Your City, Your Voice, Your Air


Air Quality in Barking and Dagenham

Do you care about your neighbourhood? Do you have opinions about the environment/health/transportation? Imperial College London supported by the council are working with residents across Barking and Dagenham to share knowledge and experience of air quality in the borough. Learn more by watching this video.


What’s the project about?

Working with local residents, Imperial College London has built a website that we can all contribute to by ‘pinning’ our experiences, perceptions, and questions about air pollution to this digital map. You can access the map here. The aim of the project is to generate a clearer, fuller picture of local air quality conditions across the borough.


How will this improve air quality & the environment across the borough?

First, it can serve as an informational resource guided by the local community by including information about air pollution that is of interest to residents. Perhaps most importantly though, by contributing to the map, Barking and Dagenham residents can communicate what is most important when it comes to tackling air pollution to policy makers.

How can residents get involved?

Contribute to the map here!





Air Quality in Barking and Dagenham

Do you care about your neighbourhood? Do you have opinions about the environment/health/transportation? Imperial College London supported by the council are working with residents across Barking and Dagenham to share knowledge and experience of air quality in the borough. Learn more by watching this video.


What’s the project about?

Working with local residents, Imperial College London has built a website that we can all contribute to by ‘pinning’ our experiences, perceptions, and questions about air pollution to this digital map. You can access the map here. The aim of the project is to generate a clearer, fuller picture of local air quality conditions across the borough.


How will this improve air quality & the environment across the borough?

First, it can serve as an informational resource guided by the local community by including information about air pollution that is of interest to residents. Perhaps most importantly though, by contributing to the map, Barking and Dagenham residents can communicate what is most important when it comes to tackling air pollution to policy makers.

How can residents get involved?

Contribute to the map here!




  • The Greening Network Meeting with Kayla Schlute

    07.02.2023

    The Greening Network was joined by Kayla Schlute, a researcher who is working on an exciting new project which aims to generate a clearer, fuller picture of local air quality conditions across Barking and Dagenham. The project involves building a website where individuals living or working in Barking and Dagenham can ‘pin’ their experiences, perceptions, and questions about air pollution to a digital map. This is to capture the lived experience of air quality in Barking and Dagenham, and build a more representative view of local air quality. Kayla spoke about how air quality is governed at a national and local level, how air quality is monitored in Barking and Dagenham and how people can get involved in the project. If you are interested in getting involved, you can see the opportunities below:

    1. Become a Project Ambassador

    This will involve meeting 4 - 5 times over the course of the year to give feedback on how the project is progressing. Ambassadors will also be asked to help spread the word about a series of in-person events and workshops, where individuals can contribute to the map in real time. You can apply to be a project ambassador here(External link).

    2. Attend a co-design workshop

    This workshop will involve co-designing the project’s website. The website will include a map where individuals living or working in Barking and Dagenham can ‘pin’ their experiences, perceptions, and questions about air pollution. You can sign up to this workshop here(External link).

    3. Stay in touch

    There will also be other, one-off opportunities to take part in the project and contribute your insight on air quality in Barking and Dagenham. If you would like to receive updates about them, you can register your email here(External link). You can stay up to date by following the CAN page for this project here.

    Finally, we had a discussion about our experiences of air quality in Barking and Dagenham and provided feedback on Kayla's project.

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