Empowering
communities for
cleaner air
Empowering
communities for
cleaner air
Meet Air Watch
Know Before You Go
Air Watch puts real-time, hyper -local air quality information right in your hands.
See what’s happening in the air around you, get personalized alerts when air quality is poor, and stay informed about environmental conditions that can affect your health.
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Know Your Air
See real-time air quality information from sensors in your community
Get Alerts
Stay informed when air quality changes and know when to take action.
Stay Informed
Learn about air pollution, environmental conditions, and what’s happening in your community
Each circle on the map shows a PurpleAir sensor located in the Healthy Air Network. The color will change based on the Air Quality Index (AQI). You can click on each circle for more information about the air quality, including pollen and what precautions to consider – if any.
How do we measure AQI? We require all sensors on our network to be calibrated to standard EPA reference sensors to improve accuracy. We share 1-hour rolling average measured PM2.5 mass concentrations to show timely data. Similarly, we share 1-hour rolling average AQI values based on our measured PM2.5 mass concentration measurements. Learn more.
Serving the Community Since 2021
The Healthy Air Network is dedicated to improving air quality and health equity.
The Healthy Air Network is a collaboration of organizations and community members who work to improve air quality, increase climate resilience and advocate for environmental justice in Massachusetts.
The Healthy Air Network aims to provide live air quality information to community residents to identify possible sources of air pollution and advocate for changes to improve air quality and health equity in Massachusetts.
Our projects include:
- Air quality education and outreach
- Advocacy for solutions to regional air quality challenges
- Deploying and maintaining air sensors
- Visualization and analysis of air quality data
- Tree canopy and how it relates to air quality
Community Info & News
Everyone has a right to healthy air and a safe environment.
“Breathing clean air should not be a privilege. It is a basic human right, essential for both our health and our quality of life.”
How air quality affects our health
Understanding the basics of particles in the air and how they impact health
What we’re learning about air quality
How traffic, seasons and wildfires impact air quality
Take action!
Opportunities to get involved in your area to educate and advocate for healthy air
Extreme heat and changing climate
How hotter weather patterns impact health and ways to respond
Focusing on environmental justice
How low income and communities of color are impacted by environmental hazards and the work to advocate for just solutions
About us
Background on the Healthy Air Network
Why we are involved?
“Because of my son who has asthma, and because I now have asthma too.”
“To bring community voice in science decisions.”
“Air is life. If you don’t breathe you die, and you need to focus on the environment.”
“To use this healthy air quality mapping tool as evidence for policies.”
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Healthy Air Network
Healthy Air Network
The Healthy Air Network is a collaboration of organizations and community members who work to improve air quality, increase climate resilience, and advocate for environmental justice in Massachusetts. Convened by the Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts
