going green:
tools to make
your school environmentally friendly | Introduction Welcome to the University of Maryland's Green School website hosted by the Environmental Health Education Center. The University of Maryland School of Nursing, with support from the Health Care Without Harm Campaign, has taken the first step in a dramatic move to make the Clinical Simulation Laboratories and the School of Nursing Complex as environmentally healthy and safe as possible. This website aims to provide you with the tools to champion change within your own facility. |
 Partnering to Green Schools of NursingThis is a PowerPoint presentation, which introduces the concept of “green schools.” The presentation includes information related to environmental hazards that are commonly found in health professional schools and discusses steps that you can take to reduce environmental hazards. Presentation by Debra L. Spunt, MS, RN, and Brenda M. Afzal, MS, RN.
 Mercury on the Move: Risks to You and Your FamilyA poster explaining the methylmercury exposure pathway, which answers the question: How does mercury travel from the health care setting to the dinner plate? Plese download, print, and distribute this poster.
 Tabletop DisplayUsing the mercury pathway poster and materials found here, you can design your own freestanding educational display that can be used to educate audiences on the hazards associated with mercury. The components of the display include the mercury pathway poster as a focal point and a selection of supporting materials to choose from.
Green SON Template Use this template to help in the assessment and planning phase, and for each identified contaminate of concern.
Resources to Dig Deeper  Hospitals for a Healthy EnvironmentHospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E) is a voluntary program designed to help health care facilities enhance work place safety, reduce waste and waste disposal costs and become better environmental stewards and neighbors. (www.h2e-online.org/about/index.htm)  Health Care Without HarmHealth Care Without Harm (HCWH) is an international coalition of hospitals and health care systems, medical professionals, community groups, health-affected constituencies, labor unions, environmental and environmental health organizations and religious groups. (www.noharm.org) National Library of Medicine  National Library of Medicine Toxtown
An introduction to toxic chemicals and environmental health risks you might encounter in everyday life, in everyday places.- Household Product Database
What's under your kitchen sink, in your garage, in your bathroom, and on the shelves in your laundry room? Learn more about what's in these products, about potential health effects, and about safety and handling. - Tox Net
A cluster of searchable databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas.
 United States Environmental Protection AgencyThe mission of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to protect human health and the environment. (www.epa.gov) Resources at the EPA include:  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease RegistryAgency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
The ATSDR ToxFAQs™ is a searchable database containing summaries about hazardous substances.
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