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In connection with air quality, the Trnava Self-Governing Region (TTSK) is one of the less problematic areas, as the air quality here is not significantly affected by large local sources of pollution. At the same time, the nature itself ensures a better atmosphere compared to the rest of Slovakia.

Trees have the ability to absorb and reduce pollutants from the air. This process allows trees and other plants to absorb, capture and neutralize harmful substances such as nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, dust particles, heavy metals and others. Certain types of trees have specific properties for ridding the air of pollutants. For example, maples, oaks, lindens, firs and spruces can effectively trap solid particles and dust, while catalpas are able to absorb nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides with their large leaves.

It is better to see once than to hear a hundred times. The participants of the study trip to North Moravia in mid-October could convince themselves of the validity of the saying. During four days, mayors and officials could be inspired by innovative projects and solutions in the field of community energy, proper heating, air quality and the development of sustainable mobility.

Air pollution is the greatest environmental health risk affecting all of humanity, responsible for more than 6 million premature deaths worldwide. That is why protecting the air and ensuring healthy air is a global challenge. On September 7, we remember the importance of air quality thanks to the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies.

As part of our Populair project, we actively maintain relations with international partners, which was also reflected in the recently organized Trilateral Workshop in Piešťany, which took place on May 17-19, 2023. At this event, we welcomed the foreign projects HungAIRy from Hungary and Malopolska - In a healthy atmosphere from Poland, which, like us, deal with the issue of air quality.

Children and young people cannot protect themselves from air pollution – only we adults can. Children are particularly vulnerable to air pollution, from the time they are in their mother’s womb through to adulthood. In the member and cooperating countries of the European Environment Agency (EEA), air pollution causes more than 1,200 deaths of people under 18 every year.

Recently, the mobile application "Dnes dýcham" (en. Today I Breathe) was successfully launched, with its goal to raise public awareness of air quality in Slovakia. The mobile application displays informative values ​​of the level of air pollution under the designation of AQI - air quality index.

Trees, for their ability to photosynthesize, are extremely important for the existence of life on earth. It is thanks to them that we have the composition of the atmosphere here, which contains oxygen and enables the existence of other organisms, as we know them, in countless forms and ecosystems.

As part of the implementation of the LIFE IP Project – Improving Air Quality, on 11. 11. 2022 the District Office in the Trenčín region joined the signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation on the Preparation of the Air Quality Improvement Program. The Memorandum was signed for the duration of the project, i.e. until 31. 12. 2027.

As part of its activities, the Ekotopfilm festival does not only offer its visitors films with an environmental focus, as the name might suggest. It is an event that also provides space for fruitful discussions, where experts from various fields bring interesting topics closer to the public. Air quality, proper principles of heating, monitoring of pollutants and emissions from transport were discussed last week in Banská Bystrica and in Bratislava, and the LIFE IP project - Improving air quality was there.