Exploring ways to design and engage on air quality in education and the community. With this weeks Clean Air Night coming up and the ongoing Clean Air Living Matters (CALM) project with schools in Reading, we thought it was a good time to reflect on some of the ways that design has played a role in engaging, communicating and immersing students and the community in Air Quality and it’s importance…
Cultivating Curiosity and Collaboration for Cleaner Air in Reading We celebrated Clean Air Day, held on the the 20th of June 2024, by organising locally a CALM:ER (Clean Air Living Matters Exploring Reading) workshop that over 60 students attended from four secondary schools across the area: Little Heath School, Blessed Hugh Farringdon, The Abbey, and St Joseph’s College. It was also part of the Reading Climate Festival 2024. You can…
Cultivating Awareness and Taking Action with CALM Exploring Reading – Air Quality Schools Programme Last year, Design Nature joined forces with Reading Borough Council to design and then deliver a local Air Quality School initiative – the CALM Exploring Reading Air Quality programme. With funding from the Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra), this collaborative effort between Reading Borough Council, Stantec, the University of Reading, and Design Nature…
