What's New
Letters From Leadership
October 2008
- 10/21/08 Business Operations Awards for FY 2008/2009 [RTF]
- Enclosure: The 2008-2008 Business Operations Awards Program
Description of Award Categories [PDF] - Enclosure: Nomination Form - Business Operations Award [DOC]
- Enclosure: The 2008-2008 Business Operations Awards Program
- 10/8/08 - FY 2008 Energy and Environmental Footprint Report Data Request [RTF]
- Enclosure: 2008 Environmental Footprint Survey [PDF, 21 pages]
- 10/2/2008 Water Strategy [RTF]
Open Mic Notes
News Releases
- 11-19-08 Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation Agreement with the US Forest Service
- 9/8/08 - The Digital Television Transition: No Need to Trash Your TV - epa.gov
- 10/09/07 First Forest Service Building Certified Green [RTF]
- 9/28/07 Forest Service and Environmental Protection Agency Increase Coordination to Improve Water Quality [PDF]
Newsletters
Powerpoints/Presentations
- 10/7/08 - “Off the Grid”, A Path to Net Zero Energy Consumption, Forest Service Senior Leader Report [PDF, 89 pages, 2.4 MB]
- BioPreferred - Making a Difference with Biobased Products [PDF, 16 pages, 218 kb]
- Electronics Initiative @ USDA [PDF, 24 pages, 783 kb]
- e-rase your e-waste!
NPARL Electronics Recycling Program [PPT, 5.72 MB]
Community Electronics Recycling Events
Articles/Briefings
Articles
- 7/09/08 Federal Times – USFS Reducing Their Carbon Footprint
- 2/25/08 The New Yorker - Big Foot: In Measuring Carbon Emissions, It's Easy to Confuse Morality and Science
Briefing Papers
Policy
Draft Recycling Policy
The WO Financial Policy and Standards has a draft policy in its final stage that will allow the field to retain and use revenues from the following areas:
- Recycling
- Reuse
- Salvage
- Waste Reduction
- Pollution Prevention
- Water Conservation and
- Energy rebates from utility companies.
In order to use recycling revenues, units must have an established program at the unit level; however, units do not need to establish any programs to utilize revenues from water conservation and energy rebates from utility companies.
Reports
- Fiscal Year 2007 National Enviornmental Foot Print Report [PDF, 58 pages, 3.08 MB]
- Environmental Footprint Report Data Request [RTF, 101 kb]
- Environmental Footprint Survey Results Summary [PDF, 114 kb]
- Environmental Footprint Survey Results Responses [XLS, 530 kb]
- 2003 Summary Energy and Water [XLS, 676 kb]
- 2007 Summary Energy and Water [XLS, 658 kb]
- 2007 Fleet Report [PDF, 93 kb]
- 2006 Fleet Report [PDF, 93 kb]
- 2005 Fleet Report [PDF, 93 kb]
- 2004 Fleet Report [PDF, 93 kb]
- 2007 Trip Count [XLS, 174 kb]
- Meeting EO13423 and Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007 Goals by 2015 And Employing an Agency-wide Culture of Sustainable Practices by 2020 [pdf, 17 pages, 189 kb]
- Six Months of Progress, A Report from the Green the Capitol Office [PDF]
- Leading By Example: Federal Government Environmental and Energy Efficiency Accomplishments for 2004-2006 [PDF, 104 pages, 2.04 MB]
Events & Training
- Sustainable Operations Summit 2008
- Annual Environmental Performance Summit
October 30-31, 2008
Measuring and Improving Performance of Environmental Programs in Government
Washington, DC
Flyer [PDF] - Kids in the Woods
In a society where children are becoming more technologically savvy and spending less time in the outdoors, it is important to educate children on the benefits of preserving forests and grasslands. Contributions from the Forest Service and various partnerships such as schools, environmental and youth non-profit organizations, Native American tribes and other federal, state and local government will promote children spending time in the outdoors and help develop them into environmental stewards. - National Get Outdoors Day [PDF]
In a nationwide effort to get people away from their computers and interacting with the outdoors, the Forest Service and American Recreation Coalition are launching its second annual National Get Outdoors Day. In collaborations with federal, state and local agencies, and various key enthusiasts, this event is aimed to inspire a growing interest in national forests and grasslands. - MonarchLIVE: A Distance Learning Adventure [PDF]
Be part of the most spectacular natural phenomena in the world. Millions of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) will be making their annual migration from Canada and the United States to the mountain peaks of Michoacan, Mexico. Take your class on FREE live and interactive field trips as they get to listen to scientists who study these amazing butterflies.
Sucess Stories
Tools
- 100+ Best Management Practices - Defining What a Green Park Looks Like - National Park Service [PDF, 12 pages, 1.14 MB]
- Erase Cell Phone Data Before Recycling or Donating It
Last Modified: 12/30/2008