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Of Interest for: Your School
EPA is committed to promoting environmental education and fostering a diverse group of future environmental leaders and professionals.
The agency recognizes the importance of instilling a keen environmental awareness from kindergarten through postgraduate studies. Through a variety of programs, EPA is able to reach students of all ages and also enables teachers to broaden their environmental curricula. The Office of Environmental Education provides several learning resources for students and teachers.
Learn about environmental issues in schools:
- Tools
for Schools - learn how to reduce asthma and
other environmental issues in schools by using
this toolkit
- Lead
information packet - parents, teachers, students,
and daycare providers can learn about lead contamination
and poisoning, one of the leading causes of learning
disabilities and other health effects on children
- Additional resources to help teachers teach and students learn about the environment
Adopt-a-School Program - Beginning in 2001, EPA's Region 1 (Boston) and Region 3 (Philadelphia) offices will embark on a new program to select and "adopt" a school with a significant number of AAPI students to encourage children to learn about the environment.
Educational opportunities - Environmental Education grants support a variety of projects nationwide to increase awareness and enable individuals to make informed decisions about their environmental quality.
Environmental career opportunities - Many individuals begin and continue their environmental careers at EPA. Visit our Employment page to learn about internship and employment opportunities.
Research opportunities - EPA provides several opportunities to foster environmental and health research.
Getting involved in environmental education - There are several advisory groups and partnerships in which individuals can participate to promote and strengthen environmental education.