Clean Air Day for Educators
Clean Air Day is a movement in order to help mobilize and enable people and organizations to act on air pollution and ensure their voice is heard
Good air quality is essential to our physical and mental health, our environment, and the economy. Today’s young people are already facing greater impacts of air pollution than previous generations. Clean Air Day is an opportunity for schools to celebrate air health with simple hands-on science-based actions… that anyone can take
Clean Air Day activities help students learn the causes of air pollution and poor air quality in their own school and community, become fluent in the scientific and mathematical language of climate change, and develop competence in research and procedural methods.
Through facts, figures, stories, and evidence shared in this resource pack, students will understand the connection between air pollution, health, and environmental issues. They’ll learn to reduce their exposure and contribution to air pollution and gain the skills to develop long-lasting behaviors to carry into the future as adults, and active global citizens.
When is Clean Air Day?
June 7th 2023
Can we do an event anytime ?
Absolutely!
How are you celebrating Clean Air Day?
Want us to spread the word?
Tell us all about it at!
Andrew.holloway@nblung.ca
What is Air Pollution?
What Clean Air is and how air affects our bodies
Understanding Air Quality
Fun Education material and classroom activities about the air we breathe
Walking School Bus
Learn about how you can start a walking school bus in your community
Plan Your Own Clean Air Day
Download our guide to help you plan your Clean Air Day 2023 event.
What is Air Pollution
Organizations across Canada are collaborating to develop meaningful and engaging educational resources to teach about pollution and its impact on clean air. We've gathered up some of our favorites here - take a look!
More on Air Quality & Pollution
Understanding Air Quality
The following resources have been created to help teach about Air Quality. Along with the sources of pollution, and how we measure it’s impact.
Elementary & Middle School Resources
High School Resources
The Walking School Bus
The Canadian Cancer Society has put together some amazing resources that outline what a WALKING SCHOOL BUS is….. Like a motorized bus, there is a planned route with scheduled stops. The Walking School Bus has many benefits for children and families including better health, and helping to keep the air they breath a bit cleaner for EVERYONE!
Regular physical activity protects against colorectal cancer and may also reduce risk of breast, lung and uterine cancers. The Walking School Bus integrates physical activity into daily routines and provides an opportunity for children to develop healthy habits at a young age that may be carried on later in life.
What is it ?
It teaches safety!
Schools like it!
Reduces Traffic and Helps Keep the Air Clean!
What is a Walk Leader?
Tools & Resources
All the resources provided are there to make your 1st or 137th walking school bus go as smoothly as possible.
The Start-Up Guide provides an overview of the steps to take to implement a Walking School Bus.
Additional tools are provided to assist you in completing the steps including a presentation that can be used to train volunteer Walk Leaders.
Start-Up Guide
Readiness Assessment
Promotion
Clean Air Day Planning Toolkit
Why Plan a Clean Air Day Event?
- Feel Connected to your peers, workplace, school, community, or group
- Clean Air is Critical for a Healthy Life
- Create some Healthy Habits
- Air Pollution is not the same Everywhere
- Air Pollution affects Human Health at all Stages of Life
Clean Air Day Tool Kit
#cleanaireverywhere
Every year on the FIRST Wednesday across Canada, we Celebrate CLEAN AIR DAY with activities taking place in communities across the country to recognize everyone’s efforts in promoting and protecting the air we breathe.
Everyone is encouraged to participate — individuals, families, community groups, organizations, schools, workplaces, cities, and towns — to demonstrate their commitment to #cleanaireverywhere.
We can help you plan your Clean Air Day Event with our Clean Air Day Toolkit, it is there to help you navigate planning a Clean Air Day event and some tips to get the word out.
Events held before Clean Air Day, are still connected to Clean Air Day because protecting the air we breathe happens all year round!
