Understanding the impact of nitrogen on you

BlueGAP works to humanize nitrogen pollution through authentic capacity building, real-life storytelling linked with data, and equipping communities to drive change.

Welcome to BlueGAP

BlueGAP helps communities push for a reduction in harmful nitrogen pollution by providing a trusted communication and knowledge platform, empowering people through storytelling, and taking action based on reliable water quality information.

What is Nitrogen Pollution?

Nitrogen is an invisible but devastating pollutant that travels through waterways destroying plant and wildlife and threatening people’s health and livelihood.

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The BlueGAP Process

We offer various levels of BlueGAP team engagement tailored to customer needs.

BlueGAP-IS

Our online Information System to visualize stories and data on nitrogen.

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Take action, find or give support, amplify your story, and more!

Our Mission
& Values

To broaden the community of people aware of and fighting to reduce nitrogen pollution.

We humanize nitrogen pollution through authentic capacity building, real-life storytelling linked with data, and equipping communities to drive change.

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Communities engaged

BlueGAP particularly focuses on communities that experience continuing challenges with nitrogen pollution.

The BlueGAP Information System

Our online platform for sustained and continued engagement with stories and data about nitrogen pollution is a way to explore genuine stories along with water quality data in a watershed. Use the BlueGAP Action Planner to identify ways you can start improving water quality in your community.

Here to partner and equip communities to drive change

Our education resources and eco documentaries can help raise awareness on the dangers of nitrogen pollution.

Education

Aiming to raise awareness of the hidden dangers of nitrogen pollution and its widespread impact on the world.

Event Collaborating

Co-creating a variety of events covering nitrogen pollution, water quality, people’s livelihoods, and other related themes.

Storytelling

Effective multimedia that amplifies the voice of each storyteller, and highlights the work of community champions.

Grassroot Connecting

Working to bridge communities upstream & downstream, and fostering connections from the grassroots level up.

“[BlueGAP is] very useful for bridging technical [information] to reality and bringing that to our doorstep.”

Mississippi Department of
Environmental Quality

“You know, in the past, I would say funding is always great. But now, now it’s knowledge.”

Justin Lovett
Owner, Unicorns of Diving
BlueGAP Storyteller

“When given an opportunity I love seeing black excellence! It strikes me that we are consistently overlooked despite our powerful work and presence in the community.”

Anonymous BlueGAP Event Attendee

“I was able to connect to their interviews and stories and…the way it came across on screen…?.”

Anonymous BlueGAP Movie Screening
Event Attendee

“It is time for people that normally are not included in discussions, planning, policy-making, and many more processes imperative to cleaning up our waterways, to have representationin seeking solutions.”

BlueGAP Workshop Attendees

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