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CITIDEP is a partner in the Project PEOPLE...

CITIDEP - Research Center on Information Technology and Participatory Democracy. PRESENTING CITIDEP WORK IN SCHOOLS IN SUPPORT OF:. PEOPLE - Population Exposure to Air Pollutants in Europe. CITIDEP is a partner in the Project PEOPLE. www.citidep.pt • www.citidep.net.

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CITIDEP is a partner in the Project PEOPLE...

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  1. CITIDEP - Research Center on Information Technology and Participatory Democracy PRESENTING CITIDEP WORK IN SCHOOLS IN SUPPORT OF: PEOPLE - Population Exposure to Air Pollutants in Europe CITIDEP is a partner in the Project PEOPLE... www.citidep.pt • www.citidep.net

  2. PEOPLE - Entities Promoting: PEOPLE - Partners in Portugal: Institute for the Consumer Presidency of the Council of Ministers [Lisbon Project Coordination]. DCEA - FCT-UNL. Dept of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, New University of Lisbon DRAOT-LVT, Regional Administration of Environment and Land Use Planning for Lisbon and Tagus Valley, Ministry of Cities, Land Use Planning and Environment. CRSP-LVT, Public Health Regional Center for Lisbon & Tagus V. , Ministry of Health. DMAEV, CML- City Department for Environment and Green Spaces, Lisbon Municipality Quercus — National Association for the Conservation of Nature CITIDEP - Research Center on Information Technology and Participatory Democracy

  3. PEOPLE - Population Exposure to Air Pollutants in Europe • 1. Assessment of Benzene levels; • 2. Learn the impact of outdoor and indoor emission sources (including smoking) on human exposure to Benzene, for risk assessment of populations in Europe; • 3. Compare Benzene air pollution levels in European capitals, in function of emission sources, local meteorological conditions, citizen behaviour and air quality policies; • 4. Assessment of the impact of air quality policies (EU directives), local abatement measures and personal behaviour on exposure levels to Benzene; • 5. Raising the awareness of citizens about air quality and the impact of personal behaviour (transport and smoking habits). • 6. Validation of pollution exposure models.

  4. CITIDEP PROJECT: “PEOPLE” FOR SCHOOLS (targeting ages 6 to 16) • Contribution to objective 5 of Project PEOPLE:«Raising the awareness of citizens…»Why Schools?• POWER OF SCHOOLS TO PROMOTE SOCIETY CHANGES• “PEOPLE” ALLOWS PARTICIPATORY SCIENCE & CITIZENSHIP:• Students help scientific data gathering • Students study and research the topic • Students join citizens debating results

  5. Participatory Science- Awareness through participation • Learn CITIZENSHIP through Chemistry:) • Use new sampler technology to break barriers between science and citizens • Use advanced Information-Communication Technologies to break age, geographic and social exclusion barriers • Use new educational tools to connect high-schools and elementary schools • Develop a critical learning of citizenship

  6. CITIDEP promotes a networkwith scientists, teachers and students Using Internet(web broadcast) and videoconference to allow access of remote areas and student communities abroad Lisboa (Pt) Viana do Castelo (Pt) Açores Islands (Pt) Nantes (Fr) Manchester (UK) Edinbourgh (UK) Lisbon schools were part of the Benzene sampler net

  7. CITIDEP “PEOPLE - CITIZENSHIP” PROJECTInovative educational tools 280 students + 19 teachers + 9 schools directly involved (high + elementary schools) IN THECLASSROOM (9 months): Student inquiry: Study Benzene as a pollutant Lab sessions: Particles on the paper / Elastics and pollution Environmental game: highschool students teach younger students STUDENT INTERACTION: 15 Oct 02: Videoconference with PEOPLE’ expert & Web broadcast 18 March 03: Videoconf. + broadcast + chat with PEOPLE’ expert 12 June 03: Role-Play debating citizenship issues related to PEOPLE Estimated audience: 50 schools ~ 500 students

  8. CITIDEP Activities Before 22 October 2002 15 October 2002 <-Lisboa Viana -> Activity: Videoconference and Internet Broadcasting, with PEOPLE’s expert, for students from the 10nd grade

  9. 2002 - 2003Highschool students with Elementary schoolstudents Activity: Environmental game: “Learn with the environment, playing!”

