building a better future for air
Let's make a difference by including native plants into our households! Poor air quality is currently stealing 2 years of our lives away from us, and can cause many health conditions such as lung cancer, heart attacks and strokes. Native Now is a campaign that encourages people to take action on air pollution through planting plants native to your country and document your experience growing them indoors. This could be done through recording daily photos, dust and leaves changes. This experience enables you to see first-hand how air pollution is affecting your everyday lives.
why native plants?
Using plants native to your region allows everyone to be able to easily access the action Using plants native to your region allows everyone to be able to easily access the action that we are wanting people to take. If we told people to plant a plant native to Australia, it means that people may struggle to find that plant and hence may lead them to not participate in the action!
why documentation?
By taking progress photographs daily and taking note of any changes, it enables people to activly engage with what they are doing. The photographs can also be compiled together and form an animation that you can share to your friends, families and social media platforms.
recipe for action
Buy a plant native to your area, potting mix and a pot.
Plant chosen native plants indoors into the pot.
Take a photo of the plant after it's been planted and document this into your phone or using a physical journal.
Continue to look after and water the plants.
Document any changes for at least a month, this could be through taking daily plant photos.
Activity 1: Document how many dry/dead leaves there are every week, and at the end of the month compare how they have changed.
Activity 2: Document how much dust there has been on the plants leaves each week using a makeup wipe, tissue paper or tape.
By Emily Emmerich, Tran Nhu Thanh, Grace Yam, Humayra Dakri, Huy Tran, Ren Nguyen, Deniz Caliskan.