{"id":1144,"date":"2025-10-08T15:23:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/instituteforhealthyurbanliving\/?p=1144"},"modified":"2025-10-08T15:53:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:53:01","slug":"knitting-the-air-pollution-awareness-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/instituteforhealthyurbanliving\/knitting-the-air-pollution-awareness-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Knitting the Air Pollution Awareness Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Institute was delighted to visit and network at the launch of the &#8216;Knitting the Air&#8217; exhibition in Poplar, London on the 25th September 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project has been undertaken by a network of knitters to produce a woollen representation of the pollution maps of two London areas. The maps depict the levels of Particulate Matter (PM) and Nitrogen Dioxide in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poplarharca.co.uk\/about-us\/news\/article\/54494\/\">https:\/\/www.poplarharca.co.uk\/about-us\/news\/article\/54494\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/knittingtheair\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/knittingtheair<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/instituteforhealthyurbanliving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2025\/10\/image2-rotated.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1148\" style=\"width:389px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/instituteforhealthyurbanliving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2025\/10\/image2-rotated.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/instituteforhealthyurbanliving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2025\/10\/image2-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/instituteforhealthyurbanliving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2025\/10\/image0-rotated.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1146\" style=\"width:394px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/instituteforhealthyurbanliving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2025\/10\/image0-rotated.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/instituteforhealthyurbanliving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2025\/10\/image0-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Incredibly positive comments from visitors to the exhibition!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Institute was delighted to visit and network at the launch of the &#8216;Knitting the Air&#8217; exhibition in Poplar, London on the 25th September 2025. 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