New web site teaches teens about the
environment
September 29, 2003
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
today unveiled a new Web site to help high school students explore and
learn about their environment and ways to protect it. The site can be
found at
http://www.epa.gov/highschool/
"For all the students going back to
school, this will be an especially valuable environmental information
resource," said EPA Acting Administrator Marianne Lamont Horinko.
"It can sometimes be difficult to know what to trust on the Web, but
like all EPA materials, this site has been thoroughly reviewed to make
sure it’s accurate and educational."
A team of EPA environmental educators
created the new Web site to help high school students find good
environmental information, not just on EPA’s Web site, but on other
reliable sites as well. The team used guidelines developed by the North
American Association for Environmental Education to ensure that only truly
educational materials were included. The site complements other EPA sites
for kids and teachers.
The Web site contains easy to find and easy
to understand information about air and water issues, waste and recycling,
conservation, health and safety, ecosystems, and community environmental
conditions. It also links interested students to internship and
scholarship opportunities, environmental careers and community involvement
projects.
