Devina Gupta & Sumi Somaskanda on BBC World Service www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...