EE Activities - Consumption and Lifestyle
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Links on this page are for activities and materials dealing with consumption, lifestyles, and resource distribution.
This UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Educational, Scientific,and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) training kit is a train-the-trainer tool that aims to promote sustainable consumption patterns among young consumers worldwide.
The URL is: http://www.youthxchange.net/main/english-guide.asp
In addition to providing fundraising opportunities for schools, eco sprouts teaches students about the ecological importance of organic cotton and natural dying methods.
The URL is: http://www.ecosprouts.com
Very extensive list of easy ways for students to conserve energy in and around their homes.
The URL is: http://www.savewithces.com/365in2008.html
The Alliance to Save Energy's Energy Hog campaign is providing energy education tools to the people who influence the lives of the next generation: teachers. Why? Saving energy lessens our dependence on foreign oil, improves our air and water quality, and reduces our energy bills. To help spread the word about energy efficiency, educators can print out our Student and Teacher Guides and energy Scavenger Hunts from the Web site, or request activity worksheets, bookmarks, and tattoos via email.
Contact: Erin O’Sullivan at eosullivan@ase.org The URL is: http://www.energyhog.org
This climate crisis community is a voice and forum for people interested in leading a more earth-friendly, healthier, cleaner and environmentally balanced lifestyle. Via community interaction, content, surveys, and easy lifestyle tips to help the environment, EarthLab helps make a difference in your home, your neighborhood, your city, and the world.
The URL is: http:/www.earthlab.com
Tox Town helps high-school students and teachers learn about environmental health concerns and toxic chemicals pictured in an imaginary town. Includes a text version and some Spanish-language resources.
The URL is: http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/
How to make energy savings in our homes and stop global warming: insulation, energy efficient buildings, solar energy...
The URL is: http://www.house-energy.com/
GreenDimes stops your paper junk mail, helps protect your identity, and plants a tree for you every month for a fraction of the cost of doing it on your own.
The URL is: http://www.greendimes.com/index.html?src=link&site...
This UNEP program, Global Methodology for Mapping Human Impacts on the Biosphere (GLOBIO), uses models and analysis to assess human impact on the biosphere. The Web site features maps, videos, and documents, as well as a description of the model and scenarios.
The URL is: http://www.globio.info/
Provides articles, discussions, news and videos about renewable energy technologies.
The URL is: http://www.alternative-energy-news.info
The Ozone Hole, Inc. is a nonprofit dedicated to preventing the destruction of the ozone layer and preservation of the Earth’s environment, while educating the public in these issues. Ask the Scientist program allows students and the public to submit questions by mail or email. Winner of EPA 2006 Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award.
The URL is: http://www.theozonehole.com
This weather-environment tip from Earth Gauge™ a project of the National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (NEETF). Learn more >>
http://www.earthgauge.net/ Drop a Degree Cold nights in the forecast mean that many Americans will be turning up the heat. In the average U.S. home, about 40 percent of the energy bill goes to heating, but there are simple and inexpensive ways to save energy and money as the weather cools off. Tip: Turning down your thermostat by just one degree can save up to four percent in heating energy costs, adding up to between 30 and 60 dollars per year, depending on the type of heating you have. Instead of cranking up the heat, try setting your thermostat at 68 degrees during the day and dressing warmly indoors. At night, you can drop the temperature a few degrees lower, adding an extra blanket to stay comfortable. (Sources: The Alliance to Save Energy; US Department of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) http://www.eere.energy.gov/ The URL is: http://earthgauge.net
According to the US government's ENERGY STAR program, by simply replacing a 60-watt incandescent light bulb with an equally bright 13-watt ENERGY STAR qualified light bulb, a household will save more than $30 in energy costs over the lifetime of the bulb. Join the Campaign!
The URL is: http://www.energystar.gov/changealight
Planet Green has been committed to providing an inkjet and laser cartridge recycling program combined with service and support for our participants. With your help we can make an impact by eliminating as much of these non-biodegradable plastics and metals in inkjet and laser cartridges from our landfills.
