BU-06064     Reviewed 2005

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Leader's Guide

Copyright ©  2002  Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved.

About This Guide

This guide was developed by the Minnesota Extension Service's Waste Management and Water Quality staff and the 4-H Youth Development staff.

Purpose of the Guide:

1. To provide background information and youth activities on solid waste.
2. To provide ideas for integrating waste management issues into all areas of youth programming.
3. To provide ideas for action that youth can take at home, in their group, or in the community to solve waste management problems.

Intended Audience:

Any youth leader or educator interested in integrating waste management issues into current educational programming.

Role of Leader:

You DO NOT need to be a waste management expert to use this guide. Your most important role is to serve as a model. The guide suggests ways to reduce waste. Try to make these changes in your own life. Young people will learn more from what you do than from what you say.

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Credits:

Funding: Funding for this project was provided by the Waste Education Grant Program of the Minnesota Office of Waste Management.

Illustrations: Most illustrations provided by Carol Pruchnofski, Wildwood Studios; and by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Some illustrations copyrighted by the Minnesota Extension Service.

Authors:Sue Thomas and Dave Moen

Production (Educational Development System)

• Product Manager: Karen Burke
• Editor: Evelyn Anderson
• Designer: Jan Nord Desktop
• Technician: Cheryl Lieder

Reviewers:Thomas Halbach, Assistant State Specialist, Waste Management and Water Quality,Stephan Carlson, 4-H Youth Development Educator, and Richard Byrne, Assistant Director, 4-H Youth Development, Minnesota Extension Service; Nancy Delles Skuta, Waste Education Specialist, and Ruth Marston, Youth Education Specialist, Minnesota Office of Waste Management;Scott Hvidsten, Public Information Officer, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency;Emily Kling, Project Director, Environmental Stewardship, National 4-H Council;Joe Heimlich, Leader, Environmental Sciences, Ohio Cooperative Extension Service;Joel Stone, Recycling Education Coordinator, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; and the following 4-H Extension agents: Jan Wright, Olmsted County; Randee Hokanson, Swift County; Joe Courneya, Crow Wing County; Valerie Malmquist, Isanti County; Cindy Christopherson, Marshall County; and Sherry Boyce, St. Louis County.

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Produced by Communication and Educational Technology Services, University of Minnesota Extension.

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