Respiratory Health Kits from the Just Transition Team
The Just Transition team at Urban Tilth has finished putting together our annual free Respiratory Health Kits. These 520 respiratory health care packages are meant to help our neighbors breathe a little easier this summer.
These bundles are full of soothing herbs like chamomile, lavender, and other gentle plants known to calm irritation and inflammation in the respiratory system. Each kit comes with an herbal tea blend, an herbal steam bag to help with congestion, a glycerite tincture for extra support, a loose tea strainer, and an easy-to-follow booklet to help you use everything inside.
Why do we do this? Because here in Richmond and North Richmond, our communities live side by side with oil refineries, busy shipping routes, and other industries that pollute our air every single day. For generations, corporations like Chevron have released toxins that make it harder for families here to breathe freely. Recent spikes in flaring incidents have made clean air feel even more urgent. Since 2021, Urban Tilth’s Just Transition team has stepped up each summer to help protect our neighbors during fire season and high-pollution days, especially those most at risk.
These free respiratory kits are given first to our most vulnerable residents, making sure elders, families with young children, and people with existing health concerns get extra help to breathe more comfortably.
Clean air is a right, and caring for our neighbors is how we fight back together. Let’s protect our lungs, our health, and each other.
Learn more about the work of our Just Transition Team here.