The URL is: http://www.planetgreeninc.com
Learn how to make your home more energy efficient with this very useful site. There are hundreds of articles listed here with information on lowering energy usage, healthy living, green building, and more.
The URL is: http://www.energyefficienthomearticles.com
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle program by the Minnesota Department of Environmental Assistance. Offers information on local recycling programs, including Recycling Old Electronics and Minnesotas Recycled Products Directory.
Educator training: Denise Stromme, MN Office of Envtl Assistance. How to Teach About Natural Resources - Dawn Flinn dawn.flinn@dnr.state.mn.us The URL is: http://www.moea.state.mn.us/reduce/index.cfm
www.captainozone.com features a downloadable documentary about the ecologist, Captain Ozone.
Captain Ozone is famous among environmental groups for being the most radical ecologist in America. The URL is: http://www.captainozone.com
"An interdisciplinary environmental education and water study program incorporating national science and math standards, authentic assessment, field studies, technology and student/community activism,"Available online. Grade Level: 5-8 NPEEE Review
The URL is: http://www.ems.psu.edu/HAMS/
The AirHead was created at Center for Neighborhood Technology in Chicago, IL. The web site has an air pollution calculator that allows people to go online and calculate the amount of air pollution they produce based on their energy consumption. The site also includes a product database with over 70,000 products, and educational information on air pollution.
The URL is: http://airhead.org/
Sustainable community forestry projects and workshops, eco-theater and eco-art programs, alternatives to pressure treated wood that are ecologically sound, propagation of valuable trees.
The URL is: http://www.blacklocust.org/
A nonprofit, volunteer association that has members from over seventy countries. Originally founded by astronomers who were concerned about the way Light Pollution was affecting their scientific research, now educating others on how to properly illuminate the outdoor environment without causing a negative impact to flora, fauna, and the starry night sky.
The URL is: http://www.darksky.org/index.html
Solar cooking books and plans. Environmental audit. Solar applications for any building
The URL is: http://home.ix.netcom.com/~jdhowell
Be, Live, Buy Different-Make a Difference, a joint initiative of World Wildlife Fund and the Center for a New American Dream (www.newdream.org). This initiative includes a Web site, where young people can find out about smart shopping habits. It also includes "Smart Consumers: An Educator's Guide to Exploring Consumer Issues and the
Environment," a NEW 300-page toolkit with background information, 14 hands-on, creative activities, a Community Action Guide, with 25 consumer-related project ideas and step-by-step advice on organizing community projects, and Your Stuff, Your Planet poster. To find out more about the toolkit, go to http://www.worldwildlife.org/windows/education_guides.cfm#3. The URL is: http://www.worldwildlife.org/windows/consumers.cfm
"The Great Green Web Game is an online, fun and informative way to learn more about how your consumer habits can help or hurt the environment (based on the book, "The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices")." Created by the Union of Concerned Scientists.
The URL is: http://www.ucsusa.org/game/index.html
A guide to how individuals can reduce the impact on the environment. Over 75 pages of simple, practical ideas and earth-friendly alternatives to everyday lifestyle and consumer choices.
The URL is: http://eartheasy.com/
"This is a very basic (interactive) questionnaire to calculate a quick and relatively accurate Ecological Footprint for an individual living in the US. There are 13 questions divided into 3 sections (food, transportation, and housing)." Calculation provided by Redefining Progress.
The URL is: http://www.lead.org/leadnet/footprint/default.htm
Downloadable lesson plans (grades 10-12)on the history, economy, politics of cheeseburgers and pop. From American Forum for Global Education.
The URL is: http://www.globaled.org/curriculum/ffood.html
LivingWise focuses on educating young people on the importance of conserving energy and water in their homes. It not only teaches 6th grade students how to save, but gives them the tools to start today. Every kit comes complete with high quality, high efficiency products geared toward changing habits and saving energy and water. Each program is tailored to meet all state standards for education.
