Resources
Small steps, big changes!
The resources listed below can support your work in helping to create a more sustainable community and world. It takes all of us working together, using our personal skills and talents to create change.
- Education (K-12 Students and听Faculty)
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- ExploreHope offers children an opportunitiy to explore, learn and grow. They host engaging K鈥�12 student camps and teacher trainings and have an equipment and curriculum lending library with resources like air and water quality monitors.
- Join local organizations like the or the City of Holland
- Great resources are available for the classroom as well as funding opportunities and
an annual awards program by:
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- Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) < and
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- Businesses
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- resources for stormwater management and a landscape company "Seal of Approval" program
- Attend meetings for the
- The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy offers .
- Evaluate your energy usage with and explore rebates and incentives for energy efficiency and electric vehicles.
- aims to create a collaborative network of businesses, organizations and entrepreneurs where one organization鈥檚 hard-to-recycle waste and by-products becomes another organization鈥檚 raw material.
- The EPA鈥檚 ENERGY STAR wants to help your business save money and energy
- Evaluate your waste streams and recycle with help from organizations like , , and
- Look at certifications like 鈥溾�� as a way to evaluate your business practices.
- Add vehicles with higher miles per gallon, hybrids or electric vehicles to your work fleet 鈥� use the or the
- Community Members
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- Participate with the City of Holland or
- Upgrade your home with
- Take courses through the (HASP)
- When purchasing a new vehicle consider switching to vehicles with higher miles per gallon, hybrids or electric vehicles 鈥� check out this or the
- Eat and shop local
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- Join a
- Learn about and what you can do to help protect our native animals and vegetation
- Calculate your or
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- Local
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- State and Regional
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- Report an environmental violation to the or
- National
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Sustainability
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sustainability@hope.edu