Citizen Science (2012)

'Citizen Science' is an applied ethnographic film that shows how a small environmental justice NGO in West Oakland, California - the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project - uses science to help convince policymakers that environmental changes are needed to increase the local air quality. Situated adjacent to the Port of Oakland - the city of West Oakland is severely impacted by diesel particulate pollution. WOEIP initiated the 'Personal Air Monitoring Project' to have students and out-of-work community members walk around the neighborhood with an industrial air-monitoring device to collect data about local air quality. The results of their research has brought WOEIP national attention - Congresswoman Barbara Lee and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson visited WOEIP for a presentation on their preliminary results.