Backyard Composting: Your Complete Guide To Recycling Yard Clippings.
(1993, 6th printing) Harmonious Technologies. Harmonious
Press, P. O. Box 1865-100, Ojai, CA 93024
Composting: The Hands-On Gardener. (1997) Ball, Liz.
(Smith & Hawken). Amending the soil with homemade compost both renews
the ground and recycles Nature’s resources. Workman Publishing Company,
708 Broadway, New York, NY 10003-9555.
Easy Compost: the Secret to great Soil and Spectacular Plants.
(1997) Hanson, Beth (Ed.) Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Inc.
Easy Composters You Can Build. (1995), Nick Noyes. Storey
Books, Schoolhouse road, Pownal, Vermont, 05261.
Let It Rot!: The Gardener’s Guide to Composting. (1998)
Campbell, Stu. Storey Books, Schoolhouse Road, Pownal, Vermont 05261.
The Complete Book of Compost: the easy, economical, earth-friendly
way to help your garden grow. (1998) Francis, Robert. Berkley
Books, New York.
The Rodale Book of Composting. (1992) Martin, Deborah L. and
Gershuny, Grace. Rodale Press, Emmaus, Pennsylvania. Composters bible.
Easy methods for every gardener to improve soil, recycle kitchen and
yard waste, grow healthier plants, and create an earth-safe garden.
Scriptographic Booklets- Channing L. Bete Co., Inc., 200
State Road, South Deerfield, MA 01373.
About Hazardous Products in the Home: a guide to proper use and
disposal. (1996)
Booklet number 49411A-11-92.
About Managing Yard Waste. (1991) Booklet number 48801
Breaking the Waste Habit: a guide to "waste reduction".
(1990) Booklet number 48769B-6-94.
Put Waste In Its Place: a guide to household solid waste
management. (1989) Booklet number 48280.
What You Should Know About Recycling. (1989) Booklet
number 48595.
Music
"Rot and Roll" by Stan Slaughter, cassette tape. Includes I Am
an Animal, Inch By Inch, The Composters, Put Me In The Compost Pile, The
Landfill Blues, Garbage (side one); The Garbage Blues, Recycle Shuffle,
I Am Recycled, Cosmic Stew, I’m From The Earth, Let’s Go Up To The
Forest (side two).
Model
Landfill Model by Enviroscape. This new interactive model
demonstrates how modern "sanitary-landfill" systems of today differ from
unregulated open dumps of the past. It shows the different layers of a
landfill and the ground water below it. It demonstrates how the improper
disposal of items can contaminate our ground water supply. This model
takes approximately one-half hour to set up and take down.
Worm Bin
Worm Bin - An aerated container with red worms and bedding. The
red worms recycle nutrients from organic materials to make fertile soil.
Portable; 17" long, 14" wide and 13" high. To be used with video
"wormania," "Recycling with Worms", and books, "Worms Eat My Garbage,"
and "Worms Eat Our Garbage." Students can feed food scraps to the
worms (list included of what foods are acceptable) .
Worm Digest, "Worms Deepening Our Connection to Food and
Soil," volumes 1 through 24. Lots of information concerning
vermi-composting.
Educational Curriculum
25 Ways To Love The Earth. A list of 25 earth friendly
things to do. - 1 sheet
1993 Conservation Education Catalog; Developed by the
Conservation Education Advisory Board.
Actions Speak! (Louder Than Words); Curriculum
Guide. The Social and Environmental Impact of Solid Waste, 71 pages;
middle school (grades 6-8). ILENR/RR-91-22, September 1995.
Adventures of the Garbage Gremlin*: Recycle and Combat a life of
Grime. Comic book for students in grades 4-7. *See Recycle
Today! on page 9.
All Trashed Out- Recycle, Reduce, and Reuse; Grades K through 6,
ILENR, 1992. DCCA, 1995. (#ILENR/RR-92/02). 69 Pages.
Another Awesome Aerosol Adventure: Teacher Guide & Video;
Teacher guide on the design and use of aerosol products. Consumer
Aerosol Products Council, 1995.
Boat- (Newspaper) instructions - 4 pages.
Boat Folded-paper - 3 pages.
Children's Art Hazards; Lauren Jacobson, Natural Resources
Defense Council (NRDC), 16 Pages.
Compost column instructions and information - 4 pages.
Conservation Quest - Fun and Games for our Friends
Copy-ready pages. 23 pages. Illinois Department of Conservation. 1993
Cycles for Science - Five book set, grades 9-12, Steel
Recycling Institute, 1995. General/Earth Science, Community Volunteer
Projects, Biology, Chemistry, Physics.
Earth Academy Coloring and Activity Book; Grades 3-5.
Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc.
