Walking is simple, free, and one of the easiest ways to become healthier and help improve air quality . In this section we aim to tempt you to leave the car at home and do more walking: you can discover ...
04 May 2018
Cycling is cheap, enjoyable and an easy way to become healthier and improve air quality . In this section we aim to encourage you to leave your car at home and try cycling. Here you will find: how you can ...
26 February 2019
This recent article in the Guardian will worry many who own houses in traffic heavy urban areas like London, Bristol and other cities. But making people more aware in this way of the problem of living ...
02 May 2019
Pressure continues to mount to get the Council to take significant action to improve Bristol's air quality with a new campaign - Fight for Fair Air - now started by the local independent news publication, ...
11 April 2019
Bristol and Air quality news. No vehicle idling zones: at a recent Full Council meeting, a LibDem motion was passed to implement zones where switching off idling engines is enforced to reduce air pollution. ...
08 January 2019
Large areas of central Bristol exceed the legal limits set for Nitrous oxide pollutants and particulates. The details of these data and the plans for reducing levels to comply with the law can all be ...
29 October 2018
To know how good or bad the air quality is in your neighbourhood and to inform any actions you may want to take to improve it, you first need to be able to easliy and accurately take the necessary measurements. ...
24 July 2018
A local workshop has been organised in conjunction with Clean Air Bishopston at which air quality monitoring sensors will be built and kept by the participants.
The workshop takes place on Tuesday ...
29 May 2018
... responses from Government, Bristol City Council and other cities.
UK Government
The national Joint Parliamentary Committee report, “Improving Air Quality ”, called on the government to take a more ...
04 May 2018
... Please take part in this survey. FoE can also be found at http://www.bristolfoe.org.uk.
…and if you are concerned about the quality of the air that we breath and can contribute to cleaner air in Bishopston ...
20 February 2018
This survey is designed to find out how Bristolians feel about living in the city. It is open to all members of the public over 16. More details and the link to the full questionnaire can be found here ...
11 April 2017
... meeting.
Our esteemed guests, and their articles, which are now released on this web site to "warm you up" to the meeting beforehand, are:-
Professor Jim Longhurst of UWE's Air Quality Management Resource ...
21 February 2017
... these in a Bishopston context.
Air quality was in the national news through 2016, with the vehicle emissions scandal, growing evidence of the associated health issues, low emission zones, legal challenges ...
21 February 2017
... Change Service. One of its major concerns is the effects of poor air quality on our health.
The EU Air Quality Directive sets out limits for a range of air pollutants with which member states are required ...
24 October 2014
AIR QUALITY IN BRISTOL - TIME TO STOP BREATHING? : Steve Crawshaw and Dr Angela Raffle
Steve Crawshaw has worked on air quality in Bristol since the inception of Local Air Quality management in 1998. ...
16 September 2014
First step to improving air quality and reducing greenhouse gases has been taken by First West. More information here
18 February 2020
A flattering result which is in part based on the perceived air quality of the City! But some might argue that khaki rather than green is a more relevant colour, given our car-choked roads and their often ...
19 December 2019
Burning wood and coal in open fires and stoves makes up 38% of the UK’s primary emissions of PM2.5. A recent test carried out by Air Quality News found very high levels of particulates in the air in a ...
25 November 2019
... applications has been of very high quality and was very much respected
Monitoring planning applications doesn't necessarily require professional expertise. There are good examples elsewhere in Bristol ...
20 November 2019
... concerns and the general poor quality of design and construction.
With the debate on climate change moving rapidly to the centre ground, future imperatives for urban design will have ecological concerns ...
08 September 2019
As part of our Clean Air Day activities, two volunteers from Clean Air Bishopston visited Ashley Down Primary School to work with Year 5/6 pupils in monitoring the air quality at their school gates ...
29 July 2019
No CAZ scheme can be expected to work immediately. But a plan that it is estimated would take at least 10 years in some areas of the city to produce air quality that complies with legal standards....... ...
23 July 2019
The latest newsletter from the UWE based, but European wide, air pollution study group. It includes an interview with Andrew Edwards, Air Quality Project Manager at BCC. The newsletter can be read here ...
16 July 2019
Defending the Council's long delay in deciding how best to tackle the city's air pollution, Mayor Martin Rees argues that it is essential to ensure social justice is not sidelined while taking action ...
28 June 2019
... activities. Solving the problem of improving air quality can seem a huge task, even for governments, and one that as individuals we can do little to help. Yet forty per cent of car journeys in England ...
27 June 2019
... its relationship with the conservation area and the buildings around it. This is a great opportunity to enhance the quality of the chapel and its setting within the local townscape.
We recommend refusal ...
14 June 2019
Design Bristol is a forum for anyone involved or interested in achieving quality place-making in Bristol. This could include built environment professionals, neighbourhood groups, students, or people who ...
23 April 2016
The Bristol Green Capital Partnership is a free membership organisation whose aim is to make Bristol “a low carbon city with a high quality of life for all”.
23 April 2016
