Clean Air Day 2017 celebration report

On June 15th 2017, the UK’s first ever National Clean Air Day helped millions of people respond to air pollution through over 200 events and 550 press, radio and TV features. A real buzz on social media saw 28,000 tweets and #NationalCleanAirDay trended at number 1 on Twitter for 5 hours – beating BBC Music Day, British Beer Day and Love Island. That represents a clear groundswell of public interest in tackling air pollution.
National Clean Air Day was a huge collaborative effort between one hundred supporter organisations and many thousands of individuals up and down the country. Their passion for helping their neighbours, families and colleagues to act on air pollution led them to organise press interviews, walking buses, debates, street parties, cycle rides and much more, You can read all about these amazing activities and what we’ve learned about how best to inspire action on air pollution in this report.