SMART PATHWAY / 06
Public Health & Environment
Healthy communities.
Environmental monitoring, surveillance, and public health.
OVERVIEW
Program overview
Public Health & Environment connects environmental data with community health, using monitoring and maps to understand what keeps communities well.
Family: Health & Living Systems · Knowledge Helix pathway: Research ↔ Discovery →
PEOPLE
Who it’s for
01
Youth (ages 10–24)
Learners explore how environments affect health, collect simple data, and map what they find. Register through Founding Youth →
02
Professionals
Public-health, environmental, and GIS professionals can mentor, share data projects, and collaborate on research. Join as a professional →
03
Mentors
Share your experience and guide participants in this program, after screening. Become a mentor →
LEARN BY DOING
Hands-on experiences, real skills
Experiences
- 01Water and air sampling outings
- 02Tree and heat mapping walks
- 03Visits to public-health partners
Skills you build
- EnvironmentUnderstand air, water, and land.
- HealthConnect environments to well-being.
- MonitoringTrack change with data over time.
- GeospatialSee health and environment on a map.
PROJECTS
What we could build together
- 01A neighborhood tree and heat map
- 02A water-quality learning project
- 03A story map connecting environment and health
Projects are shaped with participants as the program launches. Collaborate on a project →
PARTNERS & RESOURCES
Built with partners
Partners we seek
- 01Health departments
- 02Hospitals and clinics
- 03Environmental agencies
- 04Parks
Partners host experiences, share experts, or sponsor projects, and gain visibility and funding opportunities. Become a partner →
Resources
- 01Sampling kits
- 02Open health and environment data
- 03Expert mentors