Earth Cycles - Activity Guide for Teachers (Grades 3-5) and Youth
Advisors and Student Leaders (Grades 9-12). With
information/worksheets - copy-ready, also posters on steel can
recycling. 30 pages. 1998
Earth Trek... Explore Your Environment; Information and
Activities. USEPA Office of Public Affairs, 1987. (doc. # OPA-87-004) 24
Pages.
Guide To Fun Recycling Projects for Educators: The Three R’s
Activity Book. Grades K-8. This publication is dedicated to
increasing environmental awareness among Illinois students and achieving
long-term behavior changes to ensure the wise use of our natural
resources. 12/99.
Illinois-Specific Environmental Issues; Illinois Dept. of
Energy & Natural Resources (ENR)/Hazardous Waste Research & Information
Center (HWRIC), 1990.
Investigation Recycle! Activities & Trivia; Game, copy
ready. ILENR/RR-93/01 23 Pages.
Let's Recycle!; Lesson Plans for Grades K-6 and 7-12,
USEPA 1980. 38 Pages.
Let's Reduce and Recycle*: Curriculum for Solid Waste Awareness;
Lesson Plans for Grades K-12, USEPA/Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
August 1990. (#EPA/530-SW-90-005). 144 Pages.
*See Recycle Today! (below)
McHenry County Schools Recycling Lesson Ideas and Background
Information, Grades K-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8.
Mission Possible! A Teacher’s Guide for Grades 9-12.
Students Building Solutions for Their Community’s Recycling Needs.
Produced by Quality Educational Resources, Julia Walsh (Illinois Teacher
of the Year, 1976), President. "Mission Possible!" presents lessons on
solid waste management and related educational materials emphasizing the
3Rs - reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. These units meet the "Applications of
Learning" in the Illinois Learning Standards and align with some of the
Illinois Academic Standards in Language Arts, Science, and Social
Studies. 12/99.
Music (Environmental). 1 page. 1993.
Paper Recipe Sheet, Make Your Own.
Plastics in Perspective; Curriculum, conveys importance of
plastic waste reduction and recycling, high school. ILENR/RR-91/18,
September 1991. 96 Pages.
Puppet Construction Guide - 7 pages.
Put Waste in its Place - a guide to household solid waste
management booklet. 15 pages. 1996.
Recycle Our Available Resources; grades 4-8,
ILENR/RR91/15, September 1991. 52 Pages
Recycle Today! (Pamphlet describing the curriculum) provides a
varied, entertaining, and informative way for educators to teach young
people about recycling and other solid waste issues. Recycle Today!
incorporates broader sociological, economic, and scientific information
about the world we live in. Recycle Today! consists of four
publications that focus on the importance of recycling, and how it can
have an impact on trash management and the environment.
(1) Let's Reduce and Recycle: Curriculum for Solid
Waste Awareness; Lesson Plans for Grades K-12,
USEPA/Solid Waste and Emergency Response, August 1990.
(#EPA/530-SW-90-005). 144 Pages.
(2) *School Recycling Programs: A Handbook for
Educators describes a number of school recycling program
options, along with step-by-step instructions on how to set up a
program.
(3) Poster - "Ride the Wave of the Future Recycle
Today!
(4) Adventures of the Garbage Gremlin: Recycle and
Combat a Life of Grime. Comic book for students in
grades 4-7
Recycled-Browning-Ferris Industries MOBIUS® Curriculum.
Understanding the Waste Cycle, Vol. I (Grades 4-6). 121 pages. 1990.
Recycling in the Schools Week (K-12). Teacher’s Activity
Guide. Minnesota Department of Education. 1982.
School Recycling Programs, A Handbook for Educators. 24
pages. EPA. 1990. * See Recycle Today!
School Science Laboratories--A Guide to some Hazardous Substances;
Council of State Science Supervisors/U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 1984. 58 Pages.
Solid Waste Activity Packet for Teachers with audio tape
of songs; ENR & The Cooperative Extension Service, University of
Illinois, 1990 & 1991.
Solid Waste: From Problems to Solutions - A Teacher's Handbook on
Waste Reduction; 16 Pages. ENR-OSWRR, 1990.
Sparky’s Lifesaving Lessons and Flammable Liquids, grades
K-3, 9 pages and Daredevil’s Lifesaving Lessons About Flammable Liquids,
grades 4-8, 9 pages, with poster. By gas appliance manufacturer’s
association.
Teacher's Guide to Selected Videotapes on Solid Waste Management:
Richard S. Treptow, Chicago State University, Field Test Copy.
The Land We Depend On: Fifth Grade Classroom Guide on Solid Waste
Issues; IEPA Office of Public Information/DLPC, 1989. 110 Pages.
Waste Free Lunch Day - Guidelines. 3 pages.
Waste Reduction Guide for Illinois Schools; ENR-OSWRR,
3/94. 3 Pages.
Wisconsin Explorer Activity Book, Grades 4 and up. 32
pages. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.