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de Ribeaux, Mary Beth – Healthy Schools Network, Inc., 2016
The purpose of the National Conference was for attendees to: (1) Review research and policy recommendations and goals identified at the November 2015 "Environmental Health at School: Ignored Too Long" panel and facilitated workshop; (2) Hear about risks and exposures at schools and their impact on children; (3) Understand the Centers for…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Risk, Health Promotion, Child Health
Resnick, Helaine E.; Sawyer, Keegan; Huddleston, Nancy – National Academies Press, 2015
Does the public trust science? Scientists? Scientific organizations? What roles do trust and the lack of trust play in public debates about how science can be used to address such societal concerns as childhood vaccination, cancer screening, and a warming planet? What could happen if social trust in science or scientists faded? These types of…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Science and Society, Scientific Attitudes, Scientists
Khan, Shirley Ali; And Others – Coombe Lodge Report, 1993
A conference was held to improve the environmental awareness of colleges in such areas as energy conservation, waste management, transportation policy, and use of grounds. This document contains the presentations of speakers who attended the conference. Chapter 1, "Greening Further and Higher Education" (Shirley Ali Khan), discusses the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Hazardous Materials
Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1981
In response to a request from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Region V of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sponsored a workshop on waste management in universities and colleges. It consisted of four sessions: (1) managing general university waste and regulatory concerns; (2) chemical waste management; (3)…
Descriptors: Colleges, Federal Regulation, Hazardous Materials, Higher Education
CEIP Fund, Inc., Cleveland, OH. – 1990
Presented in this collection are proceedings from a conference focused on how to go about preserving and protecting the environment and attended by over 120 colleges and universities and some 60 environmental organizations, as well as 10 additional articles on careers in areas related to the environment. Included in the conference proceedings are:…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Conservation (Environment), Employment Opportunities
Gittins, Naomi E., Ed.; Gray, Geoffrey W., Ed. – 1988
This book is composed of the presentations delivered at the 1988 School Law Seminar. Experienced attorneys presented topics covering a wide range of current issues, all vital to competent legal representation of public school boards. The following articles are included: (1) "Secular Humanism and the Schools" (August W. Steinhilber); (2) "Sexual…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Age Discrimination, Boards of Education, Communicable Diseases
Breiting, Soren; And Others – 1988
The aim of the research program of the research center for environmental and health education is to promote an awareness of the interrelationship between society and its environment. This volume contains four papers which were given at various international meetings in 1988. Reported are: (1) Danish environmental education and school initiatives…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Chelius, James, Ed. – 1986
This volume includes the following conference papers: "The Status and Direction of Workers' Compensation" (James R. Chelius); "The Minnesota Experience with Workers' Compensation Reform" (Steve Keefe); "The 1982 Changes in California" (Alan Tebb); "Two Rounds of Workers' Compensation Reform in Michigan" (H.…
Descriptors: Accidents, Administrator Attitudes, Asbestos, Comparative Analysis
Levine Associates, Inc., Rockville, MD. – 1988
This report contains all materials pertinent to an intensive evaluation of the environmental health work force conducted in 1986 and 1987. The materials relate to a workshop that was one of the key tools used in conducting the study to estimate environmental health personnel supply, demand, and need. The report begins with an overview and…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Conservation (Environment), Consumer Protection, Employment Projections