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Clean, Green and Healthy Tribal Schools

NEW: June 11th workshop in Denver
EPA Region 8 will host a Clean, Green and Healthy Tribal Schools Workshop on June 11, 2012 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver in conjunction with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) Summer Institute. The workshop is designed for BIE Line Officers, tribal school administrators, facility managers, educators, health and safety coordinators, school health professionals, tribal environmental protection personnel, parents of school children, communities and EPA personnel. The goal of the workshop is to provide information and tools for tribal school personnel to ensure that tribal schools are clean, green and healthy for themselves, school children and their community. The workshop is open to the public and there is no cost to attend.  Click here to register for the workshop .

Click here to obtain information for partial national tribal travel scholarships.

Agenda and additional information about the June 11th workshop:

Livestreaming the June 11th workshop:

For those who cannot attend the workshop in person, livestreaming will be available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 11, 2012. Simply go to this link on June 11 and you will be connected; to access livestreaming for the workshop, pre-registration is not necessary. If you cannot dedicate an entire day to view the livestream, you can view specific topics of your choosing. There is no limit to the number of times you can reconnect.

System Requirements:

  • An internet connection with a minimum speed of 1.5 megabytes per second
  • Windows Media Player or QuickTime
  • PC-based attendees: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
  • Macintosh®-based attendees: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer

Tribal Schools Webinar Series in 2012
EPA Region 8 hosted a Clean, Green and Healthy Tribal Schools webinar series for six weeks starting in January 2012. The goal of the webinar series was to provide information and tools for tribal school administrators, risk managers, educators, health and safety coordinators, school health professionals, building managers, tribal environmental protection personnel, parents of school children, and communities, to ensure that tribal schools are clean, green and healthy for themselves, school children and their community. Topics included:

  • School Chemical Cleanout
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Ballasts and Caulk
  • Asbestos
  • Lead Repair Renovation and Painting Rule
  • Integrated Pesticide Management
  • Green Cleaning
  • Recycling
  • Composting and Gardening
  • Indoor Air
  • Energy and Water Conservation

Recorded webinars and power points can be found on the following links:

For additional information, please see our

EPA Region 8 has developed a Clean, Green and Healthy Schools Initiative to assist administrators and staff in protecting human health and the environmental in and around schools. The Peaks to Prairies Pollution Prevention Center and EPA Region 8 hosted three Healthy and Safe Schools Webinar series in 2010, 2011 and 2012. The presentations are available for viewing at peakstoprairies.org/library/webinars/.

Links to several EPA programs with relevance to schools and Region 8 contacts

ENERGY STAR
Contact: Patty Crow (crow.patty@epa.gov)
ENERGY STAR Coordinator, 303-312-6464

Lead Based Paint
Contact: Teri Bahrych (bahrych.teri@epa.gov)
Tribal Lead Coordinator, 303-312-6788

PCBs
Contact: Dan Bench (bench.dan@epa.gov)
PCB Coordinator, 303-312-6027

PCBs in Fluorescent Light Ballasts

PCBs in Caulk

Pollution Prevention
Contact: Linda Walters (walters.linda@epa.gov)
Pollution Prevention Coordinator, 303-312-6385

Integrated Pest Management
Contact: VelRey Lozano (lozano.velrey@epa.gov)
Integrated Pest Management Coordinator, 303-312-6128

Indoor Air Quality
Contact: Ron Schiller (schiller.ron@epa.gov)
Indoor Air Coordinator, 303-312-6017

School Chemical Cleanout
Contact: Matthew Langenfeld (langenfeld.matthew@epa.gov)
School Chemical Cleanout Coordinator, 303-312-6284

Asbestos
Asbestos Coordinator, 303-312-6312

Environmental Justice Grants
Contact: April Nowak (nowak.april@epa.gov)
Environmental Justice Grant Coordinator, 303-312-6040

Before and after pictures from a school chemical cleanout:

School Chemical Cleanout before shelves were cleaned out

School Chemical Cleanout after shelves were cleaned out

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