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 The Clean Air Community Trust sponsored a curriculum contest to
encourage local teachers to share their ideas about teaching air quality. See a
winning curriculum here, it may give you some ideas on how to approach
air quality in your own classroom.
Be Air Aware
is a Power Point presentation created by CACT and available as part of a
classroom presentation.
The
Mountain Air Quality Coalition has created an excellent air quality
video and Teacher's Resource Guide that can be ordered from
them. Phone them at 828-227-7492, or write to Mountain Air Quality Coalition,
P.O. Box 222, Cullowhee, NC 28723, to order the guide and video.
Western North Carolina Local Air Quality
Resources
Western NC Regional Air Quality Agency -
jurisdiction in Buncombe County
www.wncair.org
NC Department of the Environment and Natural
Resources, Division of Air Quality
www.daq.state.nc.us -
responsible
for air quality monitoring, enforcement of regulations and coordinating
air quality initiatives for western North Carolina. This Department puts
out a daily ozone forecast during the ozone season which is available
via e-mail also. The outreach person who coordinates the Ozone Action Program
works with local businesses to help large numbers of people change
behaviors on ozone alert (orange and red) days.
Paul Muller, Regional
Supervisor 828-251-6208
NC Air Awareness Program
www.daq.state.nc.us/airaware 888-RU4NCAIR
- an educational program for young students on air
pollution and how to improve air quality.
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
-- Air Quality Information
http://www.epa.gov/airnow/index.html
For information on regulations and the Clean Air Act,
contact:
Region IV office in
Atlanta 404-341-3555
National Park Service Great Smoky Mountains Air
Resource Program
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/ard/parks/grsm/grsmvc.htm
this program does research and public awareness
programs in and around the Park. They maintain an air monitoring site
with a continuous web interlink including a photo of current conditions.
Jim Renfro, Air Resource Specialist
Appalachian Highlands Learning Center http://www.nps.gov/grsm/pksite/index.htm
a research and education center at Purchase Knob on
the Eastern side of the Smoky's that does an
on-site air quality program for 7th graders along with other
programming.
Susan Sacs, Education Coordinator 828-926-6251
National Forest Service maintains a
webcam, has a local air resource specialist, and educational programming
for both students and teachers related to air quality.
http://216.48.37.155/index.asp
Bill Jackson, Air Resource Specialist 828-257-4815
Alice Cohen Goldstein, Educational Specialist
Pisgah Forest Wildlife Education Center
828-877-3350 ext. 203
Environmental Defense
http://www.environmentaldefense.org/ a large national non-profit
dedicated to protecting the environmental rights of all people,
including future generations. They have a local office and were very
instrumental in the passage of the NC Clean Smokestack Act. Current
initiatives the local office is working on: Ammonia/fine particle white
paper, ammonia/fine particle forum, energy policy council, transport
rule, mercury, wind campaign, green power, renewable energy policies,
mercury analysis, hydrogen sulfide, regional haze, 126 petition, climate
change white paper for Southeast, State Climate Change Reporting, Clean
Cars/LEV II, Climate Change Partnership.
Michael Shore 828-258-6424
Clean Air Campaign
http://www.landofsky.org/cleanair/default.htm
Shining Rock Web Cam and Visibility Links
http://webcam.srs.fs.fed.us/index.asp
Blue Ridge Parkway
http://www.nps.gov/blri/pphtml/nature.html
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Live Cam
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/air/webcams/parks/grsmcam/grsmcam.htm
Progress Energy - energy efficiency resources:
http://cluster.energyguide.com/esu/Default.asp?bid=carpl
http://www.progress-energy.com/custservice/carres/saving/index.asp
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