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
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:
Melisa Norton, Euclid TA, chairperson
Melanie Hameed, Warren EA, liaison
Norman Hillstrom, Mentor TA-R, member
Rebecca Jessen, Vermilion TA, member
Elizabeth Lehtola, Geneva Area TA-R, member
Steven Mitchell, East Cleveland EA, member
Ray Patacca, Lake Metroparks Farmpark, consulting member
Ken Riley, Waterloo EA, vice chair
Kathleen Ritts, Ledgemont EA, member
Kathleen Rocco, Cuyahoga Co. Solid Waste Dist., consulting member
Jeff Wensing, Parma EA, liaison
Revised: 2/1/13
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