We Empower!
Achieving Community Tasks Successfully dba ACTS is a community based nonprofit organization that utilizes citizen science, community inclusion and initiatives that serve and impact the community for resiliency
We Engage!
We're standing in a set of crushed-rock parking spaces at the corner of Washington and Taylor, close to downtown. The only microphone is clipped to my collar, so as instructed, I move close
We Impact!
To better understand where pollution in their community may be coming from, ACTS applied for and received grant funding to initiate a community air monitoring network.
Community Corner
Our lovely community members make community actions successful, achievable, and fun at the same time.
One Breath
In 2019, Achieving Community Tasks successfully dba ACTS began the first community-led air monitoring network (Texas) in the Pleasantville community with the support of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Texas Southern University (TSU). The location of the community next to major freeways – over 300K trucks daily (Source TX Dot Houston District Truck Mobility Study, September 2020), rail, and chemical releases contribute to poor air quality.
Air Quality Initiative
Big goals are achieved in small steps. Our environmental movement is organized in a way that allows everyone to participate.
Using DATA for ACTION
The residents of Pleasantville identified air quality as one of the top five priorities for the community in January 2018. By November 2019, the community-led air monitoring network was being implemented. Today the network consists of a total of 8 low-cost monitors measuring both particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrous dioxide (NO2). Monthly reports are generated to document air quality measurements. This information is also available on the website.
The Pleasantville community sustained significant flooding in 2000 (Allison) and again in 2017 (Harvey)
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