Teachers
In addition to our many partners who can provide you with resources and useful information, there are many organizations that can help support any healthy air project you are undertaking.
Change the Way You Clean
Interested in learning about environmentally preferable cleaners? These resources can help you identify and properly use green cleaning products.
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Green Seal
Curriculum Opportunities
There are many ways to incorporate strategies for improving indoor air quality and reducing asthma triggers into you curriculum. A variety of organizations provide supplemental curriculum that corresponds directly with state mandated standards in math, English, science, history, and more.
California Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI): A California initiative to create environmental curriculum tied to the content standards.
CREEC (California Regional Environmental Education Community): A network providing educators with access to environmental education resources.
Earth Day Educators Network : Join a network of teachers and receive curriculum resources.
Green Chemistry Education, EPA : The EPA can provide teachers with ways to incorporate green chemistry into their curriculum.
Green Teacher : A monthly magazine for teachers interested in incorporating environmental issues into curriculum.
National Education Association (NEA) Health Information Network : Provides educators with new information and news regarding the health and safety of students and school staff.
Student Engagement
If you are interested in supplementing curriculum and activities with green projects, here are some organizations that can provide you with support and resources.
Alliance to Save Energy’s Green Schools Program : Students are engaged in energy saving activities and education.
California Climate Champions : Students grades 9-12 have the opportunity to complete and implement individual projects to address climate change.
Green Squad: The National Resources Defense Council’s project to engage students in greening the school.
Solar Schoolhouse : Students learn about how solar energy works and have opportunities to create their own solar powered projects.
Creating a Safe Workplace
As a teacher, you spend many hours inside a classroom. There are resources available to provide you with information on how to make sure the air inside your workplace is safe and to help you understand the health risks of working in an environmentally unfriendly building.
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology : Information on occupational asthma.
American Lung Association : The American Lung Association provides information on work-related and occupational asthma.
Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics : A comprehensive list of the asthma causing substances that are found in work-related spaces.
CDC/NIOSH Safety and Health Asthma Page : Learn about the asthma and allergy triggers that could be lurking in your classroom.
General Information and Resources
These resources can provide you with additional information about environmental health and asthma.
California Asthma Partners (CAP): This group consists of representatives from governmental and non-governmental organizations who are working to implement the Strategic Plan for Asthma in California.
Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN): Information and resources on protecting the environmental health of children.
Green Schools Initiative : A California based organization that provides information and resources to schools interested in green cleaning, environmental projects, and other related initiatives.
Healthy Schools Network: Provides resources and guides to help educate individuals about environmental practices, specifically focused at the school site.
Janitorial Products Pollution Prevention Project (JP4): A list of some of the most hazardous cleaning products.
National Education Association (NEA) Health Information Network : Provides educators with new information and news regarding the health and safety of students and school staff.
Change the Way You Clean
Interested in learning about environmentally preferable cleaners? These resources can help you identify and properly use green cleaning products.
Environmental Choice (EcoLogo)
Green Seal
Curriculum Opportunities
There are many ways to incorporate strategies for improving indoor air quality and reducing asthma triggers into you curriculum. A variety of organizations provide supplemental curriculum that corresponds directly with state mandated standards in math, English, science, history, and more.
California Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI): A California initiative to create environmental curriculum tied to the content standards.
CREEC (California Regional Environmental Education Community): A network providing educators with access to environmental education resources.
Earth Day Educators Network : Join a network of teachers and receive curriculum resources.
Green Chemistry Education, EPA : The EPA can provide teachers with ways to incorporate green chemistry into their curriculum.
Green Teacher : A monthly magazine for teachers interested in incorporating environmental issues into curriculum.
National Education Association (NEA) Health Information Network : Provides educators with new information and news regarding the health and safety of students and school staff.
Student Engagement
If you are interested in supplementing curriculum and activities with green projects, here are some organizations that can provide you with support and resources.
Alliance to Save Energy’s Green Schools Program : Students are engaged in energy saving activities and education.
California Climate Champions : Students grades 9-12 have the opportunity to complete and implement individual projects to address climate change.
Green Squad: The National Resources Defense Council’s project to engage students in greening the school.
Solar Schoolhouse : Students learn about how solar energy works and have opportunities to create their own solar powered projects.
Creating a Safe Workplace
As a teacher, you spend many hours inside a classroom. There are resources available to provide you with information on how to make sure the air inside your workplace is safe and to help you understand the health risks of working in an environmentally unfriendly building.
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology : Information on occupational asthma.
American Lung Association : The American Lung Association provides information on work-related and occupational asthma.
Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics : A comprehensive list of the asthma causing substances that are found in work-related spaces.
CDC/NIOSH Safety and Health Asthma Page : Learn about the asthma and allergy triggers that could be lurking in your classroom.
General Information and Resources
These resources can provide you with additional information about environmental health and asthma.
California Asthma Partners (CAP): This group consists of representatives from governmental and non-governmental organizations who are working to implement the Strategic Plan for Asthma in California.
Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN): Information and resources on protecting the environmental health of children.
Green Schools Initiative : A California based organization that provides information and resources to schools interested in green cleaning, environmental projects, and other related initiatives.
Healthy Schools Network: Provides resources and guides to help educate individuals about environmental practices, specifically focused at the school site.
Janitorial Products Pollution Prevention Project (JP4): A list of some of the most hazardous cleaning products.
National Education Association (NEA) Health Information Network : Provides educators with new information and news regarding the health and safety of students and school staff.