eCycle Cell Phones

With Earth Day right around the corner, it's time to think about recycling. For instance, consider recycling your old cell phone. The EPA has put together an informative site that will make it easy for you to recycle or donate your old cell phone.

Display of the Month: Earth Day

We're going to take the whole month of April to celebrate Earth Day 2011.

• the happy earth day activities book
• Case of the Broken Loop
• Follow That Trail
• Recycling ...for the future: It's everybody's business
• Don't Throw Away That Food
• Resources on Waste for Your Home and Community
• The Clean Air Act of 1990: A primer on consensus-building
• The Clean Water State Revolving Fund: Financing America's environmental infrastructure - a report of progress
• Clean Water Action Plan: Restoring and protecting America's waters
• A "Green" Building Tour
• Islands of Green in a Sea of People
• Collecting Used Oil for Recycling/Reuse: Tips for consumers who change their own motor oil and oil filters
• Housing: A home for recycled materials
• Promoting Cleaner Technologies and Tools for Environmental Protection
• Reformulated Gasoline and Your Motor Boat
• The Road From Global Warming to a Cleaner Future
• Our Land, Our Legacy: The resource conservation and recovery act
• Let's Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
• Earth Day Everyday
• Greening the Government
• Earth Science Fun Pad: Packed with things to do!

Earth Day is April 22, 2010

We are celebrating Earth Day in Government Documents this month. Our display has the following documents:

• Energy Star for Homes Sales Toolkit
• After the Storm (DVD, VHS & pamphlet)
• What Can I Teach My Young Child About the Environment?
• Islands of Green in a Sea of People
• Small Business? Save Money! Do your business a world of good and do the earth a favor too!
• The Road from Global Warming to a Cleaner Future
• Today's Special: Energy Savings ...
• Green Lights: An Enlightened Approach to Energy Efficiency and Pollution Prevention
• Earth Day Everyday
• Living on a Restless Planet
• Earth Notes
• The happy earth day activities book
• Environmental Curricula Handbook: Tools in Your Schools
• Climate Change, Wildlife, and Wildlands: A Toolkit for Teachers and Interpreters

For more information about Earth Day, see Learn Teach Share from the EPA.

How else are we celebrating Earth Day in the library? With a University-wide Earth Day Art Exhibition 2010. What else is happening on campus?

Need more resources about Earth Day for a research topic? Visit the Earth Day section of the Environmental  Science subject guide. Most of the Earth Day resources are available to all.

Earth Day is April 22

Are you ready for Earth Day?