Educators’ Resource Guide
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Environmental
Lending Library
Environmental
Field Trips
Homasote Company
Box 7240
West Trenton, NJ 08628-0240
883-3300
Manufacturer of fiber
board products made from post-consumer recycled waste paper. Students in grades 9 and above may take a
tour of the facility.
http://www.homasote.com/enviro.html
Mercer Home Compost Site & Gardens
431A Federal City Road
Pennington, NJ
989-6830
Students and other interested parties may tour the site to learn about the composting of yard and food waste.
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/mg/
Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association
31 Titus Mill Rd.
J. Seward Johnson Sr.
Environmental Center
(609) 737-3735
Nature Center
(609) 737-7592
The Association addresses environmental concerns within the watershed. Programs offered are water monitoring and education.
http://www.thewatershed.org/
Government Environmental Education Links
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s environmental education web site
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/seeds/
The United States Environmental Protection Agency - environmental education page for teachers, students and kids
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/students.htm
Environmental Links
Bees (Building Environmental Education Solutions) is a non-profit organization that works with teachers to development environmental education programs. (waiting for approval)
Learn about environmental events and news in New Jersey
Mercer County
Environmental Commissions
Hamilton Township Environmental Commission
240 Tampa Avenue
Hamilton, NJ 08610
890-3567
Ewing Township Environmental Commission
2 Municipal Drive
Ewing, NJ
Princeton Environmental Commission
369 Witherspoon St.
Princeton, NJ 08540
Nottingham Garden Club
Jay Derrico, President
585-8269
Club volunteers devote their time to gardening at the Sayen Gardens, the Abbott House and Kuser Mansion in Hamilton Township.