OpenAQ Inc

This week is the last week our OpenAQ Community Survey will be open -- we're excited to hear your feedback about the OpenAQ platform! If you haven't yet filled it out, please do so here: https://lnkd.in/gbWebcfq

Fun way for NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration to tell the story of air pollution and its impacts. #airpollution #ozone #bear #bears #blackbears #greatsmokymountains

🌍 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀! I’m excited to invite you to take part in our session at #EGU25: "𝙇𝙤𝙬-𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙨: 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨, 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙". Link: https://lnkd.in/d2Vf4tmD Rooted in #AllinWayra (bit.ly/40fhJJB) and co-sponsored by IGAC Project and World Meteorological Organization, this session will focus on how air quality sensors can help address air pollution challenges, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. We aim to foster international collaboration, share innovative solutions, and explore best practices for sensor performance, while building sustainable and equitable partnerships. 🗓️ 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦: January 15, 2025. We welcome your contributions and case studies from around the world! Conveners: Erika von Schneidemesser, Miriam Chacón Mateos, John Richard Hizon, Kwabena Fosu-Amankwah (PhD), and myself. Special thanks to: Sara Basart and Langley DeWitt #LowCostSensors #AtmosphericScience #AirQuality #PublicHealth #GlobalCollaboration #AllinWayra

We extend our great appreciation to Splunk for a grant to support development of our report on how governments are producing and sharing air quality data with the public. Look for the 2024 edition of Open Air Quality Data: The Global Landscape later this year. Thank you, Splunk, for believing in OpenAQ and the value of open air quality data!

The community survey is still open; we'd appreciate your comments! https://lnkd.in/gbWebcfq

OpenAQ is proud to be recognized and celebrated as a 2024 Global Tech Awards winner. Congratulations to our fellow winners in the NGO/Non-Profit Technology category and to all winners who are making an impact with technology across the world! Check out the NGO/Non-Profit category here: https://lnkd.in/gceh7BYr

It is again time for our annual Community Survey! We'd love to hear what you think about the OpenAQ platform! Whether you use the API heavily, browse the Explorer casually, or a pedestrian who happens to check out OpenAQ. Let us know what you think! Survey takes about 10-15 minutes to complete and can be answered anonymously. Respond here 👉🏽 https://lnkd.in/gbWebcfq  (opens up a Qualtrics survey)

"We should promote transparency and local utilization of air quality information to empower communities," shares Thanasak Thumbuntu, our 2023 Community Ambassador from Bangkok, Thailand. Learn more about Thanasak's project in this short video📽️:

Data for Development explores issues impacting the use of open data and the role it needs to play in socio-economic development challenges in The State of Open Data. From the conclusion: "There are few contemporary social, economic, or democratic challenges where the solutions will not have at least some data component. Although it may initially appear easier to forgo openness and use data to address problems inside of organisational silos, evidence from across this collection suggests that the additional effort required to incorporate effective open data approaches can create a wide range of opportunities for innovation, collaboration, and value added." Hint: click on "online resource" to peruse each section on D4D.net's website. #opendata

Evidence continues to accumulate that air pollution harms mental health, as summarized by the Global Mental Health Action Network at https://lnkd.in/dbaksfBQ This #WorldMentalHealthDay2024 we join in raising awareness of the importance of mental well-being and how to actively support it. #airpollution #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthawareness #nostigma