Zoe Banks Gross wants to see her area improve - and not just in terms of property prices.
The mum-of-one said: "This ward still has the highest rate of mortality due to air pollution, the life expectancy for men in Lawrence Hill is 10 years less than in Cotham ward - 74 versus 84 - and the local environment has excessive fly tipping.
"92 per cent of people in the quality of life survey said that street litter is a problem and only 60 per cent were satisfied with the quality of parks and green spaces.
"More than 42 per cent of children in Year 6 in our ward have excessive weight - this is the highest level in Bristol and approximately three times the level in Henleaze.
"We need a healthier environment to improve the quality of life for all residents."
The resident said the pandemic has brought to the surface a lot of inequalities, adding she sees social justice and sustainability as being intertwined with health.
These issues, along with the environment and transport, are key issues in Thursday's local elections and have been much discussed by candidates for the Mayor of Bristol, Bristol City Council and the West of England Regional Mayor.
But how do these issues sit with people in one community where the challenges of transport, pollution and improving the environment are acute?
Ms Banks Gross added: "We need to be working towards a future that is good for our kids and their grandkids, and it cannot look like our reality of current consumption.
"Not enough is being done to address these issues."
Ms Banks Gross lives in Lawrence Hill, one of the areas in Bristol amongst the most polluted (outside the city centre).
According to the latest data available in the air quality dashboard (2019), the area opposite Lawrence Hill station on Church Road recorded concentrations of air pollutant levels of 41.95 μg/m3, with the legal limit being 40.
Other areas to have recorded pollutant levels above the legal limit included Ashley Road (48.13), the Whitehall Road and Easton Road junction (48.54), Villiers Road and Stapleton Road junction (41.2).
At the same time, according to a canopy survey by the Bristol Tree Forum, St Paul's has a canopy cover of seven per cent, while Easton has 9.4 per cent and Lawrence Hill's has 12.5 per cent.
In comparison, the parts of Bristol with the most tree canopy cover - St George Troopers Hill (29.3 per cent), Henbury and Brentry (27.1 per cent) or Clifton (25.7 per cent) - have a tree cover more than three times higher than St Paul's.
The areas with the most tree canopy cover don't have any sites exceeding the air pollutant legal limit.
This comes as new research published last month found Bristol is the 5th greyest city in England (8% tree coverage) - and only 1 tree per person.
Environmental matters are at the forefront of many people's mind now and in 2018, Bristol declared a climate emergency and pledged to become carbon neutral by 2030.
This came after a report found air pollution is estimated to contribute to the deaths of around 300 people each year in Bristol.
According to a 2019 report, road transport accounts for a third of Bristol's carbon emissions so tackling transport will be a key part in Bristol becoming carbon neutral. To achieve this, parts of the city centre have now been pedestrianised to encourage active travel and, in February this year, the Labour administration approved plans for a Clean Air Zone in the city centre.
Also in recent years, the city has seen several tree projects as the One City Plan includes a target to double tree canopy in the city by 2046.
One of the most prominent projects has been the One Tree per Child campaign, which began in 2015 with the aim of planting one tree for every primary school aged child in the city, equivalent to 36,000 trees.
According to the 2019/2020 report, the initial target was exceeded by 2016 and the project has continued to plant 6,000 trees per year, with over 60,000 trees planted to date.
According to the report, the aim is to plant trees where communities are more disadvantaged and where tree cover is lower.
Another project will see trees planted on city streets after the city has been awarded a share of the £10m Urban Tree Challenge Fund, while a tiny forest will also be created in Southmead, with more than 1,200 trees being planted.
However, professor John Tarlton, treasurer of the Bristol Tree Forum, said that since 2014 hundreds of mature trees have been felled.
The most prominent trees to have been cut in recent years are probably the five maples near the M32, with the last one been felled in dramatic circumstances earlier this year, ending a long campaign to save them.
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Professor Tarlton it takes a long time for trees to reach maturity, adding a single mature tree - such as the Ashley Down Oak, which a group of residents are trying to save after a notice of felling was issued - has the biomass of 45,000 saplings, with biomass representing the amount of carbon absorbed.
The professor claimed another issue is that a lot of the trees being planted are actually hedges, which don't have the same value, and described the tree planting figures being given as misleading.
He added trees are being felled in the central areas while saplings are being planted in the outskirts of the city, meaning the trees are being planted where they are less needed.
