SOCIO-BEE

Wearables and droneS fOr CIty Socio-Environmental Observations and BEhavioral ChangE (SOCIO-BEE) is a project funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101037648. SOCIO-BEE aims to empower communities to adopt more sustainable behaviours in favour of the environment, specifically reduction of air pollution. The engagement of the community occurs through Citizen Science, where everyone can experiment and be part of monitoring air pollution in their cities. Using bee hives as a metaphor, we have identified the different players and their roles: Queen bees, worker bees, drone bees, larvae, honey bears are all involved and have important roles in the beehive. There will be three different testing sites (Ancona, Marousi and Zaragoza) where beehives of different population groups will monitor air pollution using low-cost sensors, wearable and different technologies.