RECOMMENDED RESOURCE MATERIALS

• Compost By Gosh!, by Michelle Eva Portman (Flower Press 2003), ISBN 0-942256-16-6
  
  
• The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein (Harper Collins 1964), ISBN
  
  
• The Great Trash Bash, by Loreen Leedy (Holiday House 1991), ISBN 0823408698
  
  
• The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss (Random House 1971), ISBN 0394823370, ð Video available
  
  
• The Old Red Rocking Chair, by Phyllis Root (Brown and Company 1992), ISBN 1559700637
  
  
• Squirmy Wormy Composters, by Janine Schaub and Bobbie Kalman (Crabtree Publishing 1992), ISBN 0865055815
  
  
• What Happens When You Recycle?, by Katie Sharp (Rigby 1998), ISBN 0-7635-2294-5
  
  
• Wump World, by Bill Peet (Houghton Mifflin 1970), ISBN 0590617230
  
  
• Earth Day, by David F. Marx (Childrens Press, Inc. 2001, Grolier), ISBN 0-516-27174-1
  
  
• Recycle That!, by Fay Robinson (Childrens Press, Inc. 1995, Groiler), ISBN 0-516-46033-1
   
• Can Kids Save the Earth?, by Melvin Berger (Grolier 1994), ISBN 1-56784-234-8
  
  
• Kids for the Earth, by Melvin Berger (Grolier 1994), ISBN 1-56784-045-0
  
  
• Our Earth, by Lisa Trumbauer (Grolier 1998), ISBN 1-56784-930-X (available in Spanish)
  
  
• Recycle It!, by Brenda Parkes (Grolier 1999) ISBN 1-56784-491X (available in Spanish)
  
  
•   Where Does All the Garbage Go?, by Melvin Berger (Grolier 1992), ISBN 1-56784-027-2

Videos

• "Life After the Curb: Recycling Processes" (20 minutes -- Cornell University Waste Management Institute)
  
  
• "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle -- It's Elementary" (19 minutes -- Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources)
  
  
• "Yes I Can" (15 minutes -- Steel Recycling Institute)

Third through Sixth Grades

Books

• Compost Critters, by Briana Laview (Dutton Children's Books 1993), ISBN 0525447636
  
  
• Earth Book for Kids, by Linda Schwartz (The Learning Works 1990), ISBN 0-88160-195-0
  
  
• Fun with Recycling -- 50 Great Things for Kids to Make from Junk, by Marion Elliot (Anness Publishing 2001)  ISBN 1-84215-408-7
  
  
• Just A Dream, by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin 1990)
  
  
• Materials and Their Uses, by David Byrne (Rigby 1998), ISBN 0-7635-7232-2
  
  
• Space Garbage, by Asimov (Dell 1989), ISBN 1555323707
   
• Where Does the Garbage Go?, by Paul Showers (Harper Collins 1994), ISBN 0064451143
  
  
• Wormology, by Michael Ross (Carolrhoda Books, Inc. 1999), ISBN 0876149379
  
  
• Recycling, by Rhonda Lucas Donald (Childrens Press 2001), ISBN 0-516-22193-0
  
  
• Seeing Earth from Space, by Patricia Lauber (Orchard Books 1994), #GCPC 07057-3 or ISBN 0-531-07057-3
  
  
• To the Young Environmentalist, by Linda Leuzzi (Grolier 1997), #GCPC 15895-0 or ISBN 0-531-15895-0
  
  
• Volunteering to Help the Environment, by Suzanne J. Murdico (Grolier 2000), #GCPC 23573-7 or ISBN 0-516-23573-7
  
  
• Waste Disposal, by Sally Morgan (Grolier 2000), ISBN 0-531-14557-3
  
  
• How Paper is Made, by Meish Goldish (2001), ISBN 1-58273-568-9
  
  
• Taking Care of Our Trees, by Meish Goldish (2001), ISBN 1-58273-563-8

Videos

•    "Bill Bye the Science Guy on "BioDiversity" (26 minutes -- Disney Productions)
  
