Take Action: Getting Started

Welcome to The Workplace Connection! Here are some tips to help you get your business and colleagues involved on designated Air Quality Action Days.

Using your lawnmower for one hour can produce as much pollution as driving your car for 8 hours.  By reducing the amount you use your lawnmower you can help clean the air.

As an Air Quality Action Days coordinator for The Workplace Connection, you will receive a fax or e-mail notification by 4:00 p.m. the day before an Air Quality Action Day is forecast to occur. Notifications will come from Eastern Panhandle Clean Air Connection.

When you are notified of an impending Air Quality Action Day, we recommend taking one or more of the following actions:

In addition, consider contributing an article or series of articles devoted to Air Quality Action Days in your company newsletter.  Articles may describe the meaning and significance of Air Quality Action Days, suggest voluntary actions your co-workers can take to reduce ground-level ozone and protect their own health, and promote your organization's involvement in The Workplace Connection. We have provided some sample articles to help guide you in this initiative.

Now that you have laid the foundation for successful company-wide participation in Air Quality Action Days, why not go the extra mile and learn what else you and your organization can do to reduce ground-level ozone and improve the air we breathe?