GO GREEN!
EPA News You Can Use - October 2016
https://www.epa.gov/newsroom/gogreen
IN THIS ISSUE:
Enviro-Tip of the Month
What You Can Do, What You Can Use
En español: Spanish Feature
Social Media, Multimedia, & More
Upcoming Events and Opportunities
About This Newsletter
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ENVIRO-TIP OF THE MONTH
October is Children's Health Month. Learn how you can help protect children from environmental risks at home, at school, and in your community.
https://www.epa.gov/children/what-you-can-do-protect-children-environmental-risks
- Does your child have asthma? Learn more about the environmental triggers:
https://www.epa.gov/asthma/asthma-triggers-gain-control - Protect children from lead poisoning:
https://www.epa.gov/lead/protect-your-family-exposures-lead - Protect your children from poisoning at home:
https://www.epa.gov/safepestcontrol/reduce-your-childs-chances-pesticide-poisoning
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WHAT YOU CAN DO, WHAT YOU CAN USE
Now that you're back in school...
- Students: homework resources to help you with class assignments.
https://www.epa.gov/students/homework-resources - Teachers: lessons about the protecting health and the environment.
https://www.epa.gov/students/lesson-plans-teacher-guides-and-online-resources-educators - School administrators: resources for environmental health issues in schools.
https://www.epa.gov/schools
Rule Your Attic. EPA's third annual "ENERGY STAR Rule Your Attic" campaign starts October 3. As the weather cools down, it's a perfect time to get up in your attic and check insulation levels. Did you know that 90 percent of American homes are under-insulated? This means that 9 out of 10 U.S. homeowners are wasting money on energy bills. Find out how you can Rule Your Attic -- to save energy, save money, increase your home's comfort, and reduce pollution that contributes to climate change.
http://Energystar.gov/ruleyourattic
Are You SepticSmart? Protect it and inspect it. Don't overload the commode. Over 25 million American homes use a septic system. Proper septic system maintenance helps keep contaminants from being released, protects public health and the environment, and saves you money on repairs. Learn more about how you can be SepticSmart all year 'round.
http://go.usa.gov/xKWjz
Smart City Air Challenge (due Oct 28). This new challenge encourages US communities to install hundreds of air quality sensors and manage the resulting data. EPA is offering two US communities up to $40,000 each to work with their residents to crowdsource air quality data and share it online. Applications are due October 28. Learn more about this and how your community can enter.
https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/smart-city-air-challenge
Read the blog post: https://blog.epa.gov/blog/2016/08/smart-cities-air-challenge
New car shopping? If you are shopping for a new-model car this fall, check out and compare the fuel economy of new cars. The annual fuel economy guide is online and provides estimates for hundreds of new cars.
http://fueleconomy.gov
Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 to October 15. Join us in honoring scientists, lawyers, journalists, and many other Hispanics in EPA who inspire and help us to protect our health and our planet. Read more about Hispanics at EPA.
https://www.epa.gov/careers/profiles-hispanics-epa
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EN ESPAÑOL: SPANISH FEATURE
Octubre es el Mes de la Salud Infantil. Aprenda cómo usted puede proteger a sus hijos de los riesgos ambientales en el hogar, en la escuela y en su comunidad:
https://espanol.epa.gov/espanol/como-proteger-los-ninos-de-los-riesgos-ambientales , y más
- ¿Su hijo es asmático? Infórmese sobre los desencadenantes ambientales del asma:
https://espanol.epa.gov/cai/acerca-del-asma - Proteja a los niños del envenenamiento por plomo:
https://espanol.epa.gov/espanol/plomo - Proteja a sus hijos de envenenamientos en su hogar:
https://espanol.epa.gov/espanol/prevenga-los-envenenamientos-en-su-hogar
Equivalent English information about protecting children from environmental risks:
https://www.epa.gov/children/what-you-can-do-protect-children-environmental-risks
El Mes de la Hispanidad es del 15 de septiembre al 15 de octubre. Únase a nosotros en honrar a los científicos, socorristas, comunicadores y muchos otros hispanos en EPA quienes sirven de inspiración y nos ayudan a proteger nuestra salud y nuestro planeta. Lea más acerca de hispanos en la EPA.
https://espanol.epa.gov/espanol/perfiles-de-hispanos-en-la-epa
Equivalent English information about this Spanish content:
https://www.epa.gov/careers/profiles-hispanics-epa
Blog Hispano de la EPA: https://blog.epa.gov/blog/category/espanol
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MULTIMEDIA & MORE
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS - Blog posts
A New Effort to Save the Ozone Layer and Protect the Climate.
https://blog.epa.gov/blog/2016/09/a-new-effort-to-save-the-ozone-layer-and-protect-the-climate/
Retail Strategy: A New Focus on Hazardous Waste Regulations.
https://blog.epa.gov/blog/2016/09/retail-strategy-a-new-focus-on-hazardous-waste-regulations/
More EPA blogs: https://blog.epa.gov/blog/
VIDEOS - Recent releases
Educate, Motivate, Innovate: The Next Generation of Climate-Justice Leaders. Learn the work of young people in the EJ movement and bringing EJ tools into climate adaptation planning and implementation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liHpESlFOqE
Making A Visible Difference: Helping Eastern Band Of Cherokee Learn From Other Tribes. How EPA is working with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to ensure they have clean water, and helping improve how we serve many more communities in the future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6kq1zFQW4k
Faces of EPA: Mary Kentula. Learn about EPA's National Wetland Condition Assessment, a statistical survey and information about the ecological condition of the nation's wetlands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUwCvbqqiCM
More EPA videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/USEPAgov/videos
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UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
October
Day
3, National Child Health Day
Week
10-16, World Rainforest Week
19-23, SepticSmart Week
23-29, National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
Month
Children's Health Month, https://www.epa.gov/children
Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15)
Rule your Attic (EnergyStar)
EPA's history site: https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-history
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