Energy Justice Our Climate our Future

Food Waste, Composting, and Vermiculture

Food Waste Reduction

EPA Food Recovery Challenge

100 Items Can Be Composted at Home

Worms Eat your Garbage

Composting at School Guide

Setting up a Worm Bin Video

Backyard Composting updated

Worm Power
Anything and Everything You Want to Know about Composting  NCSU

Herman the Squirming Worm 

Gardens

Bee Conservation Toolkit from Earth Day

American Horticulture Therapy Association

Soil and Water  

Soil Testing  call the Go Green Office for testing information

Gardener's Handbook

Vegetable Gardening

When is a Weed Not a Weed?

Veggies, Fruits and Herbs Planting calendar

Pollinator Gardens

Planting Native Plants for Wildlife Chatham Mills NC 'Pollinator Paradise Garden"
Pollinator Paradise Garden 

Earth Day Pollinator Garden Toolkit

What is a Green School?

The Precautionary Principal Is Your Pal

Planning Guide for onsite Go Green Teams

Greening Existing Schools USGBC

Center for Green Schools   
         
Building Learners Becoming Green Leaders

The Value of Can and Bottle Recycling

The Outdoor Classroom

Leave No Trace - Protecting the outdoors

Taking the Classroom Outdoors

Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv Nature-Deficit disorder

Vitamin N by Richard Louv

Green Hour

Recycling and Zero Waste 

In NC It's the Law

NC Department of Environmental Quality Solid Waste - Recycle Right! Campaign For more information contact: GO Green Office

'Save 5 on Friday' Amanda Bader, Director Cumberland County Solid Waste  (abader@cumberland.co.nc.us) 

Schools recycle:  Send all Batteries, fluorescent bulbs and tubes, projector bulbs. 
by Courier addressed to the Electric Department, at Operations 

Recycling the 'Other' Recyclables - Cartridges for Kids

You can find great deals for all sorts of materials, from office furniture and everything on  http://www.govdeals.com

Recycling Toolkit

RE Store Trash Fashion Show

Recycled Art

Trashion Fashion video

St. Jude's Ranch - Recycle Your Greeting Cards

The Scrap Exchange - Durham

The Plastiki - An actual boat made of recycled bottles 

Anatomy of a Landfill

Contributed Sustainability Resources for Families

50+ Go Green Initiatives that Might Save the World - Another resource for GOING GREEN from Top Viewed Ten a website that makes it easier to find information online.  So if you are looking for straight information no gimmicks check out this website!

Guide for Sustainable Living at Home
Mattress Disposal  

Solar Schools

North Carolina Green Power

Solar Trends at Nationwide Schools

Microgrids

The Story of Stuff Project

       The Story of Stuff 

Updated with expanded information : 

Chapter 1 

Chapter 2 

Chapter 3 

Chapter 4 

Chapter 5

Chapter 6 

Chapter 7

Transportation

NC Safe and Active Routes to School

Yellow to Green Transportation Carbon Reduction tips

Teacher Reference for Transportation

Bus Ridership Pamphlet

Idling at Schools Pamphlet 

NC DEQ Teachers and Students

Schools Recycling and Composting

Zero Waste

     Zero Waste Recycling Guide How to Start a Green Team and Activities
     Zero Waste 31 Day Challenge 
     Zero Waste Schools 31 Day Challenge Morning Announcements during October
     Celebrating Zero Waste - Ideas     
     Recycle Monitor Trash Audit Trash Audit, Recycling Monitors  Inspection Rating Chart, Inspection Rating Cards,