Aires Nuevos
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Aires Nuevos is the largest citizen air quality network for early childhood in Latin America. It was developed as a program to reduce young children's exposure to air pollution, bringing together local governments, universities, and communities. Created by Fundación Horizonte Ciudadano in partnership with the Centro de Acción Climática PUCV of Chile, and with support of CIFF and Bernard van Leer Foundation.
Stations
Providencia PUCV CEA
Santiago, Chile
Penalolen Cristo
Santiago, Chile
Quilmes Pampa
Quilmes, Argentina
L. Corina Urbina, SF
San Felipe, Chile
Renca Gorostiaga
Santiago, Chile
Monterrey CENDI5 DL
Monterrey, Mexico
Coyhaique AikenYemel
Coyhaique, Chile
Penalolen Ichuac
Santiago, Chile
Villa Las Margaritas
Santiago, Chile
LlayLlay Liceo
Llaillay, Chile
Coyhaique Salud AG
Coyhaique, Chile
Rio Bangu
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Coronel Primer Paso
Coronel, Chile
Lo B Los Manzanos
Santiago, Chile
Lo B El Tranque
Santiago, Chile
Mendoza Girasoles
Mendoza, Argentina
Monterrey CENDI3 JM
General Escobedo, Mexico
Mendoza Plaza
Mendoza, Argentina
Montevideo Rayuela
Montevideo, Uruguay
Coronel Playa Negra
Coronel, Chile
Lo B Centro Lector
Santiago, Chile
Quilpue Arcoiris
Quilpue, Chile
Quilmes La Florida
Quilmes, Argentina
Monterrey CENDI1 FA
Monterrey, Mexico
Penalolen Estrellita
Santiago, Chile
Quito Colegio Gonzaga - REMMAQ
Quito, Ecuador
Quito San Roque
Quito, Ecuador
La Calera Municipio
Quillota, Chile
JI Abejita
Villa Alemana, Chile
Municipalidad Catemu
Llaillay, Chile
Aires Nuevos - Veracruz, Bosques Capistrano
Nindiri, Nicaragua
Villa Alemana Robles
Villa Alemana, Chile
Casablanca Papelu
Valparaiso, Chile
Mendoza CPI Favorita
Mendoza, Argentina
JI Pequenos Pintores
Quillota, Chile
Duendes de Calicanto
La Ligua, Chile
Montevideo Paloma
Montevideo, Uruguay
Rafaela Boschetto
Rafaela, Argentina
SOS Pachacamac-Lima
Pachacamac, Peru
JI Explo. del Maipo
San Antonio, Chile
Museo de Antioquia
Medellin, Colombia
Quilmes Estrellita
Quilmes, Argentina
M Leiva, Putaendo
San Felipe, Chile
Monterrey CENDI4 GV
Monterrey, Mexico
Escuela El Rincon
Puchuncavi, Chile
Gral Pico Rebeca
General Pico, Argentina
Gral Pico INAUN
General Pico, Argentina
Escuela Tte Serrano
Quilpue, Chile
The Aires Nuevos program is a multi-stakeholder collaborative effort based on air quality governance that includes local governments, communities, and universities, who share their knowledge and expertise to make air quality not only a subject to measure pollutants' concentrations, but also to act to reduce exposure.
Installing IQAir air quality sensors in places with high concentration of children, like preschools or community centers, is the first step of the program, which then moves on to community integration. By monitoring real-time data on air quality, the hyperlocal measurements increase environmental awareness among the local population as well as among students and teachers.
Eight cities in the network have received training from Aires Nuevos, and they are working to implement local air pollution reduction actions. Lima, Peru, is one of these cities that serves as an example of a comprehensive program-related chapter. Six urban interventions have been made in children's spaces over the past two years to enhance the surroundings and reduce their exposure to air pollution.
The program has developed a toolkit in Spanish for protecting children from exposure to air pollution. Schools will likely experience an improvement in air quality if municipalities and communities support these efforts to improve the environment around schools.
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