Links

Air Quality

Broward County Daily Air Quality Forecast
http://www.broward.org/air

USEPA Outdoor Air Quality
http://www.epa.gov/schoolair

Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/airairquality.html

The US National Library of Medicine
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/outdoorairpollution.html

Buildings & Materials

BCPS Design & Material Standards - Technical Specifications
http://www.broward.K12.fl.us/facilities_construction/DSS/DS_DOCS/DesignStandards.htm

California Integrated Waste Management Board
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/greenbuilding/Materials

FGBC (green building standards and programs in Florida)
http://www.floridagreenbuilding.org/db

Florida Green Building Coalition
http://www.FloridaGreenBuilding.org

USGBC Build Green Schools
http://www.buildgreenschools.org

U.S. Green Building Council
http://www.usgbc.org

Climate Change

Broward County Climate Change Task Force
http://www.broward.org/climatechange/Pages/Default.aspx

EPA Climate Change, What You Can Do
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/CCWKit.html

ICLEI Global
http://www.iclei.org

Pew center On Global Climate Change
http://www.pewclimate.org/global-warming-basics

USEPA Household Emissions Calculator
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_calculator.html

Energy Conservation

District Energy Conservation Utility Management Department
http://www.Browardschoolsconserve.com

School Dude
http://utilitydirect.schooldude.com

USEPA & USDOE Energy Star
http://www.energystar.gov

USEPA Energy Conservation Plan
http://www.epa.gov/greenkit/q5_energ.htm

Environmental Curriculum

Environmental Curriculum Resources and Lesson Plans
https://webappe.browardschools.com/gogreen/environmental_curriculum.aspx

Gardens & Landscaping

American Forest
http://www.americanforests.org

Broward County NatureScape Program
http://www.broward.org/naturescape

Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/22

Florida Division of Plant Industry
http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/pubs.html

Florida Friendly Landscaping Program
http://fyn.ifas.ufl.edu

Florida Native Perenials and Annuals
http://www.nsis.org/garden/garden-native-annuals.html

Florida Native Shrubs
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/EH159

Florida Natural areas Inventory
http://www.fnai.org

Florida School Gardens
http://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/schoolgardens/school_gardens/index.shtml

Natives for You Neighborhood
http://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/default.asp

Plant Atlas
http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu

Salt-tolerant Plants for Florida
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/EP012

Links for Kids

Broward Environmental Kids Club
http://www.broward.org/kids

National Geographic Kids
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com

Scholastic ACT Green
http://www.scholastic.com/actgreen

Recycling & Waste

Keep America Beautiful, The Great American Clean Up
http://www.kab.org

USEPA Wastes
http://www.epa.gov/waste

Water Conservation

Broward County NatureScape Program
http://www.broward.org/naturescape

Broward County Storm Water Management
http://www.broward.org/stormwater

Broward Water Resources
http://www.broward.org/waterresources/welcome.htm

FDEP Water Conservation
http://www.floridadep.org/water/waterpolicy/conservation.htm

Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)
http://www.dep.state.fl.us

JEA Water Conservation Guide
http://www.jea.com/about/pub/downloads/WaterConservationGuide

South Florida Water Management District
http://www.sfwmd.gov

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
http://www.epa.gov

US Army Corp of Engineers
http://www.usace.army.mil/CECW/PlanningCOP/Pages/ecosystem.aspx

USEPA Office of Water
http://www.epa.gov/ow