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Green Flag Resources

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Resources

General Information

Gateway to Recycling Resources in Your Community: http://www.earth911.org/master.asp

General fact sheet on recycling: Virginia DEQ’s quick and dirty fact sheet on recycling: http://www.deq.state.va.us/kids/library/recyclng.html

Real Estate Resources: A Guide to Recycling: http://sanibelrealestateguide.com/recycling/

A List of RRR Curriculum Links, Activities and Lesson Plans

California Integrated Waste Management Board Curricula: http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Schools/Curriculum/

Grass Roots Recycling Network: Teachers’ Recycle: Tools for Zero Waste Schools Waste Reduction for K – 12 http://www.kidsrecycle.org/overview.php

EPA K-6 curriculum: http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/education/teach_curric.htm

Ft. Collins Schools: Waste Reduction at School: http://www.ci.fort-collins.co.us/recycling/reduction.php

Greening Schools: School Waste Reduction Activities: http://www.greeningschools.org/resources/view_cat_teacher.cfm?id=79

Composting Resources

Association of Vermont Recyclers: Why Compos:. http://www.vtrecyclers.org/WASTEKIT/compost.htm

Vermicomposting – The Worm Café: Mary Appelhof’s website has links, articles, and other resources- you can buy her books (which are highly recommended) on the site as well (The books include: Worms Eat Our Garbage (a classroom workbook). http://www.wormwoman.com/acatalog/cafe_more.html

California Integrated Waste Management Board: website describing the process of Grasscycling, the natural recycling of grass. http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/organics/grasscycling/

Composter’s Forum: The Compost Resource Page: www.oldgrowth.org/compost

How Stuff Works: Learn how composting works. www.howstuffworks.com/composting

Envirocycle Systems: http://www.envirocyclesystems.com/index.html

Happy D Ranch: Offers a lot of information as well as a variety of worm bins,worms, and books on worm composting.Their staff is very helpful. www.happydranch.com

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s compost fact sheet: Basic information on composting.  http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/wm/recycle/FACTS/COMPOST.HTM

Compost Bin Resources (recycled content) – Urban Garden Center: D&P Industries offer the award winning “Urban Compost Tumbler” an efficient and attractive tumbler that is pest proof and almost completely made with recycled items. www.urbangardencenter.com

Paper Recycling Programs:

Ollie Recycles: Great kid friendly website with questions, facts, explanations and processes of recycling paper. http://www.ollierecycles.com/uk/html/paper.html

EPA: Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines: page that can help find recycled paper: http://www.epa.gov/cpg/

The Chlorine Free Products Association: Can help school officials find chlorine-free paper: http://www.chlorinefreeproducts.org/

Other School Recycling Programs

The Earth Flag Programs: http://www.swalco.org/Programs/SchoolResourceCorner/EarthFlag

Pedals for Progress: Works with school groups and others to recycle bicycles and send them to developing  countries. http://www.p4p.org

Information on Waste Audits

State of Pennsylvania: http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/wm/recycle/facts/ComRec.htm

Recycling Refund Resources

Charitable Recycling Program: A national program that allows schools and other institutions to donate cell phones to a charity of choice including your school. http://www.charitablerecycling.com

Recycle & Raise Funds: Will pay you a refund for empty inkjet cartridges: http://www.empties4cash.com

Recycling Product Resources

SCL A-1 Plastics Ltd. Brampton, Ontario: http://www.scla1.com/

Boulder County Recycling at School site: http://www.ecocycle.org/atschool/index.cfm

Websites containing information on Recycled Products

Access Eco: Functional, high quality promotional items made the earth-friendly way: http://www.accesseco.com
Adapt Ad Specialty: Over 5,000 recycled products distributed: http://www.adaptadspecialty.com

Amazing Recycled Products: Shop on-line for recycled products, (800) 241-2174: http://www.amazingrecycled.com

Dolphin Blue: Enviro-friendly office products. Schools can order discounted recycled paper. http://www.dolphinblue.com

