Environmental Literacy & Indoor Air Quality:
A Community Schools Based Response

Room: 207
Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm

In California, indoor air quality is some of the worst in our nation leading to negative health consequences and sub-optimal environment for students and teachers. Paired with a lack of Environmental education, the community is unaware of the implications of indoor and outdoor air quality, pollutions, smog and wildfire particulates. By looking at our response through a lens of Community Schools, we will offer education to members of air quality standards, solutions that involve all stakeholders in the community, non-profit and government programs, and communication methods to involve parents and students. Students and teachers spend almost 8 hours a day 5 times a week in our classroom and it is crucial to address the air quality that our future generation and teachers/admin are spending a large portion of their day in.

How sure are we that we are creating a safe and optimal location for education to occur to both students and teachers. Please join us to learn more about indoor air quality, pollution around schools, and community schools based approaches to ensure the classroom is an optimal and safe learning environment for all.

Learning Objectives:

1) Learn About the determining factors of indoor and outdoor air quality, measuring techniques, PPM, indoor circulation.
2) Learn about the health implications of different type of indoor and outdoor air quality issues for students, teachers and parents.
3) Learn what can be done to promote optimal air quality standards in the classroom/school as well as the home.
4) Learn how to engage stakeholders as a community school; non-profits, government, parents, community members and opportunities there in.

Speakers:

Jonathan Mercado, Environmental Programs Manager, Breathe Southern California
Marc Carrel, President & CEO, Breathe Southern California

Speaker Photos and Bio’s Coming Soon!

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