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RESOURCES

THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE

Be Safe
(a project of the Center for Health, Environment and Justice) www.besafenet.com

California Safe Schools Coalition
www.calisafe.org

The Science and Environmental Health Network
www.sehn.org

Bay Area Working Group on the Precautionary Principle
www.takingprecaution.org

San Francisco’s Environment Department www.sfgov.org/sfenvironment


CHILDREN’S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

The Center for Health, Environment and Justice
Childproofing our Communities Campaign
www.childproofing.org

The Healthy Schools Network
www.healthyschools.org

Beyond Pesticides
www.beyondpesticides.org

Californians for Pesticide Reform
www.pesticidereform.org

 

California Safe Schools Coalition
www.calisafe.org

Illinois Healthy Schools Campaign
www.healthyschoolscampaign.org

US Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/envirohealth/children

Children’s Environmental Health Network
www.cehn.org

Safe Playgrounds Project
www.safe2play.org


SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USE AND GREEN SCHOOL BUILDINGS

Antioch New England, Green Schools Guidelines

www.anei.org/pages/58_green_school_guidelines.cfm

Bay Area Green Business Program

www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/enviro/gbus/index.html

Center for a New American Dream, Back to School
www.newdream.org/buy/bts/index.php

Collaborative for High Performance Schools
www.chps.net

Consumer Report’s Greener Choices

www.greenerchoices.org

Go Green Initiative
www.gogreeninitiative.org

Green Earth Office Supplies
www.greenearthofficesupply.com/


Healthy Building Network
www.healthybuilding.net

Interstate Renewable Energy Council
www.irecusa.org

National Biodiesel Board, School Bus Program
www.biodiesel.org/markets/sch/


New Jersey High Performance Schools
www.globallearningnj.org

Oregon High Performance Schools www.energy.state.or.us/school/highperform.htm

Recycle Minnesota
www.recycleminnesota.org

Recycled Products Cooperative
www.recycledproducts.org

School Waste Reduction
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Schools/

Solar Schools
www.solarschools.com

St. Louis Resourceful Schools
www.resourcefulschools.org

The Worldwatch Institute, The Good Stuff Guide
www.worldwatch.org/pubs/goodstuff/


US Department of Energy
Energy Smart Schools Program
www.rebuild.org

US Environmental Protetction Agency www.epa.gov/schools


FOOD, NUTRITION, GARDENS AND GREEN SCHOOL YARDS

Public Citizen Campaign to Keep Irradiated Food Out of School Lunches
www.citizen.org/cmep/foodsafety/food_irrad/schoollunch/

Commercial Alert
www.commercialalert.org

Rethinking School Lunch
www.rethinkingschoollunch.org

The Center for Food and Justice
www.farmtoschool.org

The Center for Ecoliteracy
www.ecoliteracy.org

The Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
School Garden Teacher Training Program
www.oaec.org

San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance
www.sfgreenschools.org

EcoSchool Design
www.ecoschools.com

The Edible Schoolyard
www.edibleschoolyard.org

Organic Consumers Association
www.organicconsumers.org/sos.htm


TEACH, LEARN AND ENGAGE!

Center for Environmental Education
www.schoolsgogreen.org

Earth Day Educator’s Network
www.earthday.net/howto/teachers-corner.stm

Green Teacher
www.greenteacher.com

EPA Green Chemistry
www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/whats_gc.html

North American Association for Environmental Education www.naaee.org and www.eelink.net

CHEJ’s Green Flag Schools Program
www.greenflagschools.org

Oregon Green Schools Program
www.oregongreenschools.org

Maryland Green Schools Program www.dnr.state.md.us/education/greenschools.html

Wisconsin Green and Healthy Schools Program www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/greenschools

Eco-Schools International
www.eco-schools.org


RESOURCES FOR YOUTH

Kids for Saving Earth
www.kidsforsavingearth.org

Kids Against Pollution
www.kidsagainstpollution.org

NRDC’s Green Squad
www.nrdc.org/greensquad

EcoKids
www.ecokidsonline.com/pub/index.cfm

Rainforest Heroes
www.rainforestheroes.com/kidscorner

Rainforest Action Network
www.ran.org/info_center/teacherstudent.html

EPA’s Global Warming Page
www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/index.html

Youth for Environmental Sanity
www.yesworld.org




ONLINE

QUIZZES

Ecological Footprint Quiz
www.myfootprint.org/


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


The Paper Calculator, comparing use of trees, energy, water, toxics for different types of paper
www.papercalculator.org

Scorecard, The Pollution Information Site
www.scorecard.org

The Waste Awareness Quiz
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/publiced/quiz/default.asp




CURRICULA

The Green Schools Initiative

Curriculum Ideas

www.greenschools.net/curricula

The Green Schools Initiative

Earth Day Ideas

www.greenschools.net/news/EarthDay2008.htm

Facing the Future: People and the Planet

www.facingthefuture.org




SCHOOL PROFILES

Cow Hollow Preschool Profile

www.greenschools.net/profile1

John Muir School Profile (K-5)

www.greenschools.net/news/johnmuirprofile

Head-Royce School Profile (K-12)
www.greenschools.net/news/headroyceprofile
Ojai Unified School District (K-12)
www.greenschools.net/news/edibleojai.htm



FUNDING SOURCES

Greenbacks for Green Schools

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