Youth and Professional
Learning Objective: Use the natural environment and its components as the living laboratory to learn, interact, and apply real strategies for abstract problem solving and thinking.
The Programs (Aristotle’s Consortium) We call it Aristotle's Consortium because of our approach to engaging students as leaders and as a community of learners.
1) G-R-E-E-N: Getting Response for Environmental Engagement Now: opportunity to get family and friends involved as well as educate the about sustainable practices
2) L-A-W: (Land Air Water): Reading and Writing producing articles for a custom news letter assembled by each group.
3) Leaders in Learning: Combining research, observation, demonstration and public speaking.
4) Music Me and My Future: Capturing elements of the natural environment to put into rhythm and lyrics.
5) People & Policy: learning about different political systems, environmental priorities, impacts and effects of decision making. Student debate forums, assessments, and critiques of performance as well as recommendations .
Water
Water pollution can hurt our ability to use water in our homes, for recreation, and in commerce. It also harms other forms of life. We work to protect water in all its forms: on the ground, underground, and coming out of the tap.
Drinking water
Water Pollution
Water Protection
Wetlands
Your Watersheds
Air
Air pollution comes from different sources and has many harmful effects, including hurting our health and the health of other living things. Although national air quality has improved over the last 20 years, many challenges remain. Our goal? Clean air to breathe for this generation and those to follow.
Air Quality
Air Pollution
Climate
The Earth's climate has changed many times during the planet's history, with events ranging from ice ages to long periods of warmth. Natural factors such as volcanic eruptions, changes in the Earth's orbit, and varying energy from the Sun have affected the Earth's climate. Beginning late in the 18th century, human activities associated with the Industrial Revolution have also changed the composition of the atmosphere and therefore very likely are influencing the Earth's climate.
Climate Science
Climate Policy
Calculating your carbon footprint
Wastes and Pollution
Although we can do a lot to clean up pollution after it's in the environment, preventing pollution in the first place is even better. We can do that by changing how we manufacture as well as how we behave: reduce how much you use, reuse what's left when you're done, and recycle what you can't reuse.
Pollution Prevention
Pollutants and Toxics
Wastes
Air Pollution
Water Pollution
Oil and Hazardous Chemical spills
Green Living
Learn what you can do to protect the environment in your home, workplace, and community
Reduce / Resuse / Recycle
Water Conservation
Green Building
Smart Growth
Green Communties
Energy Efficiency
More resources to live green:
Human Health
Protecting human health is a key part of our mission. We study how pollution affects children and people with asthma, how water contaminants may affect swimmers and beachgoers, and more.
Children's Health
Lead in Soil & Dust
Drinking Water and Health(what you should know)
Pesticides (Health & Safety)
Risk Assessment
Ecosystems
An ecosystem is the air, water, land, and habitats supporting plant and animal life in a specific area. We support environmental planning that addresses all the factors, both natural and human, affecting various ecosystems.
Sustainability is the capacity to endure. In ecology the word describes how biological systems remain diverse and productive over time. For humans it is the potential for long-term maintenance of wellbeing, which in turn depends on the wellbeing of the natural world and the responsible use of natural resources.
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