Campaign to Reduce Exposure from Bus Emissions
Monday, January 14th, 2008 (Local Area, New Projects)
Marc,
It’s good to hear from you. It’s impressive work you’re doing. As far
as starting a campaign to reduce exposure from bus emissions, I would
recommend you apply for a grant and or do a web search and see what the
other grantees have done. There have been a lot of successful programs
put into place as a result of the National Clean School Bus USA
Campaign. My contact is Sally Newstead, in Ann Arbor, Michigan,
newstead.sally@epa.gov, 734-214-4474.
Mailing Address
USEPA National Vehicle and
Fuel Emissions Laboratory/OAR
2565 Plymouth Road
Mail Code: AAISG
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
She’s very responsive and passionate about the campaign: Clean School
Bus USA
http://www.epa.gov/cleanschoolbus/.
You may be aware that recently “The Magic School Bus” book was published
by Scholastic in partnership with EPA and can be ordered free of charge.
Be sure to visit
http://www.epa.gov/cleanschoolbus/outreach.htm#order_pubs which has the
following:
Outreach Materials
(Embedded image moved to file: pic01763.gif)Clean School Bus USA
October 2007, “Magic School Bus Gets Cleaned Up” book available for
order. For more about the book. Order the book.
Materials and publications related to Clean School Bus USA are
available free. You may read or download EPA publications below, order
EPA publications to be mailed to you, download Clean School Bus USA
event planning materials, or download Earth Day materials.
Ordering EPA Publications
Clean School Bus Event Planning Materials
General Information about Clean School Bus USA
Bookmarks
Publications about School Bus Idling and Smart Driving Practices
Publications about School Bus Retrofit and Clean Fuels
Technologies
General Information about Diesel Exhaust
View or Download EPA Publications
Earth Day Materials
You will need Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See
EPA’s PDF page to learn more.
Ordering EPA Publications
The publications below are available free from the National Service
Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP). Telephone orders can be
placed by calling 800-490-9198. Business hours are Monday through
Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (EST). After hours you may leave a voice
mail order. The web address for information and links for ordering is
www.epa.gov/ncepihom/ordering.htm. You may also send an e-mail message
to nscep@bps-lmit.com to request publications. Your order may take up
to 3 weeks to process. If you need your materials before a specific
date, please provide your FedEx account number so that your order can
be expedited. Be sure to specify the date you need the books in hand.
Clean School Bus New Publication
The Magic School Bus Gets Cleaned Up book. (EPA420-K-07-001, September
2007)
Ordering information:
The item number is EPA420-K-07-001, which is needed for
ordering.
Quantities must be limited due to the popularity of the book.
Individuals, schools and library may order five copies
each.
Non-profit organizations working on diesel emissions
issues and outreach may order up to 500 copies.
Other organizations, such as for-profit companies, may
order up to 100 copies.
Larger numbers may be approved on a case-by-case basis. For more
about the book.
Clean School Bus Event Planning Materials
EPA has created materials to assist you with planning a Clean School
Bus USA event. They include ideas for clean school bus events, a list
of EPA contacts, resources available, sample proclamations, and a
sample certificate of recognition.
Ideas
Resources
Sample Press Release (Also available as a word processing RTF
file that can be modified, 1 pp, 6K).
Clean School Bus Proclamation (Also available as a word
processing RTF file that can be modified, 1 pp, 6K).
Idling Proclamation (Also available as a word processing RTF
file that can be modified, 1 pp, 6K).
EPA Certificate of Recognition (PDF) (1 pp, 2.6M).
New! Young Students’ Activity - Clean School Bus USA Logo to
Color (PDF) (1 pp, 160K).
EPA Contact List
For more information or to request the materials in Microsoft Word
format, e-mail Clean School Bus USA cleanschoolbususa@epa.gov
I know that you are also interested in asthma education and EPA has
done a great deal of work. A number of years ago we did a national
campaign that included the televised PSA - “I feel like a fish with no
water.” I believe most of those materials are still available - in
particular is an activity book that I try to keep on hand for exhibits,
posters, fact sheets, etc. These can also be order from our NSCEP
warehouse.
Asthma Education
http://www.epa.gov/Region4/air/naaqs/asthma.htm
Susan Stone is our Health Scientist for ambient air issues
(stone.susan@epa.gov) and my contact for the asthma campaign in DC is
Kristy Miller (miller.kristy@epa.gov). Kristy is very knowledgeable and
could be very helpful with ideas and materials.
Reformulated Gasoline
http://www.epa.gov/region4/air/naaqs/reform.htm
Our goal is to create materials that the public can use to educate the
public. I’m sure there’s so much more that I haven’t mentioned.
I have worked to help develop air quality curricula and programs for
students and teachers: Air Pollution: What’s the Solution, Smog City 2
and in draft - AQI Toolkit for Teachers which can be found on the
Internet.
Let me know if you have additional questions. I wish you the best.
Donna Rogers
Innovative Programs and Outreach Group
US EPA
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (C404-05)
RTP, NC 27711
rogers.donna@epa.gov
T: (919) 541-5478
F: (919) 541-0242