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Local
Educational Events and Environmental Stewardship Opportunities
Farmingdale
Trail
Pick
It Up PA Days
Great
American Cleanup
Environmental
Agencies' Educational Opportunities
EPA's
Office of Solid Waste (OSW) Educational Resources
Pennsylvania
Center for Environmental Education
Pennsylvania
Environment and Ecology Education
Eco
Express
PA
CleanWays
Air
Quality Partnership of the Susquehanna Valley
Curbside
Value Partnership
Keep
America Beautiful
Industry
Educational Opportunities
The
American Forest & Paper Association
Earth
911
Glass
Packaging Institute
The
Aluminum Association
National
Assocation for PET Container Recycling |
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Farmingdale
Trail
The
Farmingdale Trail trail head and parking area are located on the 10-acre
Noel Dorwart Park and Nature Area in East Hempfield Township. The trail
lies on 70 acres of land purchased by LCSWMA in 2002 and consists of about
3 miles of paths through wetlands, wooded areas, meadowlands and along
the Little Conestoga Creek. Several picnic tables and benches are placed
along the trail for rest and relaxation. A dog play area is also located
along on of the paths. |
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Pick
It Up PA Days
Pick It Up PA Days — April 24 to May 8, 2010
Everyone
wants to live, work and play in a clean and green community… and it's
up to everyone to make it possible and improve the overall quality of
life for us all.
Join Pennsylvanians across the state — and Americans across the nation
— in cleaning up litter and trash along our roadsides, streams, parks,
forests and neighborhoods. Anyone can help! |
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Great
American Cleanup
The
nation's largest community improvement program!
March 1 through May 31, 2010
Cleanup,
fix-up, paint-up, green-up to help keep your community beautiful. Activities
can include litter cleanups; litter-free events, school and community
playground/park cleanup, renovation or construction; any type of community
beautification (e.g. Adopt-A-Spot); roadway cleanup and beautification;
clothing collection; reduce, reuse, recycle activities/education; river,
lake, seashore cleanups; graffiti removal; cell phone recycling fundraisers;
and much more. You can have as many events as you want during the program
period.
Your
Great American Cleanup can involve volunteers from all walks of life …
from Boy Scouts to business leaders, Governors, Mayors, VIPs and celebrities
... from schools to garden clubs, bicycle clubs, community groups, sororities,
fraternities, sports teams, the military, etc. |
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Environmental
Agencies' Educational Opportunities |
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The
Office of Solid Waste (OSW) Educational Resources
This site
provides a wealth of materials for teachers, kids, students, and researchers
to develop an increased knowledge of solid waste issues. These resources
are intended to increase environmental awareness and inspire participation
in environmental activities.
Students of all ages will find fun activities and project ideas to learn
more about waste reduction, reuse, and recycling. This site also provides
information sources, tools, and data to enable student researchers to
collect environmental information for use in projects and reports.
Teachers will find curriculum, activities, games, and other educational
materials to teach students about waste generation and management. Student
award and grant information is also provided, as well as information about
environmental careers.
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Pennsylvania
Center for Environmental Education
The
Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education was established to provide
increased public and private access to quality environmental education
through service, education, and research. |
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Pennsylvania
Environment and Ecology Education
Environment
and Ecology is concerned with the interrelationships among components
of the natural and human-made world. These components incorporate the
disciplines of ecology, resource management, agriculture diversity, government
and the impact of human actions on natural systems. This interaction leads
to the study of watersheds, threatened and endangered species, pest management
and the development of laws and regulations that protect, control and
manage the environment to meet societal needs for long term sustainability.
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Eco
Express
Educators
can use the real world video stories of the Eco
Express website, produced by the GreenTreks
Network, Inc., to help engage students on a variety of environmental
topics in an inspiring way.
Each
video story is accompanied by a learning pod which includes everything
from curriculum alignment, inquiry-based problem solving activities, service
learning projects, resources materials, community connections and more.
The
initial topic areas include: watersheds and wetlands, agriculture and
society, threatened, endangered and extinct species, renewable and nonrenewable
resources, integrated pest management, humans and the environment, environmental
health, ecosystems and their interactions and environmental laws and regulations.
Eco
Express is designed to help educators implement Pennsylvania 's Environmental
and Ecology Standards administered by the Department of Education.
You
can help shape this beta version of the website by offering your comments
and making suggestions for material to add. Visit
the Eco Express
website and send comments to Brie Knight, GreenTreks, by sending email
to: BKnight@GreenTreks.org. |
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PA
CleanWays
The
message is loud and clear - Pennsylvania youth are concerned about their
environment! The Litter Hawk Program gives children and teens a chance
to illustrate their concern about littering and illegal dumping prevention,
recycling, proper disposal, beautification, and stewardship through visual
arts, language arts, and community outreach activities. The Litter Hawk
Youth Award Program is available to schools, scout groups, informal groups
and individuals. Litter Hawk Program entry deadline is March 31 each year.
Click
on the Litter Hawk at left to request an entry application. |
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Air
Quality Partnership of the Susquehanna Valley
Breathing
clean air helps us stay healthy. Learn about improving air quality and
the causes and effects of particulate pollution.
Check
out the Adventures in Air Quality with Miguel and Megan. |
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The
Curbside
Value Partnership was formed five years ago to help communities
grow and sustain their curbside recycling programs. Our two goals are to
help communities grow participation in their programs and to help them measure
this growth to make better decisions.
We accomplish these goals by partnering with communities to launch and test
education programs and by promoting what we learn nationally through our
Web site, our semi-annual newsletter Bin
Buzz, in media
coverage, and through conferences and other forums. |
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Keep
America Beautiful
believes that each of us holds an obligation to preserve and protect our
environment. Through our everyday choices and actions, we collectively
have a huge impact on our world. It's really a simple concept, but one
with far reaching effects.
Keep
America Beautiful follows a practical approach that unites citizens,
businesses and government to find solutions that advance our core
issues of preventing
litter, reducing
waste, and beautifying
communities. |
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Industry
Educational Opportunities |
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Learn
about the benefits of recycling and other important environmental information. |
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Welcome
to the one-stop source for glass container recycling facts, tools, and
local resources. Learn more about the benefits of glass recycling to the
environment and the economy. Then find out how best to recycle glass in
your community.
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RECYCLING
It
makes a difference ... for the environment and for your community.
Do
you know that the can you recycle today ends up back on store shelves
as a new can? And that it only takes 60 days?
TWO
out of THREE cans produced in the U.S. begin the recycling process
either at local recycling centers, community drop-offs or charity collection
sites. Reverse vending machines or curbside pick-up make up the
other one-third.
There
are many ways you can recycle in your community including curbside recycling,
which is offered in nearly 50% of communities nationwide. Currently the
Aluminum Association and the Can Manufacturer's Institute are implementing a
national education campaign centering around the benefits of recycling
at the curb and the financial benefit of recycling high-value
materials such as aluminum cans. When residents trash a can, instead of
recycling that can, they are literally throwing money away . |
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The
National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR)
is the trade association for the PET plastic industry. We promote the
introduction and use of PET packaging, facilitate the recycling of PET
packaging, and communicate the success of the PET container as an environmentally
sustainable package. |
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