Zelda Zivny-Co-Founder. Program Leader
Zelda was a student at CalPoly SLO where she completed her BS in Environmental Engineering in March 2023.
As a student at Gateway High School, Zelda received highest academic honors. Her school interests were math and science classes. She completed all environmental science classes offered by the school.
Zelda is an accomplished filmmaker. She completed the Bay Area Video Coalitions summer filmmaking camp and she also was invited to participate in the pre-event young filmmakers class at the San Francisco Green Film Festival in 2016. She was the film editor for "Columbus Discovers Air Pollution."
In 2016 Zelda was an intern with S.S. Papadopolus & Associates, Inc (San Francisco). The firm is an Environmental and Water Resources consulting firm specializing in groundwater contaminant studies, remediation, and surface- water hydrology. Zelda’s job was to create a GIS database of subsurface studies that cataloged arsenic contamination at a site in Washington State. http://www.sspa.com/
In the 2016-2017 academic year, Zelda was a member of the San Francisco/Embarcadero delegation of the Youth in Government program offered by the YMCA. The program teaches students how to engage in government decision making and how the legislative process works. https://calymca.org/about-us/about-us-overview.
She has also become interested in community involvement and has completed 50 hours of community service work which included cleaning Ocean Beach of plastics . She has worked with the noted urban designer James Roja's on an urban design / community engagement presentation for Fulton Street and Columbus Avenue helping local citizens re-imagine their street. These events were sponsored by the American Institute of Architects and SF MTA .
Zelda has been enrolled in "Girls Who Code". The class focused on learning Python.
She is also an athlete and competes on a Cal Poly swimming club. As a high school student, she competed on her school's varsity soccer and volleyball teams (team captain). She also enjoyed track but her high school did not have a track program in which she could compete. As a middle school student, she took first place in several track meets for the long jump, the 400-relay, and the 800-meter run. She came in 6th in the citywide cross-country competition.
Zelda was a student at CalPoly SLO where she completed her BS in Environmental Engineering in March 2023.
As a student at Gateway High School, Zelda received highest academic honors. Her school interests were math and science classes. She completed all environmental science classes offered by the school.
Zelda is an accomplished filmmaker. She completed the Bay Area Video Coalitions summer filmmaking camp and she also was invited to participate in the pre-event young filmmakers class at the San Francisco Green Film Festival in 2016. She was the film editor for "Columbus Discovers Air Pollution."
In 2016 Zelda was an intern with S.S. Papadopolus & Associates, Inc (San Francisco). The firm is an Environmental and Water Resources consulting firm specializing in groundwater contaminant studies, remediation, and surface- water hydrology. Zelda’s job was to create a GIS database of subsurface studies that cataloged arsenic contamination at a site in Washington State. http://www.sspa.com/
In the 2016-2017 academic year, Zelda was a member of the San Francisco/Embarcadero delegation of the Youth in Government program offered by the YMCA. The program teaches students how to engage in government decision making and how the legislative process works. https://calymca.org/about-us/about-us-overview.
She has also become interested in community involvement and has completed 50 hours of community service work which included cleaning Ocean Beach of plastics . She has worked with the noted urban designer James Roja's on an urban design / community engagement presentation for Fulton Street and Columbus Avenue helping local citizens re-imagine their street. These events were sponsored by the American Institute of Architects and SF MTA .
Zelda has been enrolled in "Girls Who Code". The class focused on learning Python.
She is also an athlete and competes on a Cal Poly swimming club. As a high school student, she competed on her school's varsity soccer and volleyball teams (team captain). She also enjoyed track but her high school did not have a track program in which she could compete. As a middle school student, she took first place in several track meets for the long jump, the 400-relay, and the 800-meter run. She came in 6th in the citywide cross-country competition.
Milo Wetherall- Co-founder and Researcher
Milo Wetherall is currently a student at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. He is majoring in political science with an emphasis in environmental issues
In high school, Milo was the captain of his debate team, and was elected to the student council. His favorite past time is filmmaking. As part of a Film course at his school, Milo completed two short films. Outside of school, along with making Columbus Discovers Air Pollution, Milo is working on a script for a short film and is editing another.
During his lifetime, he has been very politically active. When he was 9 years old, he spoke in front of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors petitioning for a new library and park to be built in his neighborhood. Not only has he taken an interest in local politics, he has an interest in media and the federal government's workings on climate policy. Milo also participated in a Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense protest in downtown San Francisco.
He hopes to change policy within San Francisco by creating awareness about environmental concerns through film.
Milo addressing the audience and San Francisco city staff during a post screening panel discussion.
Charlie preparing robot for next competition round at San Jose Regional Meet 2019.
Charlie Millenbah-Co-founder. Project Leader for Pier 92 Study and Airgregates Film Project
Charlie is a student at the University of California, Davis. He is a founding member of Street Air and has participated in all research sessions since inception. He helped write, film and narrate Street Air's award winning film, "Columbus Discovers Air Pollution", in fact, he named the film. He is the current Street Air project leader looking at PM 1 (1 micron) pollution along Columbus Ave. Specifically, he is looking at how much small particle pollution is getting from the street into nearby restaurants thereby affecting the staff. Street Air's long term goal is to start mapping PM 1 hot spots in the city. Currently, there is very little data on PM1 concentrations at the street level in the City of San Francisco.
