AQC—Bay Area Collaborators
Brightline Defense
Brightline is an environmental justice nonprofit that works to empower communities and create sustainable environments. The Brightline team bridges public policy advocacy and on-the-ground partnerships to promote sustainability and opportunity in traditionally underserved communities.
Rise South City
​Rise South City is committed to creating dialogues with our frontline communities about climate change & social equity issues and to learn about the different intersectional systems that underpin it and help develop local solutions for transformational reform. We promote community resilience, economic equity, and climate stability.
Clarity Air
Clarity Air transforms how governments and businesses understand and respond to air pollution. Our air quality monitoring solution supplements existing regulatory monitors with networks of continuously calibrated air quality sensors, providing real-time air quality data at a higher resolution and making air quality management more accessible, cost-effective, and actionable than ever before.
OpenAQ
OpenAQ is an environmental tech nonprofit. They aggregate and harmonize open air quality data from across the globe onto a free open-source data platform so that anyone concerned about air quality has unfettered access to the data they need to analyze, communicate and advocate for clean air. By providing universal access to air quality data, OpenAQ empowers a global community of changemakers to solve air inequality–the unequal access to clean air.
Air Quality Modeling and Exposure Lab
The Air Quality Modeling and Exposure Lab (AQMEL) focuses their research on developing and applying advanced air quality modeling and data fusion approaches to characterize air pollution in the United States. These advanced approaches are used to answer questions related to community-scale exposure and source characterization. The lab is led by UC Berkeley Civil and Environmental Engineering professor, Dr. Cesunica E. Ivey.
Sequoia Foundation
Sequoia Foundation is a health organization committed to solving environmental and climate change issues by partnering with those communities disproportionately impacted. Our projects range from assessing the effects of toxins in everyday products to researching emerging health impacts and facilitating partnerships between communities and environmental leaders to reduce negative health impacts.
Bay Air Center
The Bay Air Center is a Bay Area Air Quality Management District-sponsored community resource for community-based organizations that have received a California Air Resources Board (CARB) Community Air Grant or funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a technical community-led air quality project. The Bay Air Center provides technical guidance, materials, and training to Bay Area community members and organizations, free of charge, to support their efforts to understand and improve air quality.