Design Squad
Sustainable South Bronx Part 1
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Sustainable South Bronx Part 1
Judy and Adam meet Justin, who lives in a polluted neighborhood in South Bronx, NY, and brainstorm ways to measure the air quality where he lives.
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Design Squad
Sustainable South Bronx Part 1
Clip | 3m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
Judy and Adam meet Justin, who lives in a polluted neighborhood in South Bronx, NY, and brainstorm ways to measure the air quality where he lives.
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SO I'M HEADED UP TO HUNTS POINT.
IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE SOUTH BRONX OF NEW YORK CITY.
OH, WOW.
[TRUCK HORN HONKS] THIS IS THE BRUCKNER EXPRESSWAY THAT BORDERS THE NORTHERN SIDE OF HUNTS POINT.
THERE'S JUST A TON OF TRAFFIC UP THERE.
THERE'S JUST THE TRUCKS.
THE TRUCKS ARE MIND BLOWING.
I MEAN, THEY'RE STILL COMING.
BUT THEY JUST KEEP GOING BY.
NO WONDER THEY HAVE A POLLUTION PROBLEM.
I'M ON MY WAY TO MEET JUSTIN, WHERE HE'LL GIVE ME A TOUR OF HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
HEY, JUSTIN.
HOW'S IT GOING?
OH, PRETTY GOOD.
YOU?
MY NAME'S JUSTIN McWILLIAM.
I'M 14 YEARS OLD.
I LIKE FREE RUNNING.
JUDY: WOW!
AND WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE AN ENGINEER.
JUDY: HE'S GONNA TAKE ME AROUND AND SHOW ME ALL THE POLLUTION HOT SPOTS.
SO HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED HERE?
ALL MY LIFE.
ALL YOUR LIFE.
WOW.
YEAH.
SO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AIR HERE.
[COUGHING] WOW.
SORRY.
IT STINKS.
THAT TRUCK THAT JUST WENT BY, I ACTUALLY GOT A BIG WHIFF OF IT.
JUSTIN: YEAH.
16,000 TRUCKS A DAY COME... HOW MANY?
16,000 TRUCKS A DAY.
16,000?
TRUCK, TRUCK... JUDY: TRUCK.
LOOK, ANOTHER TRUCK.
I'VE ALREADY GOT A HEADACHE IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME I'VE BEEN HERE.
JUSTIN: ONE IN EVERY 4 CHILDREN HAVE ASTHMA IN THE BRONX.
SO DO YOU HAVE ASTHMA?
YEAH.
YEAH?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I THINK I'VE GOT SOME GREAT IDEAS.
YOU THINK I CAN RUN SOME IDEAS BY YOU?
YEAH.
WELL, I'VE GOT THESE GREAT FRIENDS TO RUN IDEAS BY.
JUDY: THAT WOULD BE SO AWESOME.
DO YOU MIND IF WE VIDEOCONFERENCE IN A FRIEND OF MINE?
[COMPUTER BEEPS] ADAM: HELLO.
HEY THERE, ADAM.
GROUP: HEY.
ADAM... HEY, JUDY.
EVERYBODY, THIS IS ADAM.
ADAM, THIS IS OUR GROUP OF AMAZING BRAINSTORMERS.
ALL RIGHT.
SO ONE IDEA IS TO DESIGN A PORTABLE AIR QUALITY MONITORING DEVICE.
SO I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU: HOW MIGHT WE CREATE A FUN WAY TO WEAR THIS DEVICE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD?
GIRL: MAYBE WITH ONE ON A HAT.
WHAT ABOUT IN A NECKTIE?
[JUDY LAUGHS] JUDY: NECKTIE.
BOY: IN A SHIRT.
WE HAVE A BACKPACK.
BACKPACK?
NICE.
WHAT ABOUT TV?
THAT'S A GREAT IDEA!
I LOVE ALL THESE IDEAS.
YOU GUYS ARE BEING SUPER VISUAL.
KEEP IT UP.
THIS IS GREAT.
GIRL: I DRAWED AN CAMERA.
JUDY: A CAMERA.
THAT'S COOL.
SO MAYBE YOU'RE WALKING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TAKING PHOTOS, AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'RE TAKING READINGS.
ADAM: WHAT ABOUT IN A BUS?
JUDY: NICE JOB.
A CELL PHONE.
JUDY: ON A CELL PHONE.
THIS IS SO GREAT.
I THINK WE'VE GOT ENOUGH IDEAS TO GET STARTED.
HEY, ADAM, YOU THINK YOU CAN GET STARTED WITH THIS?
ADAM: ABSOLUTELY, JUDY.
THIS IS AWESOME.
THIS IS FANTASTIC.
COME ON BACK.
LET'S DO IT.
ALL RIGHT.
SEE YOU THERE.
COOL.
BYE.
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