The URL is: http://www.getwise.org
We are community groups dedicated to finding good homes for extra stuff piling up in our homes. Post items to give away, or make a request for wanted items, but the bottom line is that it has to be FREE!
The URL is: http://www.freecycle.org/
RBRC is a nonprofit public service organization dedicated to rechargeable battery recycling in the U.S. and Canada. A free downloadable Battery Lesson Plan (designed for grades 3-5) is available for interested educators.
The URL is: http://www.rbrc.org/school/
Three teacher resources focusing on the interrelated concepts of the environment, development and equity (for middle - high school students). Sample lessons and ordering information are available.
The URL is: http://www.globallearningnj.org/
Journalist Bill Moyers travels the globe to report on the impact of the human species on Earth, probing two of the most critical questions of the new century: What is happening to Earth's capacity to support the human species and civilization? And, what can we do about it? A related education and outreach program is being directed by WRI.
The URL is: http://www.pbs.org/earthonedge/
Affluenza is a one-hour PBS program (available on VHS) that will expose students to the problem of overconsumption and its effects on society and the environment. The teacher's guide includes interdisciplinary activities suitable for students grades 5-12.
The URL is: http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/treat/tguide/tgu...
Trail Database has been around since 1997 and, as such, now bills itself as the "world's largest hiking trail database." The site is available in Dutch or English.
The URL is: http://www.hejoly.demon.nl/
The NYC WasteLe$$ individual section provides practical ideas for how to prevent waste at home, work, and school, and when shopping. The school page contains many resources for students and teachers to further explore the three R's of Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
The URL is: http://nycwasteless.org/indiv/index.html
EDC's Earth Education Partnership Program promotes sustainable development education in high schools. Programs and materials include
student issue papers, workshops for high school teachers, and e-mail based forums for students on: population growth, resource consumption, our ecological footprint, transportation, bird migration, temperate and tropical forests. The URL is: http://www.edc.org/INT/EEPP/
The Development Education Program (DEP) designs tools and resources to help teachers and students, principally at the secondary school level, study -- and think critically about -- the often complex social, economic, and environmental issues of sustainable development affecting their countries, their regions, and the world. Modules on:*Population Growth *GNP per Capita and *Access to Safe Water.
The URL is: http://www.worldbank.org/depweb/
Learn about edible and medicinal wild vegetables, herbs, greens, fruits, berries, nuts, seeds, and mushrooms with NYC's favorite naturalist, "Wildman" Steve Brill. Find out about his public Wild Food and Ecology tours and the work he does with kids. Read excerpts from
his books and enjoy his botanical artwork and vegan recipes. The URL is: http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/
CHAPPY is an educational Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) computer model. It is a variant of an LCA model developed by BHP to assist architects in green-design. It allows a student to calculate the environmental impact of their family by answering questions about their lifestyle. It is a free download and comes with workbooks developed for primary and high school students.
The URL is: http://www.chappy.au.com/
Video and companion study guide, is designed to raise awareness about our nation’s consumptive ways, help viewers evaluate their current lifestyles, and introduce choices that can improve our natural environment and quality of life. The video should prove useful to anyone who teaches about sustainability issues, as well as individuals who want to learn how they can lead more sustainable lives.
The URL is: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/videos/video_deta...
EDC's PopNet site includes guidelines for e-mail based student forums (high school) and a lengthy list of resources that support student
research in the area of population growth and resource consumption; e.g., current population data, improving the lives of women in the developing world, sustainable community development, ecological footprints. The URL is: http://www.edc.org/INT/EEPP/popnet.html
American Electric Power (AEP) is working with schools throughout the country to help them track their energy usage and show students how solar & wind" energy are a part of our total energy mix. Links to a school project in Bluffsview, Ohio, where solar panels were installed and students are analyzing energy demands and usage.
