This month we celebrate Mrs. Bishop's third grade class at St. Matthew Parish School in Glendale Heights. Together, they led a schoolwide collection of bread tags and got over 1,000 despite 2020 being such an unusual year.

SCARCE is here for you during remote school! Schedule a live virtual program for your students on anything from soil, to water, the 3Rs, energy, natural resources, and more.

Email jean@scarce.org to discuss options for your students.

When advertising your efforts to your school community, make sure it's clear that the items are only recyclable through your program and not in bins at home. There's a lot of confusion around recycling these days. We can all help to keep contamination out of recycling bins!

You can protect clean water in your community! We'll cover a variety of ways you can help keep pollution out of local waterways from tips around the home to simple community service projects. Registration required.

Protect your students from carcinogenic diesel exhaust emissions with low-emission buses. The Clean Diesel Grants offer up to $44 million total to fund projects that significantly reduce diesel emissions. Past projects include clean diesel and electric school buses.

Celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday with his environmental classic The Lorax! Have a read-aloud or check out our reading of The Lorax. You can follow up your reading with discussion questions starting with these from Seussville.

Are you looking for a safe, hands-on service project for students this spring? Your students can be a part of SCARCE's Storm Drain Medallion project - an effort to protect DuPage County's waterways from pollution. Participants identify and label storm drains with educational markers to prevent water contamination. Learn more & apply today!

What does good nutrition look like? Show what healthy food is to you in this exciting artistic challenge from People's Resource Center and College of DuPage. Entries due by February 26th. Learn more.

If you or someone you know made significant strides in 2020 towards more sustainable schools or communities - submit a nomination! These awards from The Center for Green Schools celebrate leaders (an individual, school, campus, or organization) as well as specific efforts or projects in several categories. Nominations are due March 7th.

Your students could help shape local efforts to protect and improve water quality! DuPage County Stormwater Management is currently studying the East Branch and wants your help. Log your water quality observations of the East Branch on the County's Water Quality Collector app. Observations will be used in the development of the East Branch of the DuPage River Water Quality Watershed Plan.

Do you have any children's books in braille? SCARCE has been contacted by a local organization in need of books for children with low-vision and blindness. Bring your braille storybooks to us during our donation hours Tu-Fri 9am-2pm. Have 5 or more boxes? Call 630-545-9710 to schedule your drop-off.