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Illinois Greening Schools Program Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Illinois Waste Management Research Center

How it all began… Legislative Mandate WMRC Green Chemistry work IL EPA Green School Workshop IDPH pilot Regional Offices of Education Federal P2 Grant

What is “Greening Schools”? Technical assistance & Help Fact sheets and checklists Grants Website and Listserv

What is “Greening Schools”? Training (Administrators, Teachers, Custodians) Free assistance to “green” lessons A resources that help schools overcome multiple barriers and directly reflects the expressed needs of Illinois schools.

Fact Sheets and Checklists Integrated Pest Management Waste Reduction Tips Energy Audits Chemical Audits Age Appropriate Art Materials Database of local, regional, and national manuals and reports

Greening Schools Grants Semi-competitive Up to $2,500 available Public and Private K-12 schools Projects must do one of the following: –Improve indoor environmental conditions –Reduce waste –Enhance energy efficiency –Conserve water

Greening Schools Grants 56 grants given to date –$122,000 Projects Funded –Reusable dinnerware –Occupancy sensors –Solar energy –Native landscaping –Water conservation

Website and Listserv Services: Help desk, Listserv Green Your Lesson Plan Green Your Building Recent News Headlines Calendar of Events,Conferences, Training Funding Opportunities

Training Safe Chemicals in Education Art Classroom Health and Safety for Art Educators Custodian Administrators

Green Lesson Plans It began with Green Chemistry…and then Pollution Prevention Energy Efficiency Air Quality Waste Reduction & Management And all of the supporting K-12 disciplines

Green Your Building Technical Assistance –Free –Non-regulatory Pollution Prevention Energy Efficiency Waste Management & Reduction Air Quality

Green Your Building Academic Performance & Healthy Learning Environment Green Building/High Performance Schools Resources And all of the topics necessary for making administrative decisions

Lessons Learned Collaboration! In the future?

Greening Schools Contacts Carol Knepp at or