Links—General

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Cigarette Butt Litter Links and Sources

The Ocean Conservancy
World Health Organization
U.S. Department of Agriculture
US Department of Health and Human Services
US Centers for Disease Control

www.cigarettelitter.org
A not-for-profit organization dedicated to significantly reducing the amount of cigarette litter through educational campaigns. This web site is designed to get the facts out about cigarette litter to both smokers and nonsmokers. Once people know the truth, they will be much more hesitant to unthinkingly flick their cigarette butts on the ground.

An interesting article "The Price of Cigarettes" can be found in the journal "Environmental Health Perspectives" Volume 107, Number 12, December 1999
http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1999/107-12/forum.html#cig

Keep America Beautiful has a new program devoted to reducing cigarette litter. During the summer and fall of 2003, it is conducting several pilot studies in communities across the nation to determine the best practices for reducing smoking-related litter.

Philip Morris, USA states on its website that it "believes we have a role to play in the reduction of cigarette litter" and that they "believe that encouraging the proper disposal of cigarette litter must include raising awareness about the problem and proper disposal practices and encouraging local governments, property owners and facility managers to install ash receptacles." Visit the Philip Morris USA website for more information on what they are doing to reduce this form of litter.

The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has an interesting web site "Tobacco Information and Prevention Source." It includes links to health-related sites. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) keeps track of cigarette production, consumption and other
data on tobacco

http://www.tobacco.org/ has information on fires caused by cigarette litter, tobacco use issues and more.

The Swiss Tray company web site has articles about cigarette butts and the damage they cause

Fairfax County in Virginia—cigarette litter page

Pica is a disorder characterized by persistent craving for, and ingestion of non-nutritive substances. Pica exists in all segments of the population, but is particularly prevalent among some people with developmental disabilities. The substances most often craved are cigarette butts.

Water Quality Monitoring

Appomattox River Water Quality Monitoring Program.

Water quality monitoring throughout the state.

Virginia Water Monitoring Council. This statewide council promotes and facilitates coordination of water monitoring programs throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.

U.S. EPA's Estuary Volunteer Monitoring: A Methods Manual.

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality: http://www.deq.state.va.us, then click on "Programs", then on "Citizen Monitoring."

U.S. EPA (fact sheets, methods manuals, a free newsletter for citizen monitors, and other helpful documents): http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/volunteer/

Virginia Save Our Streams (SOS) SOS website

 

Curriculum Materials for Teachers on the Internet:

Virginia's Water Resources—A Tool for Teachers

Exciting chapters and wonderful lesson plans developed by Clean Virginia Waterways!! Virginia-specific information and activities for teachers to support interdisciplinary and problem-based teaching about watersheds, water quality, stewardship, and management issues. http://www.longwood.edu/cleanva/teachersvawatercurriculum.htm

Virginia Naturally web site
Teachers—This web site is the place to start your search for lesson plans, workshop opportunties, grant information and much more. It has extensive links to environmental educational materials.
http://www.deq.state.va.us/vanaturally/homepage.html

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Water for Kids Learn about wetlands, rivers, oceans, estuaries, water conservation, drinking water, and more! http://www.epa.gov/water/kids/waterforkids.html

U.S. Geological Survey Water Science for Schools This site has information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give opinions and test your water knowledge. http://wwwga.usgs.gov/edu/

GLOBE is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based education and science program. Teachers will find a wealth of information about water quality monitoring on this site, plus data about water quality around the world that you can use in your classroom.

"Love a Tree" Love-A-Tree is an environmental education program developed by International Paper. This site has lesson plans and other resources for teachers.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Turning the Tide on Trash: Marine Debris Curriculum http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/OCPD/Marine/contents.html

Virginia Department of Education Standards of Learning:
Instruction, Training,and Assessment Resources. This site has SOL Teacher Resource Guides http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/sol.html

Pew Oceans Commission report (http://www.pewoceans.org)
A new major report by the Pew Oceans Commission was released in June 2003. The report, America's Living Oceans: Charting a Course for Sea Change, is the culmination of a three-year process representing the first comprehensive look at U.S. Ocean policy in over 30 years, and includes detailed recommendations for the U.S. government and the American public to improve ocean management. A must read by all of us who care about the oceans!

Pollution Solutions—Litter Prevention activities for teachers
http://www.deq.state.va.us/education/polsul/

Project Wet (water education for teachers)
This K-12 curriculum supplement addresses topics such as atmospheric water, surface and ground water quality, cultural and historic uses of water, and contemporary management issues. Lessons are correlated to the new Standards of Learning. Educators receive the 500-page guide once they complete one of the six-hour workshops. Water resources trunks, which include a groundwater model, maps, videos and activities, are available on loan. To schedule a training workshop for groups of 20 or more, contact Ann Regn, at (804) 698-4442, or email amregn@deq.state.va.us. Visit the national site at for Project WET.

Smokey the Bear Posters (Set)
$31 for six sets. Order from:
National Assn of State Foresters
106 East Green Street, Suite A
Franklinton, NC 27525
919-494-1300

Listing of pollution prevention publications and resources
www.deq.state.va.us/p2/
Cleaning up the environment is a difficult task! DEQ's Office of Pollution Prevention's goal is to make clean-up easier by preventing pollution in the first place. To learn more about P2, visit the Office of Pollution Prevention's information clearinghouse which contains fact sheets, case studies, success stories, hard copy publications, journals, videos, information on the environmental Excellence Program and other materials relating to pollution prevention. For a complete listing of publications and resources visit www.deq.state.va.us/p2/ .

Loads of information about the Chesapeake Bay from the Chesapeake Bay Program
http://chesapeakebay.net/

VA Environmental Education Directory
http://www.deq.state.va.us/eed/
Topics: air, animals, biosphere, Chesapeake bay, historic resources, land, soil, agriculture, water, trees, plants, and MORE!

Project Learning Tree
Conservation of forests and more. Call your local office of the VA Dept of Forestry

"Bay, Plain and Piedmont—Landscape History of the Chesapeake Bay from 1.3 billion years ago to 2000"
http://chesapeakebay.net/pubs/gateways/plainandpiedmont/index.htm
A synthesis of human activity in the core portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed written by the National Park Service, with the assistance of a partnership of federal and state agencies, academic institutions, public and private organizations and individuals. This landscape history provides accurate, up to date information on the natural and cultural resources of the Chesapeake Bay heartland, and reveals how a complex ever-changing web of relationships connects all of the region's resources. This landscape history serves as a consolidated reference for interpreting the Bay watershed's cultural and natural resources.

Communities and Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network partners can examine how their local resources and stories fit within the larger picture and relate to Chesapeake Bay interpretive themes. State Historic Preservation Offices applying state historic contexts can use this study to place information about properties into a broader, more comparative regional perspective. This document may be viewed in its full format or by chapter (online only). To find out more about this project, contact the National Park Service at 1-800-YOUR BAY.

VA Department of Game & Inland Fisheries
http://www.dgif.state.va.us/wildlife/
From this site, you can select an animal species that lives in Virginia, and learn more detailed information than you thought possible! A hidden jewel of information!

Southern Environmental Law Center
http://www.selcga.org/
Select "Virginia" under states for lots of good information.

U.S. Geological Survey in Virginia
http://va.water.usgs.gov/
This site has lots of information about water resources in our state.

Frog watch - a project of the US Geological Survey
http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/students/frogwatch.htm

Drinking water in Virginia
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwinfo/va.htm

State of the Chesapeake Bay Report
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/pubs/sob/index.html

The Virginia Environmental Endowment—grant information for teachers and schools http://www.vee.org

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