Kathryn Cunningham

David Drollinger
Destinee Montoya
Colby Flinders

Climate Action Plan

1. We have chosen to raise awareness for air quality in Utah, more specifically, we wanted to
focus on the smog-inducing vehicle emissions and their effect on Utah’s public health.
2. Utah residents are at risk because as winter is now upon us, every day we see a smoggy sky
and more people idle their vehicles to warm them up, which creates the nasty inversion we
experience year after year, only made worse by the mountains we have that trap it all in the
Salt Lake Valley. This poses a threat to the health of everyone. From babies to the elderly, rich
and poor, this is not a class issue, this is a public health crisis.
3. To take action, we are launching a social media awareness campaign where we post news and
articles about climate change and the pollution hanging around our city. The way this will
help make a difference is by informing the community around us about what pollution does to
the body; when people are properly informed real change can happen. Along with articles, we
are also making and posting memes and Piktocharts, these two mediums are a fast and
efficient way to get our message out, using an easy to understand visual appeal.
4. The data needed for this project will be:
a. How pollution affects the body
i. Age
ii. Consequences
b. Where the main sources of pollution are
c. What can the average person do to help
December 2, 2018
David created the Facebook group, “Utah Air Initiative,” and added Destinee, Kathryn and four
other people to this group. We hope we can get more people apart of this group, sharing data and
accurate news articles to inform people of the impending doom that we may face, and are already
feeling the effects of.

Using modern attention-attracting tactics, we have included some memes that are both relatable and
hopefully inspire people to share our content and include others in the discussion of Utah’s air quality.
December 3, 2018
Kathryn got two other people to join the group and started on the Piktochart

December 4, 2018
Kathryn finished the Piktochart and added a site to look at onto the Facebook page.
December 5, 2018
David and Destinee added posts to Facebook. Colby and Destinee created and added
pictures to Instagram with informative captions and got other people to follow the account.

For a more detailed timeline of what we did for our social media campaign check us out on:
Facebook: Clean Air Initiative
Instagram: slc_air