  10. 2003Highschool students work with Elementary school students PEOPLE Videoconference and Internet broadcasting II with chat for students from the 2nd and 3rd grade Students in Lisbon say goodbye to students in Viana do Castelo Activity: “ The air exists, although we can't see it”

  11. Activity: Role-Play on “PEOPLE” issues 12 June 2003 Characters: Parliament member (PS) Cancer specialist (M. Doctor) Smokers’ association pro-active Car Manufacture Industrial Oil Industry Owner Querqus’ member (environmentalist) Gas Pump worker We wanted students to also use REAL results from PEOPLE: Unfortunately, the PEOPLE’s results were not made public before 12 June 2003

  12. Difficulties and Impediments • Zero funding. All based on CITIDEP network solidarity including highly motivated teachers (paying expenses from their pockets), and the adoption of this project as the degree work of one teacher. That is nice and important, but not sustainable/replicable without at least some institutional funding in the future. • Level and quality of public technical support to schools (e.g.videoconference) is decreasing to the point of compromising the work of students and teachers. Last videoconference nearly failed because kids could not hear anything for 1 h. This is the result of a wrong policy of divesting in public education. Poor schools can’t afford private sector service prices.

  13. Discoursdu Commissaire Philippe Busquin (UE) “À Lisbonne, PEOPLE a été associé à un projet didactique pour sensibiliser les élèves et les enseignants à la problématique de la pollution de l’air dans les villes. Ce projet, appelé « PEOPLE – CITIZENSHIP », regroupait 9 écoles, 19 enseignants et 280 élèves. Pendant 9 mois, ce projet a animé les cours et les activités parascolaires. Il s’est clôturé par une vidéo-conférence diffusée dans 50 écoles et une audience de 500 étudiants.”

  14. CONCLUSIONS • The raising awareness process starts at school age; • Young students can clearly contribute to gather information with real scientific value; • As participants in the benzene study, their discussion of the environmental and health problems developed sharper critical and reflective skills; • Parents drawn by the public recognition of their kids contribution got involved, amplifying the effect. The information empowerment lead to an active participation and awareness of their responsibility towards the community and environmental policies.

  15. CITIDEP - Research Center on Information Technology and Participatory Democracy Follow up: • • As suggested by JRC/IES-PEOPLE, CITIDEP • considered to extend «PEOPLE-Citizenship» to other cities in Europe with PEOPLE’s partners; • • The project «PEOPLE-Citizenship» was presented • at the «International Conference on Public Participation and Information Technologies», at MIT, Nov. 2003; • Participants from France, Italy, Austria and Slovenia, expressed interest to cooperate in a similar project; • We should make the best of this momentum. But this requires institutional support.

  16. CITIDEP - Research Center on Information Technology and Participatory Democracy EURO-LIFE-NET: • CITIDEP proposes a new “environment-health” program: • building on what works! PEOPLE/GLOBE/BOINC experience; • • focus on current EU strategic priorities concerning environment and health (e.g. APHEIS focus); • connect the gathering of valuable scientific data with raising citizen awareness through participation; • target schools as a key partner and as a ready-built’in network and infrastructure at EU scale; • create a sense of European Scale Cooperation at citizen level.

  17. EURO-LIFE-NET: In each School in the EuroLifeNet, groups of students lead by a teacher will “adopt” an “EuroLifeNet Node”, and keep a regular record of indicators measured on this Node. Node ID: School, GPS Long/Lat/Z, type Bio-Physics parameters at the Node Socio-economic parameters in a circle (or grid) centered at the Node Composite data (tracing data around the node, eg. students carrying sensor 24h measuring personal exposure)

  18. EURO-LIFE-NET: All “EuroLifeNet Node” share their data and integrate it at multiple scales, “feeding” different uses and agregate records. Adoption of common data protocols Data validation procedures with institutions Sets of tool kits for schools and teachers Use of integrating tools and architectures Events inter-schools and public awareness

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