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The Green Curriculum: Cool Sustainability Tools for Librarians Ann Marshall, April 20 th , 2015 Handout: email@annmarshall.info http://wp.me/P63QkV-T or https://verdantmeander.wordpress.com/cool/ twitter: @annmarshallibre http://wp.me/P63QkV-T


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The Green Curriculum: Cool Sustainability Tools for Librarians

Ann Marshall, April 20th, 2015

email@annmarshall.info twitter: @annmarshallibre

Handout:

http://wp.me/P63QkV-T or https://verdantmeander.wordpress.com/cool/

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http://wp.me/P63QkV-T or https://verdantmeander.wordpress.com/cool/

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http://www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/promofilm/index.html

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Envirofacts Data Warehouse

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Trying Searching by Program (under Envirofacts)

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Add Data --> Add Supplementary Layers --> Places -->

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Add Data --> Add Supplementary Layers --> Places --> Add Schools

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Add Data --> Add Supplementary Layers --> Water Features --> Impaired Waterbodies

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At Left, Add: Hazardous Waste Sites to Map So, why does EPA collect data from Kelly Motors? And, what kind of data do they collect?

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Hazardous Waste

“generators, transporters, treaters, storers, and disposers of hazardous waste”

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Search By Facility: http://www.epa.gov/enviro/facts/rcrainfo/search.html

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Scroll down to see Process Search Option

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ECHO: http://echo.epa.gov/

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ECHO -- Search by Zip Code: 14510

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ECHO: Scroll down to Find Reports

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EPA: MyEnvironment

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Monroe County Los Angeles County

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Monroe County Los Angeles County Toxic Releases: 188 Ozone: 87.4 Particulates 2.5: 11.8 Nitrogen Dioxide: 0 Toxic Releases: 2017 Ozone: 30% Particulates 2.5: 38.3 Nitrogen Oxide: 31.7

Historical Data

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Monroe County Los Angeles County Total Risk Per Million: 44 Formaldehyde: 33.41% Benzene: 21.24% Total Risk Per Million: 109 Formaldehyde: 50.54 Benzene: 11.54 About Benzine: (from the CDC)

  • Outdoor air

contains low levels

  • f benzene from

tobacco smoke, gas stations, motor vehicle exhaust, and industrial emissions.

  • Benzene can cause

bone marrow not to produce enough red blood cells, which can lead to anemia. Also, it can damage the immune system.

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http://www.wri.org/

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WRI: 26 Data Visualization Tools

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Blue: Low Yellow: Medium Red: High Dark Red: Very High Black: Critical

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From aqicn.org (GeoLite2data create by MaxMind)

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IPE: Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs

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Map from IPE: Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, in Beijing

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Four interactive maps available from the European Environment Agency

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Nitrates in Rivers

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Fracking Info from SkyTruth.Org

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http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/index.cfm

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Thank you for attending!