Eco-Cycle Buying Recycled Network: Gets the school actively involved in a recycling program, and gives them access to discounts on recycled products: http://www.ecocycle.org/atschool/index.cfm

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): EPA’s Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program’s database of environmental information on products and services: http://www.epa.gov/epp/

Grass Roots Recycling Network: http://www.grrn.org/

The Green Culture: Catalog of recycled and environmentally responsible products: http://www.greenculture.com

Green Home: Distributor on environmentally-friendly products: www.greenhome.com

National Recycling Coalition’s (NRC’s) Buy Recycled Business Alliance (BRBA): Includes a Buy Recycled Guidebook, online library, 18 case studies on how to use recycled-content construction materials. The NRC also holds discussion forum’s, and has links to state and regional recycling organizations, and has an events calendar:http://brba.nrc-recycle.org

Rainbow Eco Specialties: Environmentally-friendly promotional products: http://www.ecospec.com and/or http://www.ecopromo.com

Recycled Plastics Products Directory: Plastics industry recycled product directory: http://sourcebook.plasticsresource.com

Recycled Products Purchasing Cooperative:Offers assistance for purchasing high quality recycled office copy paper at good prices: http://www.recycledproducts.org

Recycler’s World: A global trading site for recyclable commodities, by-products, used and surplus items or materials: http://www.recycle.net/index.html

Residential Environmental Design and Sustainability: Information on “green design,” including a bulletin board: http://www.reddawn.com

Student Focused Sites

EPA resources for kids: http://www.epa.gov/kids/garbage.htm and  http://www.epa.gov/students/waste.html

On line interactive educational recycling game: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/kids/games/bingame/

Environmental Education for Kids: Wisconsin DNR: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/recycle/index.htm

Grassroots Recycling Network Kids Recycle: http://www.kidsrecycle.org/kids_links.php

Make your own recycled paper. Try this guide from the Exploratorium: http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/paper/handmade.html

 

Integrated Pest Management Resources

IPM Curriculum Links, Activities and Lesson Plans

Pennsylvania IPM Program: School IPM.Offers ways in which IPM can be used in teaching and educational opportunities for educators.http://paipm.cas.psu.edu/154.htm

Michigan State University: Pesticide Education. IPM curriculum developed for an urban elementary school this guide containing an for k-6 graders. http://www.pested.msu.edu/CommunitySchoolIpm/curriculum.htm

The IPM Institute of North America: Check this site for a comprehensive list of school-related IPM resources. http://www.ipminstitute.org/school_biblio.htm#Curricula

IPM in Schools

Beyond Pesticides: Alternatives to Using Pesticides in Schools. What is School IPM? http://www.beyondpesticides.org/schools/schoolipm/index.htm

EPA: IPM for Schools. A How to Manual http://www.epa.gov/opp00001/ipm/schoolipm/append-a.pdf

*  IPM Institute of North America: IPM Standards for Schools, http://www.ipminstitute.org/school.htm

Model School IPM Policy

School Pesticide Reform Coalition: Safer Schools. 2003 report documents 27 school districts and schools in 19 states successfully implementing an IPM program.  It also contains a model school IPM policy. http://www.beyondpesticides.org/schools/publications/IPMSuccessStories.pdf

New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides: Model school IPM policy. http://www.crisny.org/not-for-profit/nycap/modlplan.htm

EPA: School IPM policy. http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/ipm/

Identifying Toxic Chemicals in Pesticides

*  Pesticide Action Network of North America: Pesticide database http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Index.html

School IPM and Cost

Beyond Pesticides: Schools Save Money with IPM. Fact sheet http://www.beyondpesticides.org/schools/publications/IPM_cost%20_FS.pdf

Implementing IPM in your School District

Kyrene School District-Arizona: IPM in Schools http://www.epa.gov/pesp/pesp/members/strategies/kyrene_elementary_school_district.pdf

Monroe County, Indiana model program:http://www.mccsc.edu/~mccscipm/

EPA: Pesticides-Controlling Pests. An entire program to help school officials with IPM. http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/ipm/

