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CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Beyond Pesticides

Californians for Pesticide Reform

California Safe Schools Coalition

The Center for Health, Environment and Justice, Childproofing Our Communities Campaign

Children's Environmental Health Network

The Healthy Schools Network

Illinois Healthy Schools Campaign

Safe Playgrounds Project

US Environmental Protection Agency

CURRICULA

Earth Day Ideas

Facing the Future: People and the Planet

The Green Schools Initiative

FOOD, NUTRITION, GARDENS AND GREEN SCHOOL YARDS

Public Citizen Campaign to Keep Irradiated Food Out of School Lunches

San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance

Sustainable Food Policy Project

California School Garden Network

The Edible Schoolyard

The Center for Ecoliteracy

EcoSchool Design

Commercial Alert

The Occidental Arts and Ecology Center School Garden Teacher Training Program

Rethinking School Lunch

FUNDING SOURCES

Greenbacks for Green Schools

ONLINE QUIZZES

EPA Calculate Your School's Impact

Food Force, a game by the U.N. World Food Program to teach about food and hunger

Carbon Footprint Calculator

Ecological Footprint Quiz

The Waste Awareness Quiz

The Paper Calculator, comparing use of trees, energy, water, toxics for different types of paper

Scorecard, The Pollution Information Site

RESOURCES FOR YOUTH

Kids for Saving Earth

NRDC's Green Squad

Rainforest Action Network

Rainforest Heroes

Kids Against Pollution

EPA's Global Warming Page

Youth for Environmental Sanity

SCHOOL PROFILES

Green Schools Profiles

SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES USE AND GREEN SCHOOL BUILDINGS

Alliance for Climate Education

Alliance to Save Energy

Antioch New England, Green Schools Guidelines

Bay Area Green Business Program

Center for a New American Dream, Back to School

Collaborative for High Performance Schools

Consumer Report's Greener Choices

Cool Schools, Climate Protection Campaign

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Guide

Green Earth Office Supplies

The Green Office.com

Green Schools Buying Guide

Go Green Initiative

Healthy Building Network

How Green Is My School System?

How Green Is My School System is an important resource from the folks at How Green Is My Town? Find information about passing a comprehensive green schools policy, energy use, green purchasing, green cleaning, green buildings, transportation, grounds maintenance, environmental toxins, communications and recycling.

Interstate Renewable Energy Council

National Biodiesel Board, School Bus Program

New Jersey High Performance Schools

Oregon High Performance Schools

Recycled Products Cooperative

School Waste Reduction

US Department of Energy, Energy Smart Schools Program

US Environmental Protection Agency

US Green Building Council, Green Schools

The Worldwatch Institute, The Good Stuff Guide

TEACH, LEARN AND ENGAGE!

California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC)

CHEJ's Green Flag Schools Program

Earth Day Educator's Network

Eco-Schools International

Eco-Schools USA

Center for Environmental Education

Facing the Future

Maryland Green Schools Program

North American Association for Environmental Education

Oregon Green Schools Program

Wisconsin Green and Healthy Schools Program

THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE

San Francisco's Environment Department

California Safe Schools Coalition

Bay Area Working Group on the Precautionary Principle

The Science and Environmental Health Network