What teachers say about
Waste Reduction: Addressing the Overlooked "R" workshops and activities
This was my first attempt at a cross-curricular unit, and I believe it was important to the objectives of my teaching, classroom and school. I was able to reach more students, and incorporate more interests, by expanding my curriculum into another field. I would not hesitate to use the unit again.— Meggan Boyle, 8th grade Language Arts, Brody Middle School, Des Moines

I highly recommend this course. Our 8th grade team has used the materials two years in a row, and the students love the unit. The course applies directly to our curriculum standards.— Geane Cleland, 8th grade Language Arts, Horace Mann Middle School, Burlington

The waste reduction unit is a perfect fit for the objectives of my classroom, as I want to teach values and responsibilities of citizens.— Lu Ann Link, 7th grade Science, Stilwell Jr. High, West Des Moines

The quality and quantity of the class discussions we had were phenomenal! They would come to class each day and ask me what we were going to talk about next. They were engaged 100 percent in all the activities we did...I will definitely do this unit again next year. — Billie Buss, 7th grade, Hampton-Dumont Middle School, Hampton


What teachers say about
the resources given to workshop participants
I took Material World: A Global Family Portrait home with me to the family farm in Indiana and shared it with my sisters and nieces and nephews.  It was nice to see their heads bent over it in absorbed concentration.--Dr. Marilyn Taylor, College level writing and literature, Divine Word College, Dubuque