"If your habits resemble those of average Americans, you generate about 4.6 pounds of solid trash per day. This adds up to big trouble for the environment. Americans are generating waste products faster than nature can break them down and using up resources faster than they can be replaced.
How can we find ways to meet our current economic and social needs without compromising the ability of our children, and our children's children, to do the same? Our success will depend on understanding the difference between
* Sustainable practices: practices that provide ongoing economic and social benefits without degrading the environment.
* Unsustainable practices: "quick fixes" that fill an immediate need for resources. Over time, however, these practices deplete or damage natural resources so they cannot be used or enjoyed by future generations.
In this exhibit, you can find out how to improve next year's environmental record. You'll learn how waste is handled now and how some communities are doing it better. In the activities, you can test your knowledge about hazardous waste we generate in our homes and try to shrink a landfill. "
"When your parents ask you to take out the garbage, do you wonder where it goes after it's picked up on trash day? In some communities, it's taken to a waste-to-energy facility, which burns the materials and produces electricity. This carefully supervised method of dealing with solid waste uses air pollution controls to safeguard human health and the environment."
"On average, each man, woman and child in America generates or makes about 4.5 pounds of trash every day. That comes out to more than 1,500 pounds per person, per year! Some of the solid waste is reused or recycled, but as we learned in the Education Department, most of it is buried in landfills.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has found that the kinds of things Americans throw away can be placed into main classes or categories. "
Lifelong learning is essential for effective educators and should be modeled for our students. With so many changes occurring in the fields of educational technology, curriculum, pedagogy, and law, it is imperative that educators receive opportunities for growth in their school and beyond. One powerful way to grow is through developing a personal learning network (PLN). PLNs enable educators to learn in accordance with their diverse interests and passions.
During a conversation with teacher leaders last year about improving how meaningful professional development is offered, a model from the business world was suggested;Training and other professional growth activities would be embedded within the school day.
the light bulb went on for me. I quickly realized that the current school schedule presented the perfect solution to offering meaningful professional development during the day in the form of noninstructional duties, which are otherwise often a waste of time. The plan that my administrative team and I have developed drastically reduces the amount of noninstructional duties the teachers have, such as lunch, hall, or in-school suspension duty. It also reduces the pe
"You never know what will come in handy for a craft project or fill a need around the house. Besides, recycling stuff is better than adding to the landfills and it's good for our environment! Here are some ideas for things you can use all that old stuff for.
Everyday household stuff...
Frisbie Bird Feeded
Walkway Party Lantern
Things you can do with Breyer's ice cream containers.
Things you can do with old film cannisters.
Things you can do with berry baskets
Things you can do with old CD's
Things you can do with old CD jewel cases
Things you can do with old plastic pop bottles
Things you can do with old cardboard tubes
Things you can make with tin foil
How to make lamps & vases from glass bottles
Things you can do with old cardboard milk cartons
Things you can do with wire hangers
Things you can do with old egg cartons
Things you can do with old garden hoses
Things you can do with old newspaper
How to make your own recycled paper
How to preserve newspaper clippings
Things you can do with old baby food jars
Things you can make with wallpaper
Things you can do with tuna cans
Using Stuff In Nature
Things you can make with walnut shells
Things you can make with pine cones
Things you can make with sea shells
Recycle kitchen/cooking waste
MORE Recycling Ideas... (Miscellaneous stuff - Light bulbs, brown paper bags, bleach bottles ...)"
"November 15 is America Recycles Day. In recognition of this special occasion, we are pleased to introduce the Trash Matcher. Click on the type of waste materials listed to quickly find the art/recycling activities which call for them."
"Get information you can use when you teach
* Teaching resources - lesson plans and activities from EPA and many other sources, grouped by topic
* Order EPA publications - free materials for you and your students
* EPA Quick Guide - the quickest way to find out how EPA works
Get help and recognition
* Awards - programs for you and your students
* Grants - links to help you connect your good ideas with the financial resources to make them happen
* Workshops & conferences - training opportunities in your area"