Environmental Issues & Concerns: Where is Away?
Let us immerse you in trash – well, in the problems, concerns and solutions that surround the “stuff”
we make and buy and use and throw away, day in and day out! We‛ll travel by bus to explore
landfills, recycling centers and other sites, to help us understand the many processes that deal with
all this garbage. And we‛ll take time each day to experiment, build, discuss and digest where we
have been and why. Lots of fun; lots of learning; lots of resources!
2010 Class is FULL! There's still space available in Shed Those Watershed Blues
Some Details-
Who: K-12 Teachers
- What: Explore solid waste problems and
solutions with field trips and hands-on activities
- When: Mon-Fri, June 21-25, 2010 from
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
AND For Graduate Credit, there is additional session Thursday,
July 1, 2010 from 8 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- Where: Each day begins and ends at the SCARCE headquarters in Glen Ellyn. Then we will
travel together by bus to:
* Landfills
* Gas conversion Facility
* Waste Transfer Station
* Household Hazardous Waste Facility
* Book Rescue Center
* Paper Recycling Facility
* Yard Waste Site
* Water Reclamation Center
* Plastics Recycling Center
* Electronics Recycling Site
* Ikea
- Why: Daily, we all create waste. It is
to our benefit, and the benefit of our students to
understand the many processes that deal with
our “trash.”
- How Much: $75 fee (includes 7CEU's, morning & afternoon snacks) -
$300 for 3 hours of graduate credit from
Aurora University
(Official Aurora Univ. title & course
number: “Environmental Issues & Concerns, OEDC
6979”)
- MAP of where we go!
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