Calendar of Events - February, 2010

Healthy and Safe Schools Webinar: First Aid

The Peaks to Prairies Pollution Prevention Information Center, in conjunction with the environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Wyoming Department of Education, is convening a series of FREE webinars highlighting important aspects of healthy and safe schools.

This webinar addresses first aid. Speaker: Chris Bartholomew, Head Nurse -Laramie School County District.

Learn more and register at http://www.peakstoprairies.org/webinars/ or contact Myla Kelly at (406) 994-6948 or myla.kelly@montana.edu.

7th Annual Composting Symposium: Backyard, Business, and Beyond

The 7th Annual Composting Symposium will provide an excellent opportunity to learn about composting organic materials from experts. The symposium will be held from 12:30-4:30 pm and will include topics ranging from backyard composting for beginners to large-scale projects for municipalities  or farms.

The symposium will be followed by a Build Your Own Bin (BYOB) workshop from 4:30-6:30 pm, where participants will have the opportunity to learn more about vermicomposting and construct their own composting bin for use at home or at work.

Live worms and a variety of books on composting and related topics will be available for purchase.

http://www.ilstewards.org/calendar/8808

Healthy and Safe Schools Webinar: Integrated Pest Management

The Peaks to Prairies Pollution Prevention Information Center, in conjunction with the environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Wyoming Department of Education, is convening a series of FREE webinars highlighting important aspects of healthy and safe schools.

This webinar addresses integrated pest management. Speakers: Jaslyn Dobrahner of the EPA and Kirk Van Dyke of the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture

Learn more and register at http://www.peakstoprairies.org/webinars or contact Myla Kelly at (406) 994-6948 or myla.kelly@montana.edu. 

School Nurse Leadership Training

The Healthy Schools Campaign is sponsoring a 3-part training series for Chicago Public Schools school nurses. With this training, our team of school nurses will work together to improve student health throughout the district.

Healthy and Safe Schools Webinar: Waste Reduction/Recycling

The Peaks to Prairies Pollution Prevention Information Center, in conjunction with the environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Wyoming Department of Education, is convening a series of FREE webinars highlighting important aspects of healthy and safe schools.

This webinar addresses waste reduction and recycling. Speaker: Myla Kelly of Peaks to Prairies.

Learn more and register at http://www.peakstoprairies.org/webinars or contact Myla Kelly at (406) 994-6948 or myla.kelly@montana.edu. 

Safe Routes to Schools: Multi-Modal Site Planning, Design and Transportation for Grade Schools

Please join Active Transportation Alliance for a free webinar sponsored by the National Center
for Safe Routes to School and the Institute of Transportation Engineers. The topic is Multi-Modal Site
Planning, Design and Transportation for Grade Schools.

For details, speaker bios and registration, please visit http://www.ite.org/education/webinars_SRTS.asp