{"id":10312,"date":"2017-03-10T03:01:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T03:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/cycle-more-and-plant-trees-tips-to-reduce-air-pollution\/"},"modified":"2017-03-10T03:01:02","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T03:01:02","slug":"cycle-more-and-plant-trees-tips-to-reduce-air-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/cycle-more-and-plant-trees-tips-to-reduce-air-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycle more and plant trees: Tips to reduce air pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"MabelImage copyright Mabel Oladle Azpiri
Image caption Mabel Olalde Azpiri would like to end public smoking so she can breathe cleaner air in Havana, Cuba <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From Ghana to Argentina and London, air pollution is a problem that people want to solve. <\/p>\n

As part of the BBC's So I Can Breathe series, people have been sharing their tips on how to improve the air around them.<\/p>\n

For Phoebe, Joylen and Verity, from London, the answer is to stop cutting down trees.<\/p>\n

Students at 50 London schools breathe air that exceeds legal pollution limits. <\/p>\n

"Toxic air audits" have been announced by the mayor of London to combat the problem.<\/p>\n

According to the US Forest Service, trees reduce urban air pollution by only up to 1%, but even this can have significant health benefits.<\/p>\n

Image copyright Phoebe, Jeylen, Verity
Image caption Phoebe (left), Joylen (centre), Verity (right) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Areej also wants to plant trees in urban areas of Damascus to improve air quality.<\/p>\n

Image copyright Areej
Image caption Areej and Hala in Damascus <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wood-burning stoves are a cause of high household air pollution levels and have been linked to four million premature deaths annually, according to the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n

Adboulie Sey thinks they should be banned from Gambia and solar energy promoted instead.<\/p>\n

Africa's new breed of solar energy entrepreneurs<\/p>\n

Image copyright Adboulie Sey <\/figure>\n

A tax on wood stoves is another solution, suggested by Karen Baines on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Image copyright Karen Baines <\/figure>\n

Improving how we travel is a common concern. <\/p>\n

Adelaide Arthur wants to use her bike more in order to cut pollution in Accra. <\/p>\n

Swapping driving for cycling can reduce the number of vehicles on the road emitting pollutants such as carbon monoxide.<\/p>\n

Girl guides helping to clean Ghana's air pollution problem<\/p>\n

Image copyright Adelaide Arthur
Image caption Adelaide Arthur in Accra, Ghana <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Robert Singleton suggests a ban on diesel powered vehicles would go some way to reducing pollution.<\/p>\n

Image copyright Twitter <\/figure>\n

Improved public transport is also proposed by Maria Innes in Buenos Aires, and echoed by Oscar Soria, in New York.<\/p>\n

Image copyright Maria Innes <\/figure>\n
Image copyright Oscar Soria <\/figure>\n

Mike Hall thinks government schemes to support people buying hybrid or electric cars is one way to encourage more environmentally friendly transport.<\/p>\n

Image copyright Twitter <\/figure>\n

And finally Joab Frank Chakhaza wants to limit car imports in Malawi. <\/p>\n

Image copyright Joab Frank Chakhaza <\/figure>\n

A week of coverage by BBC News examining possible solutions to the problems caused by air pollution.<\/p>\n