Charlie conducted a study of the air pollution generated by three cement batching plans on Pier 92 in San Francisco. Upon completion of the study, Charlie wrote, narrated and produced the film "Airgregates" which was selected as a finalist at the Clear the Air Film Festival in San Francisco. The film has been selected by several environmental film festivals for screening in their upcoming festivals. Because of the scope of this project, Charlie has decided to initiate additional research on the facilities and determine the extent of the PM 2.5 batching plants 'plume' into the Bay View community. Bay View has the highest levels of air pollution in the City of San Francisco and he is trying to determine the source of this pollution.
As a result of his air pollution studies, Charlie is working on the design of a new device that will measure air pollution while also taking a picture when certain levels of pollution are reached. By taking the picture, he hopes to identify the source of the pollution spikes. His research has shown that seeing a spike in a data base is not helpful in determining the pollutant source or in methods of source mitigation--the source has to be visually identified.
At Gateway High School Charlie was on the schools robotics team ("Gator Gears"). His role was to design and fabricate special parts.
As a junior, Charlie participated in Junior State of America. ("JSA"). JSA is a place where students build leadership skills, learn civil debate, and strengthen their engagement through volunteering and activism. As a part of this program , Charlie spent time in Sacramento participating in a legislative process simulation event. . ttps://www.jsa.org/who-we-are/
Apart from his work in school and his science projects, Charlie is interested in learning languages and studying the history of languages. He has been studying German and Czech languages with weekly classes via a private teacher in Prague, CZ (using Skype) for the past four years. He also takes weekly piano lessons and plays the trumpet. Charlie is interested in engineering and chemistry and intends to pursue those interests in college
See Charlie's Hoodline interview on the Street Air project here: https://hoodline.com/2018/04/sf-students-win-top-honors-in-national-planning-competition
In addition to his United States citizenship, Charlie was granted citizenship to the Czech Republic in January, 2020.
Charlie is a student at the University of California, Davis. He is a founding member of Street Air and has participated in all research sessions since inception. He helped write, film and narrate Street Air's award winning film, "Columbus Discovers Air Pollution", in fact, he named the film. He is the current Street Air project leader looking at PM 1 (1 micron) pollution along Columbus Ave. Specifically, he is looking at how much small particle pollution is getting from the street into nearby restaurants thereby affecting the staff. Street Air's long term goal is to start mapping PM 1 hot spots in the city. Currently, there is very little data on PM1 concentrations at the street level in the City of San Francisco.
Charlie conducted a study of the air pollution generated by three cement batching plans on Pier 92 in San Francisco. Upon completion of the study, Charlie wrote, narrated and produced the film "Airgregates" which was selected as a finalist at the Clear the Air Film Festival in San Francisco. The film has been selected by several environmental film festivals for screening in their upcoming festivals. Because of the scope of this project, Charlie has decided to initiate additional research on the facilities and determine the extent of the PM 2.5 batching plants 'plume' into the Bay View community. Bay View has the highest levels of air pollution in the City of San Francisco and he is trying to determine the source of this pollution.
As a result of his air pollution studies, Charlie is working on the design of a new device that will measure air pollution while also taking a picture when certain levels of pollution are reached. By taking the picture, he hopes to identify the source of the pollution spikes. His research has shown that seeing a spike in a data base is not helpful in determining the pollutant source or in methods of source mitigation--the source has to be visually identified.
At Gateway High School Charlie was on the schools robotics team ("Gator Gears"). His role was to design and fabricate special parts.
As a junior, Charlie participated in Junior State of America. ("JSA"). JSA is a place where students build leadership skills, learn civil debate, and strengthen their engagement through volunteering and activism. As a part of this program , Charlie spent time in Sacramento participating in a legislative process simulation event. . ttps://www.jsa.org/who-we-are/
Apart from his work in school and his science projects, Charlie is interested in learning languages and studying the history of languages. He has been studying German and Czech languages with weekly classes via a private teacher in Prague, CZ (using Skype) for the past four years. He also takes weekly piano lessons and plays the trumpet. Charlie is interested in engineering and chemistry and intends to pursue those interests in college
See Charlie's Hoodline interview on the Street Air project here: https://hoodline.com/2018/04/sf-students-win-top-honors-in-national-planning-competition
In addition to his United States citizenship, Charlie was granted citizenship to the Czech Republic in January, 2020.
Charlie and Zelda Presenting "Climate Change" at the San Francisco Green Film Festival.
Zelda Zivny, Charlie Millenbah and Pete Parkinson, President of the California Chapter of the APA receiving Statewide Award of Merit for Street Air. September 24, 2017.
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".....it's an environmental collision of sorts."
-Columbus Discovers Air Pollution