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08 Feb 02 - education; NYC; green building; construction; gardens; office guide ** WASTE PREVENTION FORUM ** -- A project of the National Waste Prevention Coalition -------- Forum archive: http://www.reuses.com/nwpcarchive -------------------- From Kristin Pierskalla, Hennepin County Environmental Services, Minneapolis, MN: I thought the Waste Prevention Forum members would be interested in this information. This would be a huge blow to environmental education. In the just-released 2003 budget proposal from the White House, environmental education has been labeled "ineffective." The budget calls for a reorganization of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with environmental education funds being reallocated to the National Science Foundation. The explanation in the proposed budget states, "This program has supported environmental advocacy rather than environmental education. The budget transfers funding to the National Science Foundation's math and science programs so that a consolidated program can better serve educators and students." The full budget report and related documents can be found at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2003 E-mail: kristin (DOT) pierskalla (AT) co (DOT) hennepin (DOT) mn (DOT) us Note: To find the section in the budget about the EPA, go to this Portable Document Format (PDF) file: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2003/pdf/budget.pdf On the left, scroll down to Environmental Protection Agency (under "Governing with Accountability"). -------------------- From Maggie Clarke, New York City Waste Prevention Coalition, New York, NY: Great things are happening in NYC. On Feb. 7, the brand spanking new City Council Sanitation Committee held its first hearing. (Heretofore, all solid waste issues were covered - when they had the time - by one environmental protection committee; now solid waste issues get this committee's full focus.) The first people they called up to testify were the 5 of us from the NYC Waste Prevention Coalition. The chair and the new Councilmembers seem to be all for waste prevention and other things we've wanted for a long time. They already had introduced their first bill - agency environmental procurement and waste prevention practices. This is the same bill that died, for the second time, as Mayor Giuliani and the old City Council left office. This website has information on the NYC Waste Prevention Coalition, including our testimony at yesterday's meeting and related materials: http://everest.hunter.cuny.edu/~mclarke/WPComm.htm We also gave the council committee the Grassroots Recycling Network's model Zero Waste bill. E-mail: mclarke [ A T ] shiva [ D O T ] hunter [ D O T ] cuny [ D O T ] edu -------------------- Link to information on the fourth annual National Green Building Conference, to be held March 24-26 in Seattle (first seen in the EPA WasteWise e-mail bulletin): http://www.nahbrc.org/conferencesseminarsgreen.asp?TrackID=&CategoryID=1670 This conference is sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders and others. ------------------- The next four postings are in response to the 2/6/02 posting seeking websites with information on construction techniques that result in less waste. -------------------- From Donald Van Dyke, California Integrated Waste Management Board, Sacramento, CA: The California Integrated Waste Management Board has some construction and demolition (C&D) web sites: - Green Building Design and Construction: http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/GreenBuilding/ - Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling: http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/ConDemo/default.htm - C&D Debris Recyclers Database: http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/ConDemo/Recyclers/ - C&D Recycled-Content Building Products Database: http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/ConDemo/Products/default.asp For more information on these pages, refer to the person listed at the bottom of each page. E-mail: DVanDyke [ AT ] CIWMB [ DOT ] ca [ DOT ] gov --------------------- From Stephen Long, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, recycling markets program, Boston, MA: These construction and demolition sites include waste prevention information: - Pollution Prevention Resource Center: http://www.pprc.org/pprc/pubs/topics/greencon/toc.html - INFORM's C&D report, including chapters on prevention: http://www.informinc.org/cdreport.html - Institute for Local Self-Reliance: http://www.ilsr.org/recycling/builddecon.html - EPA's Jobs Through Recycling (JTR) links: http://www.epa.gov/jtr/comm/con-info.htm E-mail: stephen [D O T] long [A T] state [D O T] ma [D O T] us -------------------- From Dave Peters, Kitsap County Dept. of Public Works, Port Orchard, WA: Our Build A Better Kitsap site is at: http://www.kitsapgov.com/sw/buildbetter.htm Build A Better Kitsap checklists, in PDF format, are at: - http://www.kitsaphba.com/pdf/home_builder.pdf - http://www.kitsaphba.com/pdf/developer.pdf - http://www.kitsaphba.com/pdf/light_commercial.pdf E-mail: DPeters (AT) MAIL1 (DOT) CO (DOT) KITSAP (DOT) WA (DOT) US -------------------- From Tom Watson, King County Solid Waste Division, Seattle, WA, and the National Waste Prevention Coalition: This website for King County's Construction Recycling and Green Building Program may have some helpful links and information: http://dnr.metrokc.gov/greenworks/sus_build/susbuild.htm E-mail: tom [D O T] watson [A T] metrokc [D O T] gov -------------------- Link to a 2/4/02 column by Mary Robson in the Seattle Times about using reused materials in the garden: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/practicalgardener/134399393_homegard03..html -------------------- Link to the new Green Office Guide, from the City of Portland Office of Sustainable Development (forwarded by Miranda Clark): http://www.sustainableportland.org/Grn_Off_Guide.pdf This guide is in PDF format. - end -