The URL is: http://www.aep.com/Environmental/default.htm
The American Plastic Council's (APC) plastics education portal and teaching resource. Provides suggestions and information for teachers and students on interactive lesson plans to use in the classroom. Hands On Plastics Jr. educational resources and games for grades K-4, conforms to some of the National Science Education Standards (National Research Council, 1996).
The URL is: http://www.teachingplastics.org/
Where does your food come from? At FoodRoutes learn all about buying local, sustainable agriculture, grassfed and organic products, and food safety.
The URL is: http://www.foodroutes.org
Organization purchases empty Laser Toner Cartridges and Ink Jet Cartridges, specialising in helping schools recycle.
The URL is: http://www.cartridgecollection.com.au/
Eco'tude is an online resource that allows Australian students to consider their school's environmental impact, empowers them to take action and change their schools attitude. Students can determine the size of their school's
ecological footprint. The URL is: http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/ecotude/
EDS has developed the award-winning K-8 EE programs, "Think Earth" and "Energy Source." While programs are often provided free to schools by local sponsors, teachers in other areas can review and purchase programs at this site.
The URL is: http://www.EDSpecialists.com/
The focus of the site includes the valuation of natural resources, NR management tools and Ecological footprint calculations via a downloadable Microsoft Excel file that allows you to insert monthly totals for calculating your ecological footprint. Developed by Prof. R.H. Richardson, University of Texas, Austin, to support Bio 478T.
The URL is: http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/resource/WhatIs/ecofootp...
A curriculum package intended to accompany the use of the book "Stuff: The Secret Life of Everyday Things." The guide outlines various activities addressing issues of consumption and sustainability in a way that encourages active student participation.
The URL is: http://www.northwestwatch.org/publications/stuff_c...
A project of the Tomorrow Foundation, Destination Conservation is "a practical, activity-based program that brings environmental education alive in our schools." Combining hands-on learning with resource conservation.
The URL is: http://www.dcplanet.org/
LocalHarvest.org is a comprehensive online resource for finding family farms, farmers markets, CSAs and other sources of sustainably grown, local food. Searchable by State, zip code, or region.
The URL is: http://www.localharvest.org
Environmental Working Group report showing government tests reveal that organic is a healthier food source. Make a virtual salad and see the difference in pesticides contained in conventional vs. organic produce.
The URL is: http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/index.php
Activities on commercialism, consumption and the environment designed for grades 8 -12 provided by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Lessons are linked with social studies, language arts, environmental studies, and media literacy (sample activities available in PDF format). Grade Level: 8-12 NPEEE Review
The URL is: http://www.eeexchange.org/ee/HTML/PHLMW.htm
Asthma, rising cancer rates: incredibly complex health problems that confront society today. What part does our environment play? That's the question EnviroMysteries sets out to answer. Through intriguing dramatic videos supported by print and Web materials, middle grade teachers can help their students become detectives-investigating the connection between where we live and how we feel.
The URL is: http://enviromysteries.thinkport.org/
The Goals of solcomhouse are to provide the people of the world housing that is in sync and in harmony with the environment. Site provides information on numerous environmental issues, such as solar energy, rainforests, coral reefs, ozone, global warming, endangered species, recycling, and things you can do to save the environment.
The URL is: http://www.solcomhouse.com
A growing movement has emerged to transform school lunch into a vibrant expression of environmental education. The Center for Ecoliteracy has launched the Rethinking School Lunch initiative as part of the national effort to restore the connection of farms to communities, meals to culture, and health to
environment. The URL is: http://www.ecoliteracy.org/pages/rethinking/rethin...
This advertisement-free directory links its readers to socially responsible, eco-friendly, and sustainable lifestyle links all over the globe. It offers complimentary publication of activism links for those seeking causes to support, both individually and as part of a group or community.
The URL is: http://www.sociallyresponsible.org
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