  
• "Busy, Busy Planet" (11 minutes -- American Plastics Council)
  
  
• Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County "Buy Recycled" (15 minutes)
  
  
• "Bill Nye the Science Guy on "Garbage" (26 minutes -- Disney Productions)
  
  
• Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County "Glenview Transfer Station" (12 minutes)
  
  
• "Recycling·It's Everybody's Job" (20 minutes -- National Geographic)
  
  
• Groot Recycling and Waste Services "Single-Stream Recycling" (12 minutes)
  
  
• "This Isn't Garbage:  The Waste Audit" (10 minutes -- for fifth grade and above - McGill University)
  
  
• "Wormania: - Worm Bin Creatures Alive Through a Microscope" (31 minutes -- Flower Press)

High School through Adult Level

Books

• Backyard Composting, by Harmonious Technologies 1992, ISBN 0-9629768-0-6



• Branded, the buying and selling of teenagers, by Alissa Quart (Perseus Publishing 2003), ISBN 0-7382-0664-4



• Choose to Reuse, by Nikki and David Goldbeck (Ceres Press 1995), ISBN 0-9606138-6-2



• Clean and Green, by Annie Berthold-Bond (Ceres Press 1994), ISBN 1-886101-01-9



• Conscious Style Home: Eco-Friendly Living for the 21^st Century, by Danny Seo (St. Martin's Press 2001), ISBN 0-312-27661-3



• Cradle to Cradle, by William McDonough & Michael Braungart, (North Point Press 2001), ISBN 0-86547-587-3



• Earth-Friendly Holidays, by George Pfiffner (John Wiley and Sons 1995), ISBN 0-471-12005-7



• Environmental Careers in the 21^st Century, The Complete Guide To, by The Environmental Careers Organization, ISBN 1-55963-586-X



• Fifty-Seven Ways to Protect Your Home Environment (and Yourself), by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1996, ISBN 1-883097-10-X



• Fifty Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth, by The Earthworks Group, ISBN 0-929634-06-3



• Good Earth Art, by MaryAnn F. Kohl and Cindy Gainer (Bright Ring Publishing 1991), ISBN 0-935607-01-3



• Handcrafted Journals, Albums, Scrapbooks & More, by Marie Browning (Sterling Publishing Company 1999), ISBN 0-8069-3935-4



• The Next Step: Fifty More Things You Can Do to Save the Earth, by The Earthworks Group, ISBN 0-8362-2302-0



• The Lost Gospel of the Earth -- A Call for Renewing Nature, Spirit and Politics, by Tom Hayden ( Sierra Club Books 1996), ISBN 0-87156-888-8



• Making Cool Crafts & Awesome Art, by Roberta Gould (Williamson Publishing 1998), ISBN 1-885593-11-2  



• Paper by Kids, by Arnold E. Grummer (Dillon Press 1980), ISBN 0-87518-191-0
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• Rubbish, by William Rathje and Cullen Murphy (The University of Arizona Press 2001), ISBN 0-8165-2143-3



• Stuff, by John C. Ryan and Alan Thein Durning (Northwest Environment Watch 1997), ISBN 1-886093-04-0



• Trash to Treasure, by Leisure Arts, Inc., ISBN 1-57486-078-X



• Use Less Stuff, by William Rathje and Robert Lilienfield (Ballantine Publishing Group 1998), ISBN 0-449-00168-7



• Waste and Want -- A Social History of Trash, by Susan Strasser (Henry Holt and Company 1999), ISBN 0-8050-6512-1



• The Worm Cafe, by Binet Payne (Flower Press 1999), ISBN 0-942256-11-5



• Worms Eat My Garbage, by Mary Appelhof (Flower Press 1982/1997), ISBN 0-942256-10-7



• Worms Eat Our Garbage, by Mary Appelhof (Flower Press 1993), ISBN 0-94225-05-0

Videos

• "The Car" (10 minutes -- Bullfrog Films)
  
