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
• 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
Rebecca Baxter, Champion EA, member
Benjamin Beukeman, Euclid TA, member
Julie Garcia, Lorain EA, liaison
Rachel Grabowski, Crestwood EA, member
Jennifer Hein, Brunswick ESP Assn., liaison
Norman Hillstrom, Mentor TA-R, member
Barbara Martini, Champion EA, liaison
Steven Mitchell, East Cleveland EA-R, member
Marissa Simpson, Tallmadge TA, member

Revised: 8/17/20