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CARE4AIR SHARES BEST PRACTICE AT A EUROPEAN SEMINAR
December 2009
A representative from Care4Air took part in a talk about lowering harmful emissions in the environment at a European Environmental Bureau Seminar on 15th December 2009.
Mark Daly, a Care4Air representative spoke alongside six others at the �Clean Air Seminar� held at City Temple Conference Centre, Holborn, in London. He highlighted the Care4Air campaign that has been commended as Best Practice at Ministerial level and was recently awarded a Gold Green Apple Award. Special emphasis was given to how the often complex technical issues around reducing air pollution can be explained and made relevant to the public.
The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) is a federation of 140 environmental citizen groups from most of the European Union countries. The EEB Clean Air Working Group has over 80 members from various Non-Governmental Organisations.
The EEB �Clean Air Seminar�, which took place over two days in December, tackled issues such as air pollution and its environmental and health effects, as well as Air Quality Policies, plans and measures.
The aim of the EEB �Clean Air Seminar� was to promote knowledge and understanding of the current and potential EU environmental and sustainable development policies amongst the general public in the EU, so that this will give them the information they need for continued improvement.
Mark Daly, Care4Air Representative, said: �Following the Environment Minister�s speech endorsing Care4Air as best practice at our conference in September, I feel Care4Air has a lot to offer in terms of highlighting air quality issues across the UK. This Seminar attended by delegates from across Europe will give Care4air the opportunity to reach a much wider European audience and will help us to promote and share knowledge and understanding of issues that will make the environment a better and safer place to live.�
Care4Air is a unique campaign that has achieved a consistently high profile and is recognised as best practice across the UK. The campaign has an award winning website, holds an annual national conference in Sheffield and is recognised by Defra as an example of best practice in communications around air quality.