Education

Materials For Loan

A compiled list of materials (displays, books, videos, etc) suitable for use in classrooms, at events, or for office presentations.

Displays:

• Household Hazardous Waste "WANTED" Display
  Indoor and Outdoor displays for loan.
• Wheel of Waste Reduction
  Two "roulette-style" wheels ready to be reserved for use at local events.

Books/Kits/Software:

• Blueprint for a Green School Author: Jayni Chase
  A complete guidebook to environmental issues on school grounds. (Book).
• Worms Eat Our Garbage: Classroom Activities for a Better Environment Authors: Appelhof, Fenton, Harris. (Book)
• Environmental Grant-making Foundations Author: Resources for Global Sustainability, Inc. 2001. (CD Rom)
• Hazard Zone Tool Kit

Videos:

• Saving Little Pieces of Our Earth, and other videos available for downloading from the Marion County Public Works Web site. Saving Little Pieces of Our Earth is also available as a DVD by calling 503-229-6724 or .
  • Marion County Public Works videos
• Wonderful World of Recycling Author, US EPA. (VHS, 13 minutes) Grades 3 and below.
  This video teaches about how recycling helps keep the world beautiful. Best used in conjunction with lessons on Litter, Trash or Treasure, or Lifecycle RE-Cycle in Rethinking Recycling.
• Worm Bin Creatures Alive Through a Microscope Author, Warren Hatch. (VHS, 31.5 minutes long) Grades 1 and up.
  Best used in conjunction with Composting lessons in Rethinking Recycling.
• Waste Prevention Videos. Author, Oregon State University Extension Master Recyclers. Series of three VHS tapes. Perfect for starting your waste prevention efforts at work:
  • Why Should I Bother: Waste Prevention in the Workplace (13 minutes)
    Introduction to the benefits of cutting waste.
  • Better than Recycling: Waste Prevention in the Office (14 minutes)
    Focuses on reducing the use of paper.
  • Better than Recycling: Waste Prevention in Manufacturing and Distribution (16 minutes)
    Hear how Oregon businesses have streamlined their operations.

Videos to keep (DVD/VHS):

• Lifecycle of Glass and Paper Author, Oregon DEQ. (14 minutes) See what happens when materials leave your curbside until they become a new product. Set to music, appropriate for Grade 1 and up.
• Time's a Wastin': Garbage and Recycling in Oregon Author, Oregon DEQ. (22 minutes) Discover the way we used to deal with waste and learn how to prevent waste by shopping smart. Appropriate for Grade 4 and up.

Call to borrow materials for your upcoming event: 503-229-6724, or toll-free within Oregon at 1-800-452-4011 x6724, or . We arrange shipping and pickup for the displays at no cost (within Oregon). You pay return shipping on books and videos.

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