Environmental Concerns
The Environmental Concerns Committee provides education employees with useful environmental lessons,
ideas and resources; current information on indoor and outdoor environment issues and representation
at professional meetings of environmental organizations. The committee collaborates with outside
agencies and community programs to organize workshops, training sessions and events for NEOEA members
and makes recommendations to NEOEA on environmental issues.
Global warming:
The American Geophysical Union
The American Meteorological Society
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The National Academies of Science of the 13 most advanced nations in the world
The U.S. EPA
The Weather Channel
A time-line showing major events in the development of global warming theory
Useful sites:
Beyond Pesticides
National Pesticide Information Center
School Pesticides
Schools Without Pesticides
The Story of Stuff
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Download Article: Lead and Mercury and Our Students (46 KB)
Members of the Committee:
Elizabeth Lehtola, Geneva Area TA, Chairperson
Stacey Bomback, Medina City TA, member
Nancy M. Czupik, Olmsted Falls EA, liaison
Barbara Eaton, OCAMP, consulting member
Christina Gerhardstein, Portage Co. Educators for the MR, member
Norman Hillstrom, Mentor TA-R, member
Martha Miller, Ashtabula Classified, liaison
Melisa Norton, Euclid TA, member
Ray Patacca, Lake Metroparks Farmpark, consulting member
Ken Riley, Waterloo EA, vice-chair
Kathleen Rocco, Cuyahoga Co. Solid Waste Dist., consulting member
Ron Shissler, PATMR, secretary
Revised: 5/20/08
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