"The trees are being planted in the wrong places," he continued. "When you look at the detail, it is not so great.
"You need to be retaining the valuable, mature trees as well as planting new saplings, not using the saplings as an excuse to fell mature trees."
He said that, in the majority of cases, the trees are being felled to make way for housing developments.
"It is a real conflict between housing and trees," he continued. "What seems to be happening right now is that developers completely fill the plot with units, but this means you are losing the trees.
"With more thought, you could retain the trees as well as having housing so you could have decent housing in a decent environment.
"The difficult thing for the council is the balancing act between the environment and housing, but we need to be dealing with the climate emergency now - we can not pretend it is not happening.
"They seem to be thinking this is something you can leave until next year, but we need to act now and Bristol isn't.
"Planting trees that will have value in 50 years is not good enough."
Air quality and environmental standards aren't just the reponsibilities of local authorities. National policy and bodies like the Environment Agency and Highways England have an important role to play. But for the local political leadership after May 6, these issues will be an important early priority. You can read what the main parties have said about the environment below.
Professor Tarlton said that what is happening at the moment is that, in poorer parts of Bristol, more flats are being crammed into small spaces.
"So you have the increase in density of housing, the reduction in tree cover and the increase in pollution as a result of cars," he added. "The phrase we use is environmental discrimination.
"If you reduce the number of trees you have, it has a big impact on people's physical and mental health - there is an undeniable relationship.
"Poor people are suffering in all kinds of ways - it is a great shame.
"People's health suffers if they do not have trees within their community."
Olivia Sweeney, who lives off Stapleton Road near the M32, is another resident who is worried about environmental matters.
She said that it was so clean and quiet during the first lockdown, which has made the traffic noise and dirty feeling you get on your skin now more obvious.
"It is something that I am definitely worried about," she continued. "During the first lockdown, there was no traffic at all, there was no noise and you could feel the freshness in the air compared to now."
The 27-year-old - who moved to Bristol two years ago - said the motorway going through the middle of the city has a massive impact, splitting the city in half and sending the message that driving is the best and easiest way to get into the city centre.
Talking about the green spaces, Ms Sweeney said it is also important to discuss the quality of those areas, adding they can sometimes feel like unsafe places or not making you want to be there.
"Just seeing a tree on the street would be nice, but you do not see that around here," she continued. "You notice a difference between different parts of the city."
Dr Jo Barnes, senior research fellow at the University of the West of England's air quality management resource centre, said road traffic congestion is a big issue in Bristol, but that is on a par with other cities of a similar size.
She said that there is a disparity in the levels of air pollution within Bristol and that it tends to be more of an issue in the city centre and next to busy roads.
Since 2010, concentrations have been falling across the city due to a variety of factors, she said, such as cleaner vehicles using the roads and some measures being implemented by the council to encourage walking and cycling, among others.
Dr Barnes said that, apart from road traffic, solid fuel burning has become the other main source of air pollution in recent years as products like log burners have become fashionable.
"They are seen as a nice thing to have but they are very polluting, which is something people are not necessarily aware of," she added. "Air quality has not necessarily been at the forefront of the discussion historically.
"There is more public awareness now than there used to be, which is fantastic.
"There is awareness and concern but that does not necessarily translate into knowing what to do - a change of behaviours needs to be facilitated.
"The council and the government have to make it easy for people to implement those changes."
Dr Barnes said that it would have been better if more could have been done at an earlier stage to tackle air pollution, but that it is not necessarily local government that is at fault as there is just so much they can do.
To improve air quality, it is necessary to reduce or clean up traffic, she said, as well as more communication and regulation around solid fuel burning.
Talking about the carbon neutral target, she said: "It is a challenge for any local authority to achieve that by 2030, it is going to be a major challenge as a lot needs to change for that to happen."
Zoe Trinder-Widdess is a local mum who is trying to improve things by campaigning to get cars banned outside Whitehall Primary School at drop-off and pick-up times.
The mum-of-one said the aim would be to have cleaner air around the school while making it safer.
The Greenbank resident said: "It is about trying to get people out of their cars and to stop thinking of our streets as a space for cars, but for humans.
"The bit I live in Easton is quite traffic-free, but you think about the kids that go to school by the M32 and are breathing all these fumes all the time - I do worry about it.
"It is a real social justice issue."
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