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 |
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CHILDREN’S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
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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 |
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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
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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 |
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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ONLINE
QUIZZES
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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
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Scorecard, The Pollution Information Site
www.scorecard.org
The Waste Awareness Quiz
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/publiced/quiz/default.asp
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CURRICULA
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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 |
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SCHOOL PROFILES
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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)
Ojai Unified School District (K-12)
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FUNDING SOURCES |
Greenbacks for Green Schools
Download PDF of Compiled Resources |
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