Clearing the Air: Mapping Pollution's Impact
Your Story Matters. Lets Breathe Easier, Together.
EcoSavvy is giving power back to the people, starting with the air we breath.
Clearing the Air is more than a research project, it is a people powered movement to uncover hidden environmental risks and drive change. EcoSavvy transforms the stories of the community into powerful data that can guide public health, cleanup efforts and local policy. We believe everyone has the right to clean air, safe soil and to know what’s in the ground beneath their children’s feet.
We envision a world where your voice is no longer ignored and where science and lived experience work together to drive change.
Whether you’re a neighbor, a scientist, or a city leader, your voice is part of the solution. We lead with transparency, compassion and precision, because real healing starts with the truth. Together, we are clearing the air.
- Survey Responses for Jasper County 10.0%
This is the map that helped me find my path in this life. In 2017, I miscarried a sweet baby boy, and they told me there was no reason why, sometimes these things just happen. And while I have come to understand that to be true sometimes; there is a part of me that can’t get behind the “No reason why”
So I started looking into infant loss and infertility rates in America and was surprised when I found this map. This was the first map that changed how I viewed the world around me. I wanted to understand why infertility rates are higher in the south, in our farming states or along waterways. I decided I had to go to college to understand the science behind it.
Who would have known I’d learn to make these maps one day.
Now I have launched my “Clearing the Air” environmental risk survey, because I want to know if there are factors at play that we don’t understand that are causing us to lose our babies, with “no reason why”
I believe there’s more reasons then we know, maybe it’s that we grew up playing in mining waste or living in a factory hub.
If you haven’t already, please consider taking my survey.
Let your voice be heard 🫶💛
How You Can Help
Step 1
Participate in Surveys
Contribute valuable data by completing our environmental surveys.
Step 2
Share Your Story
Help raise awareness by sharing personal experiences with pollution.
Step 3
Support Air Monitoring
Ask how you can donate to purchase a portable air quality monitoring device.
Community Voices
“As a journalist focused on environmental justice, my mission is to amplify the urgent concerns facing our communities and highlight the actions needed to build a more sustainable future. By learning from our past mistakes, we open the door to creating healthier, more resilient communities for everyone”
Downloadable Resources
Upcoming Community Events
Clearing the Air: What’s in Our Soil, Water, and Air?
Free Public Education Forum to educate the public about environmental contamination in Jasper County (and the Tri-State Mining District), build trust, and invite people to participate in the Clearing the Air survey and movement.
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