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Earth Talks: Build Your Own Home Air Filter Workshop!

Join Karen Rollins, President of Bow Valley Clean Air Society, at the Canmore Public Library to learn how to Build Your Own Indoor Air Filter!

This Earth Talks event, in partnership with the Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley, will take place on Monday, February 12th in the Friends Program Room at 6:00pm - 8:00pm.

About Build Your Own Indoor Air Filter:

Attendees will:

Learn why indoor air filtration is needed: to filter virus and wildfire smoke

Be shown three inexpensive designs of DIY indoor air filters

View a demonstration of how to build an indoor air filter

Build your own air filter on site to take home (Materials will be provided. Bring a Phillips screwdriver from home if you have one.)

After a short presentation, instructions on how to build an air filter will be handed out, and a demonstration on how to build an air filter will be given. Materials will be provided (as part of the registration fee) for participants to build and take home their own indoor air filter!

You will still be able to join via Zoom if you'd like to watch the presentation to learn how to build an air filter at home with your own materials: click here for Zoom link.

Registration required. Limited spots available. Fee covers all the building materials.
Register on Eventbrite here.

About the Presenter:

Karen Rollins is President of Bow Valley Clean Air Society

BVCAS is a volunteer non-profit Society based in Canmore. It was established in 2002. They monitor air quality in the Bow Valley and work with community organizations, all levels of government, businesses and individuals to continuously improve the air quality in the Bow Valley.