CAP - Communities Against Pollution

About

CAP was established to raise public awareness of air pollution and its effects on health and to identify sources of air pollution within its area of operations. Our goal is to find collaborative, inclusive, participatory, methods and processes, to deal with pollution and more specifically air pollution, its challenges, and its regulation and enforcement. It has been shown that by engaging with multi-stakeholders through active inclusive participative processes, using real-life settings, implementing multi-method approaches, and adopting co-creative solutions, it is possible to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. We are committed to reaching meaningful negotiated outcomes through multi-stakeholder participation, which will ensure compelling relevance for key local role players, those who drive governmental policies, and the scientific community. However, to be truly relevant, these processes must include active and positive citizen engagement. Essential to these outcomes is a people-centred approach, allowing citizens to play a pivotal role in these participative processes. This approach requires adaptable and repeated interaction to ensure that the needs, activities, and behaviours of local citizens are always considered. Our mission is to promote responsibility, accountability, and the fair treatment and meaningful participation of all people with regards resource extraction and other land uses, the drafting, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies in order to achieve social and environmental justice with equitable human and environmental rights.