Related Links and Resources
EPA's Healthy School Environments. This site serves as a gateway to EPA's on-line resources to help facility managers, school administrators, architects, design engineers, school nurses, parents, teachers and staff address environmental health issues in schools.
On this page
- Canadian Efforts
- National School Transportation Organizations
- Scientific & Environmental/Health Organizations
- Associations
- EPA Related Resources
Your state
- State Programs See EPA's Clean School Bus Where You Live page.
NOTE: The links below are to non-EPA Web sites.
Canadian Efforts
- New Brunswick Lung Association
- Earth Day Canada - Eco-Kids “Switch Off” Anti-Idling Campaign
- City of Mississauga - Remember the Rule? No Idling at School!
National School Transportation Organizations
- National School Transportation Association
- National Association for Pupil Transportation
- National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services
- schoolbusfleet.com
Scientific & Environmental/Health Organizations
- Clean Air Task Force - Diesel
CATF School Bus Particulate Matter Study - Environment and Human Health, Inc. - Diesel
- GreenWorks - Health Effects of Diesel Exhaust
- New England Asthma Regional Council Connecticut, Maine, and New Hampshire have signed anti-idling agreements with their School Transportation Associations and developed some creative outreach materials to educate and involve drivers and school officials. Copies of these agreements and outreach materials are available here.
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Sierra Club Northstar Chapter's Student Zone: School Bus Emissions
- Union of Concerned Scientists,
Associations
- Diesel Technology Forum
- National Biodiesel Board - Potential Biodiesel Use in the Nation's School Bus Fleet (PDF, 56 pages, 535K, About PDF) (July 1995)
- NGV.org - Natural Gas Vehicle Forum
- Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition
- Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association
- SafeChild.net (a project of the Consumer Federation of America Foundation)
EPA Related Resources
- For more information about the Clean School Bus USA Program or if you have questions or comments, please contact the Clean School Bus USA Team at (734) 214-4780 or send an e-mail message to Clean School Bus (cleanschoolbususa@epa.gov).
- Technical contacts in EPA's regional offices are located throughout the country.
- EPA's Healthy School Environments
EPA's Healthy School Environments Web site is a gateway to on-line resources to help facility managers, school administrators, architects, design engineers, school nurses, parents, teachers and staff address environmental health issues in schools. - EPA's Tools for Schools Program
The Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Kit shows schools how to carry out a practical plan of action to improve indoor air problems at little no cost using straightforward activities and in-house staff. Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools is co-sponsored by the National PTA, National Education Association, Council for American Private Education, Association of School Business Officials, American Federation of Teachers, and the American Lung Association. To help schools get started, EPA has created a Tools For Schools Road Map - EPA's
Office Of Children's Health Protection (OCHP)
EPA is continually looking for ways to evaluate and develop the environmental strategies that will improve the lives of children. The Office of Children's Health Protection Web site provides more information on children and tips to protect them from environmental hazards.