University of Florida’s school IPM site:http://schoolipm.ifas.ufl.edu/index.html

School IPM Certification and Recognition Programs

IPM Institute of North America: IPM STAR Program. www.ipminstitute.org

Student Focused Sites

State of Pennsylvania IPM: http://paipm.cas.psu.edu/pestpatrol.html

Safter Pest Control – A Kid’s Guide to Pesticides: http://www.spcpweb.org/factsheets/KidsGuidetoPesticidesBW.pdf

IPM Institute of North America: Become an IPM super Sleuth. An interactive web site for kids. http://www.ipminstitute.org/supersleuth.htm

Interactive EPA website for kids: http://www.epa.gov/opp00001/kids/roaches/english/

Girl Scouts Denver Area Council: kids can go on line to earn a badge focusing on bugs and IPM. http://www.buggedbybugs.girlscoutsmilehi.org/


Indoor Air Quality Resources

General Information

Information on the EPA Tools for Schools Program

A list of curriculum links, activities and lesson plans

Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission, Air Quality Lesson Plans and Data:
http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/air/monops/lessons/lesson_plans.html

Kids 4 Clean Air. Website contains information sheets for ages 5 to 11, to help learn about our planet’s air and mankind’s impact upon it.  There are also a series of games and puzzles to help you learn and have some fun. http://www.clean-air-kids.org.uk/index.html

Information on Asthma

    EPA: Asthma and Indoor Environments. Website for the Environmental Protection Agency with information about asthma and the environment and links to a variety of other asthma info: http://www.epa.gov/asthma/

    Pew Environmental Health Commission. Report called “Attack Asthma: Why America Needs a Public Health Defense System to Battle Environmental Threats.” To find, click on reports on the left side of screen. http://healthyamericans.org/reports/files/asthma.pdf

    The American Lung Association also has information on IAQ and how it relates to asthma: www.lungusa.org

Information about lead in schools

Information about mold in schools

Information about diesel fumes and schools /Anti-Diesel idling policies

Alternative fuel sources

EPA fact sheet on Clean Fuels: An Overview: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/consumer/fuels/altfuels/altfuels.htm#fact

 

Non-Toxic Products Resources

Environmentally Preferable Products Resources

Center For the New American Dream. Website listing products that have met the Green Seal-37 standard and/or appear to meet the environmentally preferable cleaning product criteria developed by the Center for New American Dream’s cleaning product work group. http://www.newdream.org/programs/beyond-consumerism/consuming-consciously/buy-green

Background Information on Toxics in Cleaning Products

Cleaning for Health: Products and Practices for a Safer Indoor Environment. Published http://www.healthyschools.org/ by Inform: http://www.informinc.org/cleanforhealth.php

Healthy Schools Network: Contact HSN to find out how to receive a copy of the Sanitzers and Disinfectants Guide.  http://www.healthyschools.org

Keeping Our Homes Toxic-Free:

Children’s Environmental Health Coalition: Healthehouse. Virtual website on toxic products found in the home. http://www.checnet.org/healthehouse/virtualhouse/index.asp

Material Safety Data Sheet Resources

* MSDS: a site produced by the Interactive Learning Paradigms, incorporated:http://www.ilpi.com/msds/faq/parta.html#whatis

*  University of Vermont Safety Information Resources: Website that allows you to search for MSDS’s by manufacturer. http://siri.uvm.edu/

Cleaning and Maintenance Practices and Health Impacts

Healthy School Enivronment and  Enhanced Educational Performance–A case study of the renovation of Charles Young Elementary School in Washington, DC, that shows how improved environmental conditions led to improved health and academic performance. http://www.carpet-rug.com/pdf_word_docs/020112_Charles_Young.pdf

Student Focused Sites

The Green Squad website has fact sheets for middle school students [See Green Flag Start up Kit]: http://www.nrdc.org/greensquad/library/cleaning.asp?room=water


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