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Landfills & Recycling Centers
This link will take you to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources' Waste Management Division's website's Comprehensive Planning page. At the bottom of this page are clickable links. To view a map of Solid Waste Planning Areas throughout Iowa, click on "Planning Area Map." To obtain contact information for your local planning area, click on "Planning Area Contacts." Field trip opportunities are readily available at most landfills and recycling centers.
Iowa Environmental Education
Achievee
Achievee is a group of 16 Iowa environmental education organizations that offer graduate credit opportunities, residential programs, reform models and in-depth classroom activities for teachers and their students. Click here for a copy of Achievee's directory, which outlines more than 35 programs and services available to educators and their students. Note: This is not a website, but a pdf.
Iowa Environmental Education
This website addresses environmental education issues in Iowa -not just waste-related issues. It includes news, curriculum updates, information about grant opportunities, and workshop details.
Waste Reduction: Addressing the Overlooked "R"
Learn about upcoming waste reduction workshops. These workshops are offered by Science Education and the Center for Energy and Environmental Education, College of Natural Sciences , University of Northern Iowa .
Iowa Solid Waste and Recycling Associations and Agencies
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
A variety of environmental information may be found at the Iowa DNR website. Check out the Waste Management and Education pages for issues directly related to waste reduction, reuse and recycling.
Iowa Recycling Association
Find facts about recycling, conference news, board member and staff contact information, and details about upcoming conferences, workshops and tours. An archive of IRA newsletters may also be found.
Iowa Society of Solid Waste Operators
ISOSWO is a statewide organization with members who are directly involved in solid waste management issues. At their website, access newsletters and reports, learn about current issues and environmental regulations. Conference information, as well as a listing of board members, is also available.
Iowa Waste Reduction Center
This website provides information about programs to assist small businesses with environmental regulations. Included are IWRC publications, small business tools, a device called LaserTouch which reduces spray paint waste, and many other topics.
Recycling and Reuse Technology Transfer Center
Find information about RRTTC's work with business and industry to promote recycling in Iowa , grant programs available for basic and applied research, and student internship opportunities.
National Environmental Organizations, Agencies and Publications
Center for a New American Dream
This website includes information on living consciously, buying wisely and making a difference. Junk mail, publications, books, institutional purchasing and even a back to school campaign are a few of the topics covered.
Environmental Protection Agency Municipal Solid Waste
This web site contains information on municipal solid waste (MSW), including facts, information about reducing, reusing and recycling, and state data about MSW. Click here to view a 1999 document that provides MSW facts and figures, including charts of types of wastes generated and recovered. More than 40 subjects related to MSW management are also included. In 2005, the EPA published a curriculum guide titled, Quest for Less: Activities and Resources for Teaching K-8. Fifty-three lessons are available and address natural resources, products, waste, source reduction, recycling, composting, and landfills and combustion. Click here for a list of other publications, including EE Materials: Guidelines for Excellence.
Grist magazine
Environmental news and commentary. The "Ask Umbra" column periodically deals with waste reduction, recycling and consumption issues, and articles and columns are available through the website archives. Check out these two great articles for a sampling of what you'll find: http://www.grist.org/advice/ask/2003/11/25/consumption/ and http://www.grist.org/advice/ask/2005/08/22/umbra-eitheror/.
National Recycling Coalition
At this site, find the Environmental Benefits Calculator, which generates estimates of resources saved with recycling of various products.
National Waste Prevention Forum
The archive includes all messages posted to the Waste Prevention Forum from January, 1999 to the present. Learn about issues waste professionals are addressing-everything from diapers to cell phones to conspicuous consumption. The Forum covers waste prevention-reduction and reuse-but not recycling. For more information, or to sign up to receive the Forum e-mails, contact Tom Watson at Tom.Watson@METROKC.gov .
Redefining Progress
Redefining Progress works to shift the economy and public policy toward sustainability. On this site, find the Ecological Footprint, where individual's impact on the environment can be measured. Also on this site is the Genuine Progress Indicator, which is an alternative to the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) for measuring the health of the nation.
Simple Living Network
At this website, find information about simplicity study groups, eco-living tools, simple-living tools, and books. News and events, a Simple Living newsletter, and links to many other related sites are found.
http://www.newdream.org/yearning/yearn_full.html
Purchasing Power
Good Stuff? A Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Things We Buy
Have you ever wondered where chocolate comes from, if antibacterial soap is good for your family, or how to recycle an old computer? If you've had these or other questions about environmental and social impacts of the products you buy, this website contains tips, facts, and links to start making more informed purchases.
I Buy Different
This website designed for youth to help them understand their purchasing power and what they can do to reduce environmental impact. The site was developed as a partnership between the World Wildlife Fund and the Center for a New American Dream.
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Read to Feed
Heifer International, a non-profit organization,
works to end world hunger and protect the earth through the gift of farm animals and training. Their Read to Feed program offers educators a free leader's pack with a book, video, poster and curricula. The materials address poverty and environmental degradation, cultures around the world, and global citizenry.
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| Website mission: Provide formal and nonformal educators with resources, lessons plans,
and a forum for information exchange to facilitate education about waste in K-12 classrooms. Webmaster: Susan Salterberg,
Center for Energy and Environmental Education,
University of Northern Iowa,
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0293; salterberg@uni.edu Last Updated: January 5, 2005; Copyright 2005 University of Northern Iowa. All Rights Reserved. http://www.uni.edu/ceee/wastereduction |