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Cleaning for Healthy Schools Toolkit

 Did you know: 25% of chemicals in the cleaning products used in schools are toxic and contribute to poor indoor air quality and smog, and cancer, asthma, and other diseases? 
 Did you know that two states require schools to use green cleaning products? 
 
The free, online Cleaning for Healthy Schools Toolkit will educate you about green cleaning. It can also be tailored to create state or local educational programs for agencies, education officials, workers, and parents and communities. The externally reviewed training tools are also ‘open-source’ and ‘industry-free’– in short, a unique, comprehensive program to advance policy and practices that help safeguard child and adult health, reduce the use of toxic chemicals, cost-effectively improve cleaning, and improve school IAQ.   

 TOOLKIT WEBINAR PREMIERES

(each Webinar is a separate session with different handouts; you must register for each one you wish to attend)

 
·         Tuesday, Sept. 16th, 1 p.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. Pacific

Cleaning for Healthy Schools- What is it? – For all audiences

Presented by Virginia Mott, ALA-New England and Deborah Moore, Green Schools Initiative

To Reserve your Webinar seat, please go to:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/506348665

·         Tuesday, Sept. 23rd, 1 p.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. Pacific

Getting Started- The school building walk-through; tips for parents and communities 

Presented by Allan Wakefield, Consulting Facility Director and Claire Barnett, Healthy Schools Network/Coalition for Healthier Schools

To Reserve your Webinar seat, please go to:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/711343362

·         Tuesday, Oct. 7th, 1 p.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. Pacific

In-School: Initiating a Cleaning for Healthy Schools Program- what schools need to know 

Presented by Carol Westinghouse, INFORM

To Reserve your Webinar seat, please go to:             https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/380902332                

           Tuesday, Oct. 14th, 1 p.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. Pacific 

Chemicals/Hazard Communication: your health and right to know – for workers 

Presented by Denise Bowles, AFSCME and Tolle Graham, MassCOSH/Healthy Schools Network

To Reserve your Webinar seat, please go to: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/179596236

National Collaborative Work Group on Green Cleaning and Chemical Policy Reform in Schools
Collaborative Work Group Members: Healthy Schools Network, American Federation of Teachers, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees‐International, Green Purchasing Institute, Green Schools Initiative, New York State United Teachers, INFORM, Green Seal, National Association of School Nurses, American Lung Association of Maine, and Massachusetts Committee on Occupational Safety and Health/MA‐Healthy Schools.

 http://www.cleaningforhealthyschools.org