Manifesto: Clean Air For Everyone
Every year 6.5 million people die globally because of air pollution, according to the World Health Organization. That’s almost 18,000 deaths every single day — more than the number of people killed by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, traffic accidents and terrorist attacks combined.
WHY
We believe that clean air is a basic human right. We believe that it is unjust that half the people in the world do not have access to clean air to breathe. We believe in challenging that status quo.
HOW
The way we’re challenging the status quo is by: (1) building beautiful software that makes checking real-time air quality around the world as easy as checking the weather. (2) empowering people with solutions on how to protect themselves and their families. and (3) demystifying air pollution by educating people in plain english without climatology jargon.
WHAT
Smokey is a friendly facebook chatbot that delivers real-time air quality information for any city within seconds. It’s the easiest way to monitor the air quality everyday and get notified when the air in your city reaches unhealthy levels!
More than 1,000,000,000 people use Facebook Messenger every month, and Smokey puts air quality data at their fingertips today. It works for iPhones, Android, Mac, PC and even Blackberry. It’s free today and forever.
With Smokey, we’ve taken a giant leap in democratizing air quality data for the world. Find out the air quality in your city with Smokey today!
Our Guiding Values
FREE — In our quest to democratize air quality data in the world, we believe that the world will be a better place if this data is available to everyone at their fingertips wherever they are.
FRIENDLY — Goodbye millions of datasets. Hello science! AirAirAir.org air quality reports, blogs posts, educational materials will be written without climatology jargon, yet will be accurate and understandable by anyone.
ACCURATE — Weather reports are often a matter of convenience. Air quality reports are a matter of life and death. You are entrusting us with providing you real-time critical information. We take that seriously!
EMPOWERING — With Smokey, you have real-time air quality data from around the world at your fingertips. We empower you to make conscious health decisions for yourself and your families.
Thanks,
Amrit Sharma
Founder, AirAirAir.org
Twitter @amrit_sharma