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Improving Air Quality

We all have our weaknesses, right? The same goes for whole communities, and communities that prioritize local, sustainable food options and minimize food waste enjoy the perks of a supply chain that has less of an impact on air quality.

Improving Air Quality

Welcome to the second post in our series covering myths and facts of alternative fuels. If you missed the first about ethanol, check it out here.

Improving Air Quality

We all know that smoking is really, really bad for you. Tobacco and chemicals in cigarettes cause damage throughout the body, and not only to lungs and airways. Your liver, stomach, pancreas, bladder, eyes, almost every part of your body is adversely affected when you smoke.

Improving Air Quality

‘Tis the season for mud, earthworms, seedlings, and gardening gloves. It’s one of our favorites. Gardening offers an outlet for people from all walks of life and brings communities together.

Improving Air Quality

The most obvious reasons for recycling are also the most familiar. We think about overflowing landfills or that Iron Eyes Cody ad campaign from the 70s. Recycling helps keep our Earth clean.

News and Events

When we talk about biking, it’s usually to trumpet its environmental and health benefits. In our pursuit of data and science, we often overlook one of biking’s most enjoyable, but least measurable, rewards: freedom.

Improving Air Quality

Ask anyone on the street what they “know” about biofuels, alternative energy, or anything in the environmental realm, and you’re bound to get a slew of very different answers. Many of these answers will contradict each other. Some may contradict common sense.

Improving Air Quality

This year marks the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500. If it helps to put it in perspective, the first rear view mirror on an automobile was unveiled at the first Indy 500. That’s how long the race has been running, and how far our racing and driving technology has progressed since.

News and Events

In Indianapolis, 45% of ozone-causing air pollution is produced by motor vehicles, i.e. everyday people driving to and fro on the road. Only 12% can be attributed to power plants and large factories.

It’s Air Quality Awareness Week! In the midst of treading and pedaling our way to more breathable air this week, here’s a reminder of how far we’ve come, and what is left to do.

Sometimes, it’s hard to see the forest for the trees. For example, did you know that there are over 200,000 trees planted in Indy public spaces? They’re everywhere, but we may not always appreciate them.

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Welcome to Clear the Air! Similar to our hopes and dreams for the future of Indianapolis, our hopes and dreams for this blog are that it will become a gathering place for people who care about and practice sustainability in order to build stronger, more liveable communities. Sound lofty? We don’t think so.