We chose to pursue this problem because we saw lots of articles like the one above stating that the air quality in our community was a problem. However, the people in our community were not reading these articles and these articles failed to make any suggestions as to what we could to. We wanted to change this.
What problem did your team solve/address? Poor Air Quality in Los Angeles Focusing on Public Awareness
How is this need aligned with your impact area? Air Quality problems are shown to adversely affect health both temporarily making physical activity more challenging but also increasing incidence of chronic illnesses like asthma. Because of our focus on increasing awareness we also think this applies to Civic Engagement and our Leadership in our community.
What research did you do to find out what has come before or already exists? We did a lot of research into current solutions as well as the current state of air quality. This involved research online (see the Resources tab under Our Project). We also consulted with professionals in this field
What evidence (observational data, test scores, or research) did you use to identify this issue? Data like the visualization below showed us that this was an issue worth studying