To be Involved
Clean Air Day builds on a tradition of community activities that target environment, health and transportation issues. If you are looking for ideas and wish to find out how your community or organization can get involved, consider these ideas and suggestions: In your Community
- Promote safer and healthier communities by encouraging alternative modes of transportation, such as walking, cycling and public transit on Clean Air Day.
- Distribute Clean Air Day brochures at related activities and events.
- Promote the Commuter Challenge to the community and register your community online. Make it fun and see how your community can challenge other communities.
- Organize a lunch bag or evening conference to inform citizens on air quality issues and individual actions that they can take to reduce pollution.
- Use Clean Air Day to promote the activities that are already underway in your community. It is a day to celebrate community participation, announce ongoing commitment, and raise awareness for another year! For example, you can organize:
- - a press conference
- - a breakfast for the community
- - a relay
At Work
- Ask managers and supervisors of your organization to sponsor and promote activities for Clean Air Day. It could as simple as displaying flyers around the workplace, recognizing employees that carpool, bike, walk and take public transportation, organizing a lunch bag conference, having an information kiosk in the hall to distribute information or participating in the Commuter Challenge in your community. Make it fun!
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Consider year round efforts that may include:
- Offering closer parking spots for employee's that are carpooling and van pooling.
- Creating a ridesharing list with individuals who participate or would like to participate. For large meetings outside the office, organize a carpooling system.
- Encouraging employees to ride the bus. Offer free bus tokens during peak travel times and when air quality and weather quality is poor.
- Enabling telecommuting to employees, where job type permits.
- Organizing an employee potluck lunch once a month to cut back on lunchtime driving and drive-thru idling.
… and celebrate your success on Clean Air Day!
Consult the Resources tab for projects that already exist!
Explore the Events section and the Links section for further ideas!
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