Kids Corner for Education

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been aggressively promoting environmental education for the last decade. According to EPA, "Environmental Education (EE) increases public awareness and knowledge of environmental issues and challenges. Through EE, people gain an understanding of how their individual actions affect the environment, acquire skills that they can use to weigh various sides of issues, and become better equipped to make informed decisions. EE also gives people a deeper understanding of the environment, inspiring them to take personal responsibility for its preservation and restoration."



The Department of Watershed Management views environmental education as an integral part of our service delivery, one that benefits both the Department and our customers. Our Environmental Education program is designed to educate our customers and ratepayers in ways that help them to understand how Atlanta's water resource utility operates and how their money is used; show them how to save money (through water conservation and pollution prevention training); and teach them to be better stewards of the environment. Our work with children is designed to train the next generation of environmental stewards.

The Department's Environmental Education program operates as an entity under the Communications and Public Outreach Group and engages in a variety of activities throughout the year, including:

Multimedia Education
"Drip & Drop" The Man Made Water Cycle Animation
Combined Sewer Overflow Animation
Sanitary Sewer Overflow Animation

Links
Water Conservation / “U-Fix-It” Workshop
Water / Wastewater Distance Learning (Glossary of Term)
Adopt-a-stream Training
Urban Watershed Workshops
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)
Clean Water Campaign
Earth911
EPA Explorer's Club
National Geographic Kids Network
Georgia Public Television
Clean Water Atlanta Kids Corner
Yahooligans the web guide for kids
USGS Water Science for Schools
Bill Nye the Science Guy
USGS Water Resouces for Georgia (Water Quality Monitoring)
Cleanwater Atlanta Water Quality Monitoring

For more information about the DWM Environmental Education Program or to discuss training, urban watershed curriculum or another educational activity for your community or organization, contact Diane Badger at 404-330-6817 or dbadger@atlantaga.gov.