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How important is urban green in Brussels for you?

Last weekend, Schaerbeek residents painted this mandala to (try to) slow down cars and improve traffic safety.

The European Court of Justice has ruled in favour of the citizens & Client Earth taking the Brussels region to court over air quality!

Curious citizens measure their exposure to air pollution in Brussels. And they take action! 5 AirCasters explain in a video why they act to demand clean air.  

Research driven by the users of a city, inclusive and scalable. That’s what constitutes a smart living lab. BRAL combined the experiences and guidelines with its international partners in a publication and a film.

Citizen science. Collective knowledge empowers is the result of two years of measuring Brussels air quality by citizen groups together with BRAL and Cosmopolis VUB.

BRAL, Cosmopolis and a large academic and civic network organise the first Etats Généraux de l’Air of Brussels. The program is almost finalized. 

Join us at #BXLDemandsCleanAir in the Pianofabriek on April 27. Share your experiences as citizen initiative. Inform yourself and get inspired. And ask politicians some difficult questions. 

In Brussels there’s 6.5 million m² of vacancy.

The air pollution in Brussels is so omnipresent that we hardly notice it anymore. Soon, the new publication of BRAL will tell the story of those who demand clean air louder and louder.

The first Etats Generaux de l’Air de Bruxelles combines a research symposium, a hackathon and a citizens’ day to join forces for a better air quality in Brussels.

BRAL, Cosmopolis and a large academic and civic network organise the first Etat Généraux de l’air of Brussels. A moment to combine research, open data and citizenship, all in favor of clean and therefore healthy Brussels Air.