Artikel : Public Engagement Highlights: Week of March 18 – 22, 2013 URL : http://soziokulturfuturist.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/public-engagement-highlights-week-of-march-18-22-2013/ Verfasst : 2013/03/22 um 23:52 Verfasser : hirnwellenreiter Kategorien : Science Feed Highlights from EPA’s Office of Public Engagement March 18 – 22, 2013 Table of Contents: 1. Secure Pesticides and Chemicals during Poison Prevention Week 2. EPA Marks March 18-24 as Fifth Annual Fix a Leak Week 3. EPA Announces University Challenge to Find Innovative Uses for Toxics Data 4. Agreement Reached with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas to Improve Sewer and Stormwater Systems 5. EPA Celebrates Women’s History Month: Women in Science are Cool! 1. Secure Pesticides and Chemicals during Poison Prevention Week/More than 145,000 reports made each year to poison centers involving pesticides and disinfectants This week is National Poison Prevention Week (March 17 – 23, 2013) and we ask your help to raise awareness on the dangers of poisonings and how to prevent them as poisonings continue to be a significant cause of illness. According to the recently published poison center data, more than 145,000 calls to poison centers involved pesticides and disinfectants, and close to half of these exposures involved children five years or younger. The key to reducing poisoning exposures is to read the label carefully, use all household chemicals and pesticides according to label directions, and to keep them in their original containers, stored out of children's reach. Here are some of the ways you can help us get this important message out to parents and caregivers: * Share EPA’s news release on Poison Prevention Week and tips to prepare and stay safe, visit: http://go.usa.gov/2QwJ * Join the conversation on Twitter and use the hashtag. * Visit EPA's poison prevention Webpage for free consumer resources to help raise awareness about preventing poisonings and exposures to household cleaners and pesticides in your home and community: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/poisonprevention.htm Read and comment on EPA’s It’s Our Environment blog posts titled “More Is Definitely Not Better” and “Proper Cleaning Prevents Poisonings” * http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2013/03/more-is-definitely-not-better/ * http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2013/03/proper-cleaning-prevents-poisonings/ Thank you for your help in getting the word out about poison prevention. 2. EPA Marks March 18-24 as Fifth Annual Fix a Leak Week/One in every 10 homes has a leak that is wasting at least 90 gallons of water per day Fix a Leak Week provides an opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of finding and fixing household leaks. EPA’s partnership program WaterSense encourages Americans to check and replace leaky plumbing fixtures and sprinkler systems, helping households save more than 10,000 gallons of water per year and as much as 10 percent on utility bills. For the full news release: http://go.usa.gov/2PRe To kick off this year’s festivities, WaterSense hosted its second annual Fix a Leak Week Twitter party on Monday, March 18, and the online conversation will continue throughout the week. A Twitter party is a virtual gathering with everyone tweeting about the same topic using a “hashtag,” a phrase you include to make sure your tweets are seen. Celebrating with us is as easy at 1-2-3! 1. Join the party. Log into your organization’s or individual Twitter account anytime this week. If you do not have a Twitter account, you can create one by visiting twitter.com/signup. 2. Continue the conversation. Using the hashtag, “tweet” messages of 140 characters or less in length to promote fixing leaks, share your organization’s plans, and engage your followers about Fix a Leak Week. Don’t forget to send @EPAwatersense (https://twitter.com/EPAwatersense) (https://twitter.com/EPAwatersense) your Fix a Leak Week event photos through Instagram or Twitpic. 3. Pass it on. If you read or see something you like about Fix a Leak Week, retweet it to your followers or to @EPAwatersense with the hashtag to share the buzz. Need some inspiration? Use the following tweets and custom shortened URLs that link to the WaterSense pledge, ways to fix leaks, and the Fix a Leak Week page to get started: * [We’re/I’m] celebrating Fix a Leak Week! Pledge to nip those drips March 18-24. tinyurl.com/PledgeToFix * Check, twist, and replace your way to fewer leaks and more water savings. tinyurl.com/LearnToFix * Did you know minor leaks account for more than 1 trillion gallons of water wasted each year in U.S. homes? tinyurl.com/BeTheFix Check out this week’s post “Around the Water Cooler: Is Your Toilet Leaking?” on our It All Starts With Science blog: http://blog.epa.gov/science/2013/03/around-the-water-cooler-is-your-toilet-leaking/ Finally, you can also check out the list of events happening in communities across the country (http://go.usa.gov/28Je) and follow WaterSense on Facebook for tips on simple ways to save water at home (www.facebook.com/epawatersense (http://www.facebook.com/epawatersense) ). Learn more about fixing leaks, find a certified irrigation professional, or search for WaterSense labeled plumbing and irrigation products: http://www.epa.gov/watersense 3. EPA Announces University Challenge to Find Innovative Uses for Toxics Data WASHINGTON
