What you can do to make sure no child’s health is left behind -- a guest post by Janelle Sorensen of Healthy Child, Healthy World.
* Walking around your school: looking for water stains, cracks in outside walls, broken windows or steps, and overflowing dumpsters that are health & safety problems that need attention. Use this checklist.
* Writing a Letter to the Editor of your local paper on the importance of a healthy school to all children and personnel.
She encourages parents and personnel to tune into one of the archived webinars on green cleaning (like the first module for general audiences) at cleaningforhealthyschools.org.
* Creating Healthy Environments for Children (DVD): A short video with easy tips for schools and a variety of handouts to download and print.
* Getting Your Child’s School to Clean Green: A blog I wrote last year with advice based on my experience working with schools.
* Healthy Community Toolkit: Healthy Child Healthy World’s tips and tools for being a successful community advocate and some of our favorite organizations working on improving child care and school environments and beyond.
* The Everything Green Classroom Book: The ultimate guide to teaching and living green and healthy.
Janelle Sorensen is the Senior Writer and Health Consultant for Healthy Child Healthy World (healthychild.org). You can also find her on Twitter as @greenandhealthy.
Great list of resources. Schools want to do the right thing and, when they do, they find that everyone benefits. Most are hard hit by the economy, though. That's where parents come in. I hope people take a walk through your check list and head down to their local school.
Thanks for helping me promote National Healthy Schools Day! I've worked with schools quite a bit in the past and am happy to try to answer any questions people want to leave here in the comments.