Green Resources
The following resources can also be found the My Green Cube educational lesson plans. Each side of the cube is a crucial part of the Initiative - hopefully these resources will provide further information and specifics on the parts of the cube that are most interested in.
Efficiency
Saving Water
Energy Calculators
- US Department of Energy Home Energy Savings Calculator & Resources
- EPA Energy Rehab Advisor Web Site
- EPA Energy Calculators & Software
- National Recycling Coalition Educational Web
Transportation
- Planet Green Public Transportation Tips
- Planet Green: Your Transport Footprint
- Green SC: Green Transportation tips
- Knowledge Hound: Green Transportation
- Mother Earth: Budget Savvy Green Travel
- CALSTART: Clean Transportation
- Green Planet: Bike maintenance
Recycle
- Earth 911 Recycling Programs (How to start one)
- Chevron Recycling Facts for Kids
- Earth 911 recycling facts
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- Graceland University K-3 paper recycling Lesson Plans
- Paperrecyces.org
- Paperrecycles.org (Lesson Plans & Resources)
- Recycling Revolution (Facts about all types of recycling)
- Professor House Aluminum recycling information
- Lehigh County Pennsylvania: information about recycling
- Free Recycling (Ink cartridge recycling information)
- Earth 911 - Recycling Mysteries - Batteries
Reduction
- California EPA Air Resources Board: Bicycle fact sheet to reduce pollution
- Safe Routes to School: Travel impacts on Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases
- California EPA Air Resources Board: Cleaning products and indoor air quality
- EPA New England: Project A.I.R.E, Lesson plans, Activities, and resources on air pollution, greenhouse gases, and climate
- EPA New England: Project A.I.R.E, Lesson plans, Activities, and resources on air pollution, greenhouse gases, and climate (Download of complete program)
- California Air Resources Board: Know Zone Resources for Kids, students, and teachers
- California Air Resources Board: Pollution Prevention Guide
- i Go Green: 12 ways to reduce waste
- Pima County Department of Environmental Quality: 101 ways to reduce waste
- Green by Design; 10 ways to reduce household waste
- About our Planet: Questionville
Re-Use
- Time for Change: Plastic bag CO2 emissions formula
- Use for charts and items made from recycled products
- EPA Kids: A story about Reuse on Earth
- Buy Recycled Facts
- Reusable Bags: Environmental impact facts
- Freecycle
Education
- Green Planet: Biking
- Planet Green Public Transportation Tips
- Planet Green: Your Transport Footprint
- Green Office: Transportation tips
- Green SC: Green Transportation tips
- Knowledge Hound: Green Transportation
- Green for Good: Transportation Tips
- Mother Earth: Budget Savvy Green Travel
- CALSTART: Clean Transportation
- Green Planet: Bike maintenance