  
• "Compost -- Truth or Consequences" (15 minutes -- Cornell University Waste Management Institute)        
  
  
• "The Cost of Cool" (26 minutes -- The Video Project)
  
  
• "The Next Industrial Revolution" (55 minutes -- Bullfrog Films)
  
  
• "Tina's Journal" (17 minutes -- grades six through twelve -- The Video Project)
  
  
• "Garbage - Modern Marvels" (50 minutes -- A&E - The History Channel)
  
  
• "Junkyard -- Modern Marvels" (50 minutes -- A & E - The History Channel)

Curriculum Resources/Guides

• Air to Earth (Nike), by the North American Association for Environmental Education, video and display box of Nike Grind court/field samples accompany curriculum
  
  
• An Ounce of Prevention -- A Middle Level Science Curriculum on Source Reduction, by the National Science Teachers Association and The Dow Chemical Company 1996
  
  
• Closing the Loop: Exploring Integrated Waste Management & Resource Conservation, by California Integrates Waste Management Board (hands-on lessons and activities for grades K -- 6)
  
  
• Environmental Pathways -- Youth Investigating Pollution Issues in Illinois, by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency 2001, for grades 5 and 6
  
  
• Green Chemistry, curriculum and video by the American Chemical Society
  
  
• "i PET Recycling Tool Kit", a step-by-step guide for collecting #1 PET pop bottle and individual-sized plastic bottles on a large scale, by the National Association for PET Container Resources.
  
  
• School Recycling Guide -- Setting up Solid Waste Recycling Programs in Schools, by Dr. J. Winston Porter for Keep America Beautiful, Inc. 2002
  
  
• Understanding Garbage and Our Environment, by the National Science Foundation, NASCO (activities ideal for grades 5 -- 8), (McGraw-Hill 1999), ISBN 0-07-064760-7

Where to Purchase Waste Reduction
Books and Videos

A & E -- The History Channel
(800) 941-4007
www.AandE.com

Amazon.com        
www.amazon.com

Big Kids
(800) 477-7811
www.bigkidsvideo.com

Bull Frog Productions
(800) 543-3764
www.bullfrogfilms.com

Cornell University Waste Management Institute
(607) 255-2080
www.cuwmi@cornell.edu
www.cce.cornell.edu/publications/catalog.html

Delta Science Catalog
(800) 442-5444
www.delta-ed.com

Disney Publications
(800) 295-5010
www.Edustation.Disney.com

Flower Press
(616) 327-0108
www.wormwoman.com

Grolier Publishing
(800) 621-1115
www.publishing.grolier.com

Keep America Beautiful
www.kab.org

Let's Get Growing (catalog of env. educational supplies)
(800) 408-1868
www.letsgetgrowing.com

McGraw-Hill Publishing
NASCO (800) 558-9595
www.books.mcgraw-hill.com

National Geographic
(800) 368-2728
www.nationalgraphic.com/education

Newbridge Publishing
(800) 867-0307
www.newbridgeonline.com

Rigby Publishing
(800) 822-8661
www.rigby.com

Video Project
(415) 284-0600
www.videoproject.net

Trade Publications

BioCycle -- Journal of Composting & Recycling
(610) 967-4135
www.jgpress.com

Resource Recycling -- North America's Recycling and Composting Journal
(503) 233-1305
www.resource-recycling.com

Waste Age -- The Authoritative Voice of Waste Systems and Technology
(800) 441-0294
www.wasteage.com

Waste News -- BiMonthly Reporting on Solid Waste Management
(800) 678-9595
www.wastenews.com

Associations and Agencies

Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Bureau of Energy & Recycling
www.illinoisrecycles.com  
(217) 785-0184

IL and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.state.il.us
www.epa.gov/region5/
(312) 886-0976

National Recycling Coalition
www.nrc-recycle.org
(202) 347-0450

Solid Waste Association of North America
www.swana.org