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Recycling Association of Minnesota or RAM

The Recycling Association of Minnesota is committed to promoting resource conservation through waste prevention, reuse, recycling, composting and purchasing practices using the most cost effective and environmentally sound methods available in Minnesota. This group has given the SPPS district many free items made from Recycled materials (posters, pencils) and also tools to help us with the 3 R's. 

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)

Contains information about Minnesota's environmental health, pollution control and prevention, hazardous and solid waste management and cleanup; and much, much more.

Ramsey County Environmental Health

Environmental Health
All environmental health presentations are geared to the age, ability and interest level of the audience.  Length of time for presentations can range from 30 minutes to 1 hour.  Staff are also available for Family Fun Nights, Science Fairs, Earth Day Festivals and other day-long events.  This group gives the SPPS district many free items such as pencils made from recycled materials to information on quitting smoking.

It's Our Earth, Inc.

Mission
It's Our Earth's mission is to lead, assist, and encourage environmental efforts targeted to achieve a 100% Recycling society. Our activities include the manufacturing and distribution of innovative and useful products made from recycled materials.

Amazing Recycled Products:

The purpose of this company is to provide first the United States and second the world, alternative products made from recycled materials.  The process will be through the means of distribution of products manufactured by small and large companies.

Earth 911

Earth 911 empowers the Earth's citizenry with community-specific actionable environmental information for you to use in everyday life for the purpose of living responsibly by contributing to the solution of sustainability.

Earth Network

The Earth Network originally began as an environmental television show in Chicago, covering a wide range of topics from recycling to natural medicine.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people. View the Agency's complete strategic plan, annual report, and policy resources.

Keep America Beautiful

...believes that each of us holds an obligation to preserve and protect our environment. Through our everyday choices and actions, we collectively have a huge impact on our world. It's really a simple concept, but one with far reaching effects.

Living Green

The Living Green Expo is a free, annual event that provides information and products to help Minnesotans improve the environmental and social impacts of their day-to-day living.

YEA!-MN

"The nation's one and only( as far as we know..) , groundbreaking high school networking organization ; dedicated to sharing environmental successes and fighting obstacles with diplomatic innovation both in our schools and our state."

Ranger Rick Magazine offers lots to do on-line; from fun and games; to educator tools

Center For Environmental Education

Is your school environment as healthy and safe as it could be? Is the energy from renewable sources? Are there plants in every room? Does your school really do enough in terms of recycling and waste reduction? Can more be done to infuse environmental awareness throughout the curriculum?