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Greening up your community! Click on the links below for information and resources related to starting an environmental initiative in your community.

 

Publications/Fact Sheets

UK Links

Additional Links

 

Agent & Educator Resources:

Displays/Presentations

Educational Resources

 

Publications/Fact Sheets:

Emergency Services and Stormwater Management (CSGC)

EPA Smart Growth Publications

Guidance for Special Event Food Waste Diversion (Northeast Recycling Council, Inc.)

Healthy Watersheds Landuse Initiative - Handbook on Landuse and Water for KY's Communities (University of Louisville)

KY Growth Readiness Fact Sheet (Commonwealth Water Education Project)

Landuse Planning Maps for KY Counties (KY Geological Survey)

Planning an Event - Consider Serving Local Food (University of Wisconsin Extension)

Special Event Best Practices Guide (Stop Waste Partnership)

Water: From Trouble to Treasure - A Pocket Guide to Green Solutions (Center for Neighborhood Technology)

 

UK Links:

Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky

 

Additional Links:

EPA Green Buildings

EPA Green Communities

EPA Smart Growth

EPA Smart Growth: Greening America's Capitals

Green Values Stormwater Toolbox

KY Excellence in Environmental Leadership (EXCEL) Program (KDCA)

Kentucky Growth Readiness

US Green Building Council - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)

 

Agent and Educator Resources:

Displays/Presentations:

KY Growth Readiness PowerPoint Presentations Available for Download (Commonwealth Education Project)

 

Educational Resources:

KY Growth Readiness Leave-Behind Flyer (Commonwealth Water Education Project)

KY Growth Readiness Inquiry Letters (Commonwealth Water Education Project)

KY Growth Readiness Local Watershed Planning Options (Commonwealth Education Project)

 




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