Community Service Projects
EPA Resources
Adopt Your Watershed
Learn about what groups in your area are doing to protect watersheds, and find
out how you can help.
www.epa.gov/adopt
Backyard Conservation
The Natural Resources Conservation Service shows you how conservation practices
used on agricultural land across the country can be adapted for the land
around your home. Tip sheets describe how to conserve and improve natural
resources to help increase food and shelter for birds and other wildlife,
control soil erosion, reduce sediment in waterways, conserve water and
improve water quality, inspire a stewardship ethic, and beautify the
landscape.
www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/backyard
Chesapeake Bay
Program - How to Get Involved
The Chesapeake Bay Program is a regional partnership that directs and conducts
the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United
States. Learn about the many things that you can do to help in the efforts
to protect and restore the Bay for generations to come.
www.chesapeakebay.net/involved.htm
Create a new climate for action
Join with other teens to green your energy scene. You can make a difference to the planet, children's health, and the future. Use the tools on this site to get smart on how you can help and calculate your impact. Become a Climate Ambassador by motivating your friends, school, and community to address climate change and children's health.
epa.gov/climateforaction/
Frogwatch
This website explains the role of amphibians in our ecosystem and how they
are affected by our changing world. It provides information about volunteering
and educational opportunities.
www.nwf.org/frogwatchUSA
Give Water a Hand
A national watershed education program designed to involve young people
in local environmental service projects. Also available in Spanish.
www.uwex.edu/erc/gwah/
Global
Water Sampling Project
Collaborative project that allows the participant to compare water quality
of local water streams, lakes, etc. with other fresh water sources around
the world.
www.k12science.org/curriculum/waterproj/
GLOBE: Global Learning
and Observation to Benefit the Environment
This site is a worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists
working together to study and understand the global environment.
www.globe.gov/globe_flash.html
Great Lakes Ecopages
This site provides information on the biodiversity of the Great Lakes and
the partnerships and habitat restoration techniques being implemented
to conserve Great Lakes biodiversity.
www.epa.gov/glnpo/ecopage
The Green Flag Program
www.greenflagschools.org
The Green Flag Program helps schools become healthier places for kids, and teaches
students about the school's environment. Parents, teachers, and kids work together
to investigate environmental issues in school, identify problems, create solutions,
and improve the school environment.
Journey North
www.learner.org/jnorth/
A global study of wildlife migration. Students in North America track the
journeys of a dozen migratory species and share their own field observations
with classrooms across the Hemisphere.
Linking Girls to the Land
This partnership between the Girl Scouts of America, US EPA and
other Federal Agencies promotes outdoor education, volunteering and conservation
education. It provides opportunities for 2.8 million girls nationwide.
epa.gov/linkinggirls/
National
Apprentice Ecologist Awards
Programs to involve youth in environmental service projects.
Teens for Planet
Earth
www.teensforplanetearth.org/
Check out this site to learn more about how YOU can protect this amazing planet. This site has facts about the natural world, the latest conservation news, and how teens can - and do - make a difference. by carrying out environmental service-learning projects in their communities.
World Water Monitoring
Day
World Water Monitoring Day helps watershed leaders, educators and trained
volunteers to educate students and citizens how the actions of individuals
in a watershed can impact environmental quality and human health.
www.worldwatermonitoringday.org
Your Environment, Your Choice
epa.gov/epawaste/education/teens/
This site will help you be able to make environmentally sound choices about the products and natural resources you use, the waste you create and the environment in which you live.