Fresh Air For Kids is Green Venture’s free, air quality themed education program. We have been running the program in partnership with Corr research since 2012 and are very excited to share some of the new things we have planned for 2023! Since the start of the year, we’ve been fortunate enough to offer…
Fresh Air for Kids is Green Venture’s air quality education program. Originally targeted to grade 5-8 students, we’re now thrilled to offer it to high school classes. So what is Fresh Air for Kids about? Overall, the program introduces students to the importance of air quality, and empowers them to make personal changes to…
The role of youth in the environmental movement, and in leading rapid change, cannot be overstated. Through youth advocates like Canada’s Autumn Peltier, and Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, youth have been taking the lead all across the world. With the support of the City of Hamilton Enrichment Fund, Clean Air Hamilton, and the Ontario Trillium Foundation,…
Is air quality important to you? It should be! We each take over 20,000 breaths every single day. And with each of those breaths, we’re breathing in pollutants. That’s why we’ve partnered with Corr Research and the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, to produce an air quality education program called Fresh Air for Kids. …
2019 marked an excellent year for Fresh Air for Kids and we couldn’t be more proud! This fall, 147 students and 8 teaching staff across three schools in Hamilton participated in Fresh Air for Kids to learn all about air quality and what we can do to help #sparetheair! Together we gathered baseline idling…
Hamilton is home for many things – people, animals, waterfalls, steel, and vehicles too! Now more than ever, keeping our air clean of pollutants is of vital importance. As trucks and cars flow through our city streets, noxious gases from tailpipe exhaust and fine particulate matter from brakes and tire ware are thrown into the…