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Natural Resources Conservation
Policy |
Conservation Resources / Links
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| Arbor Day Foundation Nonprofit, National. Site contains educational page and links. Focused on trees and forests. Annual Poster Contest. |
| Audubon Society, Seattle
Chapter Nonprofit, National with Local Chapter. Focused on bird conservation. Free elementary school program, Finding Urban Nature (FUN), for Seattle Public School classrooms. |
| Cascade Bicycle
Club Nonprofit, Seattle. Free and low-cost school programs and materials promoting safe bicycle routes, bicycle education, and fitness, classes and camps for kids, support for Bike to School Month. |
| Cedar Grove Seattle Public School commercial composting vendor. Information about food waste products like compost, fertilizer, and topsoil. |
| Center for Ecoliteracy Foundation, California. Focused on sustainability education in communities and schools. |
| Climate
Solutions Nonprofit, WA. Focused on the Northwest with resources for teaching climate solutions. |
| Cool School
Challenge Nonprofit, WA. Developed by Redmond HS teacher and the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency. Guided activities and plan to reduce CO2 emissions at school. |
| Department of Ecology,
Washington State Government. Wide variety of information about air, land, and water quality, toxics and waste. Environmental Education includes K-12 curriculum, teacher workshops, resources, and grant opportunities. |
| Department of Energy,
U.S. Government. Wide variety of information about energy, including climate change, air and soil quality, water quality, and nuclear waste. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy K-12 Lesson Plans & Activities. |
| Energy Ideas Clearinghouse Technical resource for energy technology and practices in the Northwest. Energy engineers and research librarians answer energy related questions as feature of "Ask Our Experts". |
| Environmental Protection Agency: Sites for
Students Government. Interactive web sites for students on wide variety of resources. Kids Explorer Club, EPA Student Center, High School Environmental Center. |
| Environmental Protection Agency: Support for
Educators Government . A seemingly endless array of free resources, activities, lesson plans, grants, links, etc. for teachers. Teaching Center, Office of Environmental Education, Environmental Education Clearinghouse. |
| Feet
First Nonprofit, WA. Focused on creating more walkable communities. Helps organize walking routes for schools that promote "Fuel Free" days. |
| Green Schools
Initiative Nonprofit, California. Focused on supporting "green" initiatives in schools. |
| Homewaters
Project Nonprofit, Seattle. Educational organization with a variety of programs for students of all ages. Excellent links pages for teachers & community members. |
| Inner City Outings Nonprofit, National with Local Chapter. Focused on connecting urban youth with nature. Free weekend or day-long outings for students, all equipment provided. |
| Irrigation Water Management
Society Nonprofit, National. Promotes wise and efficient water use. Tools to calculate outside temperature and amount of water needed. Certification opportunities. |
| Lighting Design
Lab Seattle. Focused on lighting and green building. Low-cost workshops and technical information library. |
| North American Association
for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Professional Association. Focused on promotion of environmental education. Publications for educators, resources and resource reviews, professional certification/accreditation, annual conference. |
| Northwest Environmental Education
Council Nonprofit, Seattle. Focused on environmental education and sustainability. In-school and after-school environmental education programs for youth, training programs for educators, service learning programs, and grant opportunity listings. |
| Puget Sound Energy Utility. Seattle Public Schools natural gas provider. Choose from the scroll-down menu titled "Energy & Environment" for information on natural gas and electricity.Powerful Choices free 4-day environmental ed. program delivered to middle school students. |
| Resource Venture Nonprofit, Seattle. Free conservation products & services. Good local web site for schools and businesses. |
| Saving Water Partnership Nonprofit, Seattle. Educational organization focused on water conservation in schools and at home. Water conservation web sites for ages K-12. Teacher resources, classes, and events. |
| Seattle City
Light Utility. Seattle Public Schools electricity provider. Various links and information about their conservation efforts. |
| Seattle Public
Utilities Utility. Seattle Public Schools water/sewer/storm water provider. Information about water conservation, pollution prevention, recycling, natural landscape care, teacher resources, environmental grants. |
| Sustainable
Seattle Nonprofit, Seattle. Choose to Change Program offers a free workshop on natural resource conservation and waste reduction for middle and high school students. Additional funding opportunities available. |
| University of Washington,
Program on the Environment (PoE) Seattle. Comprehensive calendar of local environmental events, lectures, and workshops. |
| Washington State Recycling Association
(WSRA) Association of community and industry members. Offers recycling workshops, newsletters, and a wide variety of printable color posters. |
| Washington Sustainable
Schools (WSS) Program funded by the legislature in 2003-05 Capital Budget. Created to examine impacts of resource efficient techniques in K-12 construction. |
| Windkid
Project Focused on wind power creation and education. Wind power related curriculum, lesson plans, and products. |
| YMCA Earth Service
Corps Nonprofit, National with Local Chapters. Service learning programs for teens focused on environmental stewardship. |
